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Alumni affinity credit cards: making the relationship work
Worthington, Steve; Horne, Suzanne - In: International Journal of Bank Marketing 13 (1995) 5, pp. 24-30
The credit card industry in the UK has a growing number of affinity cards, some of which are specifically aimed at the alumni of universities. Discusses the evolution of the relationship between the university alumni officers and the credit card issuers responsible for the alumni affinity cards....
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London and County Securities: a case study in audit and regulatory failure
Matthews, Derek - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 18 (2005) 4, pp. 518-536
London and County Securities bank (L&C) in 1973, one of the most significant UK corporate fraud scandals and regulatory … participants. Findings – The study identifies and explains the nature of the fraud, the shortcomings of the auditing of the bank … distinguish between different types of fraud; that commercial pressures impact adversely on the audit process; that DT inspections …
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On‐shelf availability: the case of a UK grocery retailer
Fernie, John; Grant, David B. - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 19 (2008) 3, pp. 293-308
Purpose – On‐shelf availability (OSA) has been a major cause of concern to UK grocery retailers over the last five years and the topic has been the focus of commissioned research reports by various trade associations. The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of how one major...
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The New Food Discounters
Hogarth‐Scott, Sandra; Rice, Steven P. - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 22 (1994) 1, pp. 20-28
Rapid change in UK food retailing, in particular the entry of European discounters such as Aldi and Netto, has provoked speculation about the effect of these entrants on the major multiples. The discount sector is growing and the major multiples are trying to appear more price competitive....
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Conducting market research using the Internet: the case of Xenon Laboratories
Lockett, Andy; Blackman, Ian - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 19 (2004) 3, pp. 178-187
The way market research is conducted has changed dramatically over the past 30 years, as a result of both the development of the prevailing view of best practice and the state of technology available to researchers. While it is clear that the World Wide Web (WWW) will increasingly be used as a...
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Delight makes the difference: the story of AT&T Universal Card
Hines, Jerry - In: The TQM Magazine 7 (1995) 3, pp. 6-11
In March 1990, AT&T entered the credit card business under a unique set of circumstances; from its first day in existence, the company’s credit card subsidiary built itself up, based on total quality management principles. While most firms embracing total quality management have had to fit...
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The implications for intermediaries in handling (innocently or otherwise) the proceeds of corruption
Tugendhat, Michael - In: Journal of Financial Crime 10 (2003) 1, pp. 91-93
‐scale fraud during the Gulf War; the Grupo Torras SA (GT) sued them in order to recover money lost, and the case illustrates the … explanations might be true and he was acquitted of conspiracy in the fraud. Moves on to F, a lawyer who gave advice which enabled …
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The Ketan Parekh fraud and supervisory lapses of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI): a case study
Ghosh, Saptarshi; Bagheri, Mahmood - In: Journal of Financial Crime 13 (2006) 1, pp. 107-124
the impact of the fraud and explore the legal, regulatory and financial implications of the supervisory lapses. Findings … – The findings in the paper relate to the impact and extent of he Ketan Parekh fraud and the nature and scope of critical … limitations/implications – Various investigations are still underway as regards the Ketan Parekh fraud and several cases are being …
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The threat posed by transnational political corruption to global commercial and development banking
McCormick, John T.; Paterson, Nancy - In: Journal of Financial Crime 13 (2006) 2, pp. 183-194
who has served as a financial fraud prosecutor, an investigator for the World Bank, and currently as a banking supervisor …
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Countering cross‐border VAT fraud: the Bulgarian experience
Pashev, Konstantin V. - In: Journal of Financial Crime 14 (2007) 4, pp. 490-501
Purpose – The paper sets out to study value added tax's (VAT's) exposure to missing‐trader or carousel fraud and … fraud by distinguishing it from individual evasion. Drawing on the experience of Bulgaria, it discusses the costs and …/value – Confronted with the drastic increase of carousel fraud, the European Commission identified the urgent need of a coherent strategy …
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