The paper discussed fatalities in the Nigerian construction industry- a case of poor safety culture. It views safety culture as the set of beliefs, norms, attitudes, roles, social and technical practices that are concerned with minimizing the exposure of employees, managers, cust...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6439
Governments and agencies around the world are continuously seeking new ways and measures to promote the establishment of efficiency and efficacy leading to development of quality deliverance of public services. Saudi Arabia is of no exception. In this paper we examine, ethical pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7248
The revolution potential of the new Information and Communication Technology lies in its capacities to instantaneously convert vast network of individuals and organizations across great geographical distances at very little cost. This paper dwells on the correlation between IT in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6409
The article presents a conceptual model on how technology-driven organizations may move into a paradigm of open system collaboration with others outside the place of employment. Individuals may choose to contribute to paid and non-paid solution-boards that will serve as sources...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6933
Aims: This paper examines the performance of commercial banks in Taiwan, in terms of their ability to provide maximum outputs by the given input utilization. There seems to be important concern hanging on the ability of commercial banks to provide output-base for the available in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/5565
In this paper, we explore granger causality between the global commodity prices and exchange rate of Nigerian ‘Naira’. The analysis through the use of Vector Error Correction (VEC) Granger Causality/Block Exogeneity Wald Test shows that the long run pattern of crude oil prices at...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6931
Aim: The study examines how the discovery of crude oil in Nigeria gave birth to the recent phenomena of multinationalisation/internationalisation of business and globalisation which brought together people from different socio-cultural backgrounds to work together in the various...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6629
In today's society, theories justifying auditing have to be framed in the social and cultural context in which this branch of knowledge exercises a fundamental and credible role in the dissemination of financial information. Today, the audit is an important control mechanism of a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/4758
Aims: The paper explores whether entrepreneurship is a significant determinant of financial development in 12 African countries. Study Design: Cross-sectional Study Place and Duration of Study: The study is in 12 African countries between 2004-2011 Methodology: Total domestic cr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6382
Aims: The present study refers to developing an artificial neural network (ANN) that can be designed exclusively for ex ante forecasting in technoeconomic contexts using an ensemble set of sparse and insufficient sampled-data availed ex post. Study Design: In general, the samples...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/4185