caa a22 4500 475813138 CHVBK 20180406123802.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1006426230396 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1006426230396 Shifting the Risk: "Buyback" Protection in Network Marketing Schemes [Elektronische Daten] [Robin Croft, Lindsay Cutts, Patricia Mould] One of the key features of the legal regulation of Network Marketing schemes around the world is "buyback" - the statutory duty of firms to repurchase the unsold stocks of distributors leaving the scheme. Although this seems an eminently reasonable approach to the problem of would-be entrepreneurs being persuaded to part with their life savings, in practice "buyback" provisions are widely avoided. More seriously, though, "buyback" ultimately exposes consumers to still greater levels of risk. Also exposed are banks, suppliers, and employees. The paper evaluates a number of alternative approaches to deal with the anomaly, recommending a pragmatic combination of regulatory control and "best practice." Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Croft Robin University of Glamorgan, CF37 3LS, Pontypridd, UK aut Cutts Lindsay Department of Criminology and Law, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, Brayford Pool, LN6 7TS, Lincoln, UK aut Mould Patricia Hull Business School, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RT, Hull, UK aut Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 23/2(2000-06-01), 177-191 0168-7034 23:2<177 2000 23 10603 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006426230396 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006426230396 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Croft Robin University of Glamorgan, CF37 3LS, Pontypridd, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cutts Lindsay Department of Criminology and Law, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, Brayford Pool, LN6 7TS, Lincoln, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mould Patricia Hull Business School, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, Cottingham Road, HU6 7RT, Hull, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Consumer Policy Kluwer Academic Publishers 23/2(2000-06-01), 177-191 0168-7034 23:2<177 2000 23 10603 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer