Aims: The main objective of this paper is to assess the opinion of the direct stakeholders (i.e. Promoters, Donors, Financial Institutions and Group itself) of SHGs regarding the parameters (like design, governance, operational, impact etc.) to be considered while assessing the q...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7570
Using a random effect regression, this paper examines internal and external factors that may explain the differences of transparency across banks. Our sample is an unbalanced panel data of 69 commercial banks operating in seven emerging countries (Egypt, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6167
The paper estimated the loan repayment index and examined the determinants of loan repayment from a sample of 80 rural women fish traders obtained through a multi-stage sampling in four selected markets in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Data were collected in May, 2013 and analyzed us...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6330
The evidence of climate change is very crucial in finding alternative solutions to dealing with its effects on agricultural productivity. This study analysed the empirical evidence of climate change and its effects on rice production in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study use...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7474
This study determined the perception of consumers on the acceptability of tomato-based fruit pulp mixes with a view to establishing the commercial viability of the production process. Three product alternatives earlier established in the laboratory were considered for the study....
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7309
Aims: This study aims at investigating the content of supply chain quality management, uncovering its structure and defining the leading paths to explore development opportunities and to organize resources and organizational operations to push overall performance toward yielding...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7277
Aims: The large and growing U.S. trade deficit since the 1980s has sparked some interests in the determination of the impact of trade (foreign imports) on research and development (R & D) expenditures response to slow down the rising U.S. imports of goods and services and red...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6979
Aims: Customer loyalty, which is affected by satisfaction, brand preference and switching costs, is an important concept in service industries as it is known to increases market share and revenue while bringing down the cost of acquiring and retaining customers. Healthcare insur...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/6318
Aims: The main objective of this study is to demonstrate the technical and economic future of hydrogen energy compared to oil. Study Design: Simulation and Game Theory. Place and Duration of Study: This research was developed during 2012 in public company EP Petroecuador and Nati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/5042
Aims: This article measures educational inequalities between Northern and Southern regions of Nigeria and compare it with the educational distribution within regions. Study Design: A cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Nigeria, 2012. Methodology: Theil Index and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2014/7080
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