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The Dialogues of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Fraud: An Exploration of the Discourses of Greed, Cliques, Peer Pressure, and Error

West, Joel - In: International Journal of Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric … 1 (2017) 1, pp. 47-55

Bernie Madoff defrauded billions of dollars from his victims. The crime of fraud and the so called sin of greed have … been with us throughout known human history. Instead of looking at mere greed as the cause for fraud, this retrospective of … Bernie Madoff's fraud will examine the other reasons why, despite multiple warnings and red flags, smart savvy people who had …

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Risk Type and Behavioural Bias: How Projects Fail and What to Do About It

Trickey, Geoff - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 21-36

There are two distinct approaches to risk. Firstly, the ‘objective' approach is numeric, probabilistic and focused on the risk itself; it is concerned with people in general rather than in individual terms. Secondly, the ‘subjective' approach recognizes that risk issues have personal and...

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Ethics, Decision-Making, and Risk Communication in the Era of Terroredia: The Case of ISIL

Eid, Mahmoud - In: International Journal of Technoethics (IJT) 7 (2016) 2, pp. 91-104

the media. Both responsibility and rationality are fundamental weights for the effectiveness of risk communication during … individuals and societies. The study uncovers that rationality and responsibility are lacking in Western media decision …

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Protection of Consumer Rights

Pllana, Mustafe; Kukaj, Shyhrete - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 5 (2016) 2, pp. 49-61

At the end of Ninteenth century and beginning of Twentieth entry starts a movement with name consumerism. The consumerists' movement, (in domain of politics) is consumer protection which seeks to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and advertising,...

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Does Economic Crisis Force to Consumption Changes Regarding Fruits and Vegetables?

Vlontzos, George; Duquenne, Marie Noelle; Haas, Rainer; … - In: International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental … 8 (2017) 1, pp. 41-48

This study focuses on consumers' behaviour towards Fruits and Vegetables (FVs) under economic crisis. The implementation of both factor analysis and logistic regression reveals discrete consumer groups, affected and not affected by the ongoing economic crisis. Interviewees were selected...

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Financial Evaluation of the Greek Port Authorities Operating as GOPC

Diakomihalis, Mihail N; Droulia, Anastasia; Kasimati, … - In: International Journal of Corporate Finance and … 4 (2017) 2, pp. 59-84

This article provides a factual perspective on the immediate responses of the port industry to the 2008 economic downturn. Specifically, it investigates the port authorities' performance located in Greece in relation to the current economic crisis. Firstly, it translates the general theories on...

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Food Consumption Patterns in Times of Economic Recession

Tsakiridou, Efthimia; Theodoridou, Glykeria; Kalogeras, … - In: International Journal of Food and Beverage … 2 (2017) 1, pp. 56-69

The aim of this study is to identify the factors influencing consumers' purchasing behaviour for food, in times of crisis. Intercept survey was conducted in a random selected sample consisted of 553 consumers between January and May 2016 in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki. Multivariate data...

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Effect of Economic Crisis on Saudi Arabian Consumers' Behavior Towards Luxury Goods

Azam, Afshan - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 6 (2017) 4, pp. 1-12

This study aims to investigate the effect of economic crisis on Saudi Arabian consumers' behavior towards luxury goods. This article develops a model based on previous researches. The proposed model used three contracts household income, social group influence and personal saving to investigate...

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An Evolutionary Simulation Model of the Effect of Innovation and Firm Dynamics on Market Power

Santos, Juan Luis; Navarro, Tomás Mancha; … - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 5 (2016) 3, pp. 31-49

panel data for a set of manufacturing markets for the Spanish economy. Then the effect of the economic growth on firm …

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SMEs and Branding Strategies

Baporikar, Neeta; Deshpande, Mukund - In: International Journal of Applied Management Sciences … 4 (2017) 1, pp. 43-55

SMEs, in a competitive world, have been realizing that they are not just selling products or services but a mass of branded products, services and people to sustain in the business. Therefore, movement is captivating in the SMEs to introduce competency through branding for obtaining and...

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