Letters of Credit continue to be the most popular method of international payments in the trading community, but there is a push to convert traditional processes to the electronic age of paperless transactions. This paper discusses the new eUCP regulations (version 1.0), which became effective...

Grocery shoppers were questioned about their response to the stock-out of their preferred item of milk and milk products. This measure was used as the dependent variable in a multinomial logit model with the independent variables being shopper dispositions, the contextual shopping situations,...

Within the multiplicative seasonal ARIMA modeling context, there are two forecasting models, RIMA14 and ARIMA1. ARIMA14 is used for modeling stochastic nonstationary seasonality and requires first and fourth differences to achieve stationarity. ARIMA1 considers the series only in first...

If retailers are apologetic about their merchandise being close to expiry dates and consequently offer it on promotion deals, there is no reason to believe that they cannot be boastful when the items being offered are in pristine condition. This paper prospects the potential of positioning...

Existing methodologies of bank branch performance analysis are dominated by accounting and financial measures that inherently generate information of a retrospective nature. The outcomes are a possible misleading assessment of a branch's economic viability and misguided planning decisions in...

The paper is on Malaysia, an emerging market, which had enjoyed strong economic activity with growth of 8-9% p.a. for a decade before the Asian financial crisis hit the region in 1997. The local currencies in the region came under pressure as capital took flight from the region. Credit and trade...

A letter of credit (L/C), in international trade may be described as an instrument of finance carrying a conditional guarantee of payment from the overseas (buyer?s) bank to the seller. Consequently, a L/C is desirable in high value and/or high risk transactions. The guarantee is conditional...

Since the mid-1980s, trade liberalisation has encouraged the growth of Australia?s international trade. The Australian wine industry has been successful in the world wine market, achieving a significant growth in production and export sales since the 1990s. In this context, this thesis attempts...

In this research study, grocery shoppers were interviewed to identify the factors that influence satisfaction with their primary store and the factors that encourage them to continue patronising this store despite being presented with an inducement to shop at another store. The study estimated...

This study investigates the effects of public infrastructure investment on economic growth under Thailand?s fiscal sustainability framework. A recursive supply-side model based on the Standard Neoclassical Model framework is used using Thai national data on public revenue (taxes, non-tax revenue...