This study empirically examined the prepotency (i.e. superiority at the level of importance) of the regulatory provisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Code of Corporate Governance (CCG) for public companies in Nigeria. A stratified random sampling technique w...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2017/31522
Countries in ECOWAS had recorded low savings rate in the last three decades. Savings rate as a percentage of GDP in Mali and Sierra Leone were negative in the period considered in this study. Previous studies mainly focused on the determinants of savings in ECOWAS with little att...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2017/33840
The study examines the different channels of receiving foreign remittances and measures their relative efficiency in selected areas of Sylhet region in Bangladesh. The study was carried out based on the primary data collected from eight villages of Sylhet and Moulvibazar district...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2017/33163
Preference for consumption of imported rice by many Nigerians in the face of unstable exchange rate and currency devaluation, informed the determination of the trend of rice importation and the long run equilibrium relationship between naira devaluation and rice importation in Ni...
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Research Article10.9734/JEMT/2017/30392
Handloom weaving is one of the main activity of nomadic people of Kargil district of Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. Weaving becomes their chief occupational priority especially during harsh winter season when they have no agricultural related work to do. The weavers, especia...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2017/33908
The non-farm sector is critical for the socio-economic development of Ghana especially the rural poor. This paper analyses the determinants of individual participation in non-farm enterprises and the intensity of participation. The paper used the Economic Growth Centre (EGC)/Inst...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2017/33814
This paper examines an empirical evidence of the specific impact of public health expenditure on life expectancy in Nigeria using time series data spanning between 1981 and 2014. The study made use of the recent bounds testing co-integration approach developed within the framewor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2017/31783
The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of brand extension strategy upon brand image to LG customers. Home appliances and mobile phone are considered as original product and extended product respectively. The research model includes five variable; initial brand imag...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2017/32736
The study examined the influence of working capital management on the performance of SMEs in Ghana. Both descriptive and correlational research design was adopted for the study. The annual financial statements from 2011 to 2015 of SMEs in the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Brong Ahaf...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2017/33579
One key strategy to achieve economic development is to grow the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector of the economy. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) scalability (growth or expansion) have become an area of concern for economic growth in developing economies. In view of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2017/31399