Emerging Fraud

Written for academics with a special interest in fraud research, this volume analyzes the impact of fraud on developing economies, describing successful anti-fraud methods and featuring cases that exemplify the measures described.

Fraud has become a challenging phenomena affecting economies worldwide. Anti-fraud measures are an integral part of today's management practices and have found their way into business education. Yet in developing countries these topics have long been neglected and only limited research has been conducted in this area. This book fills an essential gap by analyzing the impact of fraud on developing economies, describing successful anti-fraud methods and featuring cases that exemplify the measures described. The book features contributions by outstanding experts in the field and is intended for academic readers with a special interest in fraud research.

Contributes to the literature about fraud in emerging countries Extensive study has not been published so far Various authors from different emerging countries analyze practices of their own country Theoretical and practical experiences are both examined Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Samuel O. Idowu is a senior lecturer in Accounting at the city campus of London Metropolitan Business School, London Metropolitan University where he was course organizer for Accounting Joint degrees and lately the Course Leader/Personal Academic Adviser (PAA) for students taking Accounting Major/Minor and Accounting Joint degrees. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators and a named freeman of the City of London. Samuel Idowu has published about forty articles in both professional and academic journals and contributed chapters in edited books. Samuel has been in academia for 23 years, winning one of the Highly Commended Awards of Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence in 2008. He has examined for the following UK professional bodies: the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and has marked examination papers for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Inhalt
A General Overview of Fraud.- Specific Cases from Emerging Economies.- Fraud from two Professional Perspectives.- Concluding Remarks.