Purpose: The aim of this research is to advance the understanding of multi-channel behaviour in terms of different generational cohorts' usage and spending patterns. Design/methodology/approach: Building on previous studies on multi-channel behaviour, differences in shopping channel usage and...

The central hypothesis to be tested is the relevance of gold in the determination of the value of the US dollar as an international reserve currency after 1971. In the first section the market value of the US dollar is analysed by looking at new forms of value (financial derivative products),...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the crisis of the international financial system and the necessity of reforming it by new anchor or benchmark for the international currency, a money-commodity. The need for understanding the definition of a numéraire is a first necessity. Although most...