This paper presents the research findings of a dual-survey process designed to understand the level of potential investor trust in the Eastern European market of Bulgaria both before and after being given information on the daily working environment for small businesses. The firs...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/5162
The focus of wetland valuation is on determining the compensation payable to the expropriated individuals or communities. In the conduct of wetland valuation, the Estate Surveyor and Valuer is faced with choosing the appropriate method(s) to adopt, hence this study examined the v...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/4481
Clayton Alderfer proposed a framework of needs - existence, relatedness and growth – to simplify Maslow’s hierarchy and enable the concept to be empirically verified. Alderfer’s structure focuses on the individual and related individual needs to those things that a job or occupat...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6631
In essence, the power of compounding, together with the effect of discounting, has resulted in calculations of sinking funds and amortization possible. A greater aspect of this concept has allowed the business world to flourish and, at the same time, borrowing, financing, and mor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/5619
Aims: This paper investigated the relationship between the working capital management (WCM) and the firms’ profitability for the Saudi cement manufacturing companies. Methodology: There are 13 Saudi cement manufacturing companies operating in the market. Only eight companies were...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/5427
Aims: The copy claim- “new” or “new improved” has enjoyed generous usage by low risk product marketers in advertising this range of products. The prevalence of this slogan has made it necessary to understand what it stands for, the purpose it is intended to achieve and buyers’ p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6297
Aims: Export trade is often considered as an engine of economic growth, and this led to attempts by governments in many countries towards promoting the export sector. The Ethiopian government has been taking measures to promote the export sector by introducing comprehensive finan...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/5124
In this paper, we examine noncooperative games with both of the collection of strategies and the ranges of the utilities for the players are lattices, which are said to be nonmonetized. Then we extend the concept of Nash equilibria of noncooperative games to generalized Nash equi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/4618
This paper analyzes the vertical disintegration of the bank loan origination value chain. The main aim is to identify the relevant drivers which cause the emergence of brokers in the credit market which lead to vertical disintegration of the credit origination value chain. Transa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6226
This paper examines whether banks that sell loans in the secondary market respond differently to a monetary policy innovation from those that do not engage in loan sales. We answer this question by measuring the policy response while controlling for loan sales activities. Using a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6255