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Industrialization and Economic Development in A Multicultural Milieu: Lessons for Nigeria

Lionel Effiom & Enang Bassey Udah · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

While the multicultural structure of Nigeria is seen as a curse rather than a blessing, this paper contends otherwise. It relates multiculturalism to the very subject of industrialisation which has eluded our national economy for decades since independence. Its main thesis is tha...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10943

Changing Role of Management Education towards Managerial Skills Set

Akella V. Rama Srinivas & Ramachandran Venkatapathy · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

This paper deals with the direction in which the management education moves in future.  With this aim the problem statement, purpose of the study and structure of the study are presented. The purpose of the study is to determine the skills which are more critical for business lea...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/9519

Determinants of Agricultural Export Trade: Case of Fresh Pineapple Exports from Ghana

David Boansi, Boris OdilonKounagbéLokonon & John Appah · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

Aims: This study is purposed on informing future trade policy decisions on how the fresh pineapple export industry of Ghana can be revitalized following declines in both volumes and value of exports since the year 2004. To achieve this, effort is made to identify and assess the m...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10773

A Study of the Coupling Degree between the Profitability and Risk Management Capability of Commercial Banks

Yan Chao, Song Wei & Peng Xiaobao · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

Based on the study of profitability and risk management capability index of commercial banks, this paper establishes a coupling model for profitability and risk management capability of commercial banks and conducts an empirical research based on data contained in 2012 annual rep...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/11164

Corruption, Institutional Quality and Economic Performance in an Emerging Economy: Lessons from Nigeria

Peter Ubi & E. B. Udah · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

The need to promote and sustain a virile economy has continued to be a major concern of most governments worldwide, including Nigeria. The reason for this is not farfetched. For instance, a developed economy offers prospects for increased employment, greater efficiency and improv...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/11091

Agriculture and Manufacturing Sector Growth in Namibia During the Period 1981 to 2012: A Granger Causality Test

Milner Siboleka, Jacob M. Nyambe & Rigmar Osterkamp · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

Namibia became independent in 1990. Since then, the democratic government has pursued various development policy tools to empower Namibians economically. The 4th National Development Plan identified four strategic economic growth enhancing activities, namely agriculture, manufact...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/9299

The Influences of Corporate Social Responsibility to Customer Repurchases Intentions, Customer Word-of-Mouth Intentions and Customer Perceived Food Quality of Fast-Food Restaurants in Hong Kong and the Mediating Effects of Corporate Reputation

Canon Tong & Anthony Wong · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

Aims: Market studies indicate that Hong Kong consumers are affluent and generally live a trendy, refined lifestyle. As such, besides traditional food markets, Hong Kong’s free market economy has spawned various forms of food retailers, such as supermarkets, fast foods chains and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/11311

Corruption, Governance and Public Spending in Nigeria: Implications for Economic Growth

Okey O. Ovat & Eduno Ededet Bassey · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

The paper examines the nexus between corruption, governance and public spending and their aggregate effects on economic growth in Nigeria. It maintains that corruption is one scourge and social malaise that militates against good governance, using public spending as one of its co...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10531

Saving-Investment Gap and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Simulated Evidence from Selected Countries in Africa

Assandé Désiré Adom & Nasr G. Elbahnasawy · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

It is a challenge for most developing countries, especially in Africa, to mobilize domestically enough capital to meet their extensive investment needs because of two main reasons: the undeveloped nature of their financial system and the low rate of access of households to basic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10588

An Evaluation of Service Quality of Mobily and STC Telecommunication Companies in Saudi Arabia

Nasser Akeil Kadasah · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

The study aims at evaluating service quality of Mobily and STC; the main providers of telecommunication services in Saudi Arabia. The study uses the five quality dimensions introduced by [1]; assurance, empathy, reliability, responsiveness and tangibles. For this purpose, 300 que...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10516

Segmentation of Airline Market in the GCC Region: Profiling Business Customers Using Low Cost and Full Service Carriers

Shohab Sikandar Desai, C. M. Siddique & Zahi Yaseen · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

Aims: This paper was designed to identify the differences and similarities between business travelers using low-cost carriers (LCCs) and full-service carriers (FSCs) in the GCC region. Research on the characteristics of business travelers, who are seen as an important market segm...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/10836

Success Comes in Many Dimensions: The Critical Role of the Human Capital and Preparing for the Future in Every Organizational Scorecard

Alan C. Maltz, Aaron J. Shenhar, Dov Dvir & Haoyu Gao · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2014

Our paper synopsizes our empirical research over the past twenty years on the components of success across the organization. While many articles detailing multi-dimensional models of success have been published, few of these articles have studied success across all structural lev...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2014/9574