The contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to socio-economic growth and development is well-established. Global economies of the 21st century have come to realise that no country can become competitive in terms of trade, industry, manufacturing and service...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24432
The thrust of this study is to investigate the corporate governance and business ethics structural failures for Kingdom Bank Africa Limited (KBAL) Botswana. The research reviewed various literature elaborating on the various causes of failure of corporate governance within KBAL....
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/19852
This paper aims to model the volatility of the Irish stock market (ISEQ) index price; data used in this article include the daily closing prices of ISEQ overall index, from January 1st, 2008 to March 28th, 2014. The data are observed to be naturally divided into three time frames...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24632
Most of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the developing countries are yet to espouse and witness the full potential of electronic commerce (e-commerce) in their business operations despite its popularity in the developed countries. SMEs indispensable role in econo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25177
Private investment is viewed as a powerful tool for maintaining and expanding the capital stock and production capacity of an economy. Many developed and developing countries have for several decades relied greatly on it to solve their macroeconomic problems, particularly those r...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/21773
The aim of the study was to evaluate fresh pineapple production processes and activities in Ghana and to graphically map the various stages of the value stream involved. The study targeted pineapple producing organisations in Ghana. Three organisations were selected based on thei...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/16955
Market concentration can be measured in different ways, i.e. by using different indicators. In the broadest use are the concentration ratio (CR) and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). Concentration ratio of market concentration is usually measured as the sum of the market shares o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/23193
In this study, we employed the Cobb-Douglas production function to assume the stochastic frontier approach (SFA). We then investigate the technical efficiency of smallholder women farmers in northern Ghana using data from 320 women gathered through multi-stage sampling technique....
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24727
The aim of this study is to investigate empirically the impact of human capital on economic growth in the long run empirically by using the data of the Balkan countries. Panel cointegration technique and Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) and Dynamic Ordinary Least Squ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25198
The history of science is one based on revolutions and discourse where a new paradigm arrives challenging the status quo with the promise of progress and if the evidence is there to justify paradigm shift on the basis of that promise the consensus will be to shift paradigms. Appa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24697