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Public‐private partnerships in the fight against crime
Avina, Jeffrey - In: Journal of Financial Crime 18 (2011) 3, pp. 282-291
Purpose – The paper's aim is to demonstrate how organizations related to public security and safety can more effectively partner with private sector companies under the rubric of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Design/methodology/approach – An analysis of actual cases of collaboration...
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Postmodernism, social relations and remote shopping
Burton, Dawn - In: European Journal of Marketing 36 (2002) 7/8, pp. 792-810
Postmodernism has provided valuable insights into the cultural significance of shopping and shopping sites in advanced societies. Despite their important contribution, postmodern accounts of shopping behaviour have predominantly focused on shopping in public spaces of malls and high streets. In...
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There’s no business like e‐business
Palmer, Roger - In: Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal 5 (2002) 4, pp. 261-267
Seeks to address directly two assumptions that are inherent in current discussions concerning business and the role of technology. First, that business intelligence is, in fact, a feature of the business rather than the staff within that business. Businesses are simply entities with assets and...
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Marketing implications of Webcasting and extranets
Dubas, Khalid M.; Brennan, Ian - In: Marketing Intelligence & Planning 20 (2002) 4, pp. 223-228
. An extranet is a private Internet site that enables several companies to securely share information and conduct business …
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Comparative analysis of back-to-back subcontracts in the construction and telecommunications industries
Nielsen, Lars-Henrik Kvist; Akanmu, Abiola; Anumba, … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 5 (2015) 4, pp. 446-460
spreading into the telecommunication industry. In back-to-back contracts, the principals require the main contractors to assume …-to-back” subcontracts in the telecommunication and construction industries. Design/methodology/approach – By examining contracting practices … and texts from contract documents for the telecommunication and construction industries, this paper reveals how certain …
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A comparative review of major types of rural microfinance institutions in developing countries
Zeller, Manfred - In: Agricultural Finance Review 66 (2006) 2, pp. 195-213
This paper describes different types of rural microfinance institutions, and examines their comparative advantages as well as related challenges to and strategies for deepening rural financial systems. The focus is not about which type of institution is better or worse for a particular target...
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Challenges for use of index‐based weather insurance in lower income countries
Skees, Jerry R. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 68 (2008) 1, pp. 197-217
This article offers some perspective on the progress and challenges of managing catastrophic weather risk in lower income countries through the use of index insurance. Innovations in insurance for natural disaster risk are critically important to help the rural poor improve their lives and to...
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Agricultural banks and the federal home loan bank system
Dolan, Julie A.; Collender, Robert N. - In: Agricultural Finance Review 61 (2001) 1, pp. 58-71
Changes within the financial services industry have raised concerns about the ability of agricultural banks to adequately fund local rural development. To address these concerns, the Gramm‐Leach‐Bliley Act of 1999 broadened agricultural bank access to Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) financing....
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Using the Internet to communicate with key audiences
Flynn, Greg - In: Journal of Communication Management 1 (1996) 2, pp. 200-204
The excitement surrounding the Internet should be counterbalanced by the realisation that ‘The Net’ can be less than … effective as a medium to reach key audiences. This paper initially studies the appeal of the Internet over today's dominant … organisation does use the Internet, the results are positive.  …
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Lessons from Columbine: effective school‐based violence prevention strategies and programmes
Elliott, Delbert - In: Journal of Children's Services 4 (2010) 4, pp. 53-62
debate around topics such as the gun culture, bullying, violent video games, goth culture and teenage use of the internet and …
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