The dynamics of bank location decisions in Australia

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 241-262

  Heard, Christopher ^a   Menezes, Flavio M ^a   Rambaldi, Alicia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banking; branch location; entry; exit

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044819921     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896217717572     Document Type: Article

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