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Publications

Publications 2008-10

Book

  • Farquhar, J. and Meidan, A., (2010), Marketing of Financial Services (2nd edition), Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, May (2010), ISBN: 978-0230201187

Journals

  • Takhar, A., Maclaran, P., Parsons, E. and Broderick, A., (2010), Consuming Bollywood: Young Sikhs social comparisons with heroes and heroines in Indian films, Journal of Marketing Management, Vol. 26 Iss. 11 & 12, pp. 1057-73, ISSN:0267-257X
  • Parrott, G., (2010), Redesigning the first year business curriculum at the University of Bedfordshire, International Journal of Management Education, Vol. 8, Iss. 2, pp. 13-21, ISSN:1472-8117
  • Farquhar, J.D. and Rowley, J., (2009), Convenience: a services perspective, Marketing Theory, Vol. 9, Iss. 4, pp. 425-38, ISSN: 1470-5931
  • Liang, C-J., Wang, W-H. and Farquhar, J, (2009), The Influence of Customer Perceptions on Financial Performance in Financial Services, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Vol. 27, Iss. 2, pp. 129-49, ISSN: 0265-2323
  • Farquhar, J.D., (2009), International explorer expatriate survey, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Vol. 27, Iss. 3. pp. 242-46, ISSN: 0265-2323
  • Farquhar, J., Panther, T. and Wright, L-T., (2008), To Have and to Hold: Managing Channels in UK High Street Financial Services, Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, Vol. 11, Iss. 4, pp. 425-38, ISSN: 1352-2752
  • Farquhar, J. and Panther T., (2008), Acquiring and Retaining Customers in UK Banks: An Exploratory Study, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Vol. 15, Iss. 1, pp. 9-21, ISSN: 0969-6989
  • Vol.lero, A. and Palazzo, M., (2008), Expert Investment Community: L'impatto Del Web 2.0 Sulle Relazioni Con Il Contesto Finanziario, Esperienze d'Impresa, Vol. 1, ISSN: 1971-5293
  • Dean, D. and Croft, R., (2009), Reason and choice: a conceptual study of consumer decision making and electoral behavior, Journal of Political Marketing, Vol. 8, Iss. 2, pp. 130-46, ISSN: 1537-7857
  • Skinner, H., and Croft, R., (2009), Neuro-Linguistic Programming Techniques to Improve the Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Dissertation Students, Journal of App. lied Research in Higher Education, Vol. 1, Iss. 1, pp. 29-38, ISSN:1758-1184
  • Croft, R., Hartland, T., and Skinner, H., (2008), And did those feet: getting medieval England 'on message', Journal of Communication Management, Vol. 12, Iss. 4, pp. 294-304, ISSN:1363-254X

Working paper

  • Kitchen, P.J., Siano, A. and Palazzo, M., (2009), Corporate Community Relations: What's the matter with Lombard industrial districts in Italy?, Hull University Research Memorandum , Vol. 84, ISBN 978-1-906422-13-4
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