Introduces the four forthcoming articles in this themed issue by describing them thus: two of them describe the impact of US banks on the UK corporate market for bank services and the concurrent internationalization of British banks; the remaining two articles report empirical findings regarding...

Documents US banks' expansion overseas and stresses that London has, internationally, been an important centre for them in their operations. States also that by early 1979 US banks were the largest bank group in the UK and that by the early 1970s US bank lending to UK manufacturing industry was...

Presents a composite picture of public attitudes towards marketing, consumerism and related regulations at the beginning of a new decade. Employs a research instrument used abroad, a study of consumers in England was undertaken for the purpose of uncovering attitudes towards the marketing system...

Investigates, following a recent survey, the product image of UK goods among a sample of French retail managers. States that results of the survey were uncomplimentary to UK products with regard to technological sophistication and quality. Examines through a further survey the stereotypes as...