Investigating cost efficiency in the branch network of a Greek bank: an empirical study

Managerial Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-171

  Noulas, Athanasios G ^a   Glaveli, Niki ^b   Kiriakopoulos, Ioannis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Commercial banks; Cost effectiveness; Greece; Mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015664455     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350810848045     Document Type: Article

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