Market Investigations in UK Law
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Central and Eastern European business information. a review
Plots the changes that have taken place in the Central and Eastern European region, and the impact this has had on access to and provision of business information services available to aid managers...... ... trading communitywhich has become synonymous with the term“single market”.The European Commission, as the centralorganizing body, directs ... of information can be used duringinitial market research investigations.Directory of EC Information Sources: 6th editionThis is probably the most ... ...
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Predicting the organisational adoption of B2C e‐commerce: an empirical study
Purpose: Using the literature on innovation research, this paper proposes to establish and empirically test a prediction model which consists of four major factors in the adoption of online retaili...... ... studies contribute to an understanding of behaviours of theonline market from a consumer perspective, there are few concrete investigations of the ... ...
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Money laundering in Ukraine. Tax evasion, embezzlement, illicit international flows and state capture
Purpose: – This paper aims to examine the role in tax evasion and corruption played in Ukraine by money-laundering organisations called “conversion centres”: networks of sham firms and banks implem...... ... /approach – It draws on scholarship, journalist investigations, court records,government agency reports and other open source data and terviews with market participants. It rstdescribes “conversion centres” as an ideal type ... ...
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Brand awareness: revisiting an old metric for a new world
Purpose: Brand awareness is a pivotal, but often neglected, aspect of consumer-based brand equity. This paper revisits brand awareness measures in the context of global brand management. Design/me...... ... variation of brand awareness over time interacts with a brand’s market share.Research limitations/implications – When modelling the impact of ... /value – The paper provides one of the few multi-country investigations into brand awareness that can help inform global brandmanagement.Keywords ... ...
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Does not it matter? Widening of the derogation for Services of General Interests
The scope of derogation possibilities for Services of General Interests in the EU internal market has been widened by legislators for more than fifteen years. The process is also supported by the c...... ... possibilities for Services of General Interests in the EU internal market has been widened by legislators for more than fifteen years. The process ... This analytical study is based on comparative legal investigations applying qualitative and quantitative methods. Keywords Derogation, ... ...
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Advertising, Barriers to Entry and Competition Policy
The controversy as to whether or not advertising impairs the efficient functioning of markets because it acts as a “barrier” to new firms wishing to enter a market has once again attracted the inte...... ... because it can act as a “barrier” tonew firms entering a market has once againattracted the interest of the UK competitionauthorities. In ... as seen in anumber of Monopolies and MergersCommission investigations. Our contention isthat not only must the conventional negativeview of ... ...
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The detection and policing of gun crime: Challenges to the effective policing of gun crime in Europe
Despite a shared understanding across the European Union (EU) that access to firearms by the general public should be restricted, detailed legislation regarding the ownership, use and trade of fire...... ... in the priority given and the resources allocated to investigations into gun-enabled crime, as well as interventions. Owing to the ... market ... Corresponding author: Mike Hellenbach, Faculty of Health and Life ... ...
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Organized crime in business
Purpose: To provide a viewpoint and a stronger awareness of the increased involvement of criminal activities in the capital markets through organized crime and the need for integrated policing. De......Organized crime in businessJohn SliterIntegrated Market Enforcement Branch, Royal Canadian Mounted Police,Ottawa, ... of the IMETs is their adherence to anintegrated approach to investigations.An IMET is a group of highly specialized investigators and support ... ...
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A Tale of Two Chinese Courts: Economic Development and Contract Enforcement
The way in which formal contract enforcement becomes effective is a critically important but understudied question for law and development studies. Primarily drawing on field investigations, this a...... ... Primarily drawing on field investigations, this article com- pares the enforcement performance of two basic-level ... less developed area, those in the more developed area become more market-oriented as the local economy diversifies, paving the way for more ... ...
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The Crisis in World Order and the Challenge to International Organization
This article discusses the role and possibilities of multilateralism in the emerging `new world order'. The analysis of the challenges for multilateral organizations should be made at two levels, n...
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