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Mitigating the Risk of Fraud in Documentary Letters of Credit

TalTech Journal of European Studies
Volume 6 (2016): Issue 1 (February 2016)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2016-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
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Language: English
Page range: 139 - 156
Published on: Feb 16, 2016
Published by: Tallinn University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
documentary letters of credit,
fraud,
international trade,
risk management
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Computer sciences,
Computer sciences, other,
Law,
Law, other,
Social sciences,
Social sciences, other

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