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Budget Evaluation and Government Performance: A Case of the Nigerian Economy

Innocent Nwaorgu & Christopher Enyioma Alozie · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

This paper evaluates Nigeria’s federal budget and its performance. The paper adopted the descriptive and analytical research method, using ex-post ‘facto’ data analysis of secondary data extracted from various budget documents, financial and economic reports of the Federal Republ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/34646

A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in the Banking Industry: The Case of Ghana and China

Fidelis Ayangbah · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Corporate Social Responsibility has become the norm and among the well accepted practices of organizations in the 21st Century. Even though it is not mandatory in most countries, the society has made it morally unacceptable for institutions to overlook these aspect of their opera...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/33399

The Role of Middle Managers in Becoming Lean: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of the Literature

Freek Hermkens, Sharon Dolmans & Georges Romme · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Aims: Many organizations adopt the Lean management approach to create a culture of continuous improvement (CI), but often fail to accomplish such a change. Previous studies have explained this high failure rate in terms of poor leadership and management, including the role of mid...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/38100

Role of the FIIs in the Development of the Indian Stock Market: An Econometric Analysis

Harshit Agarwal & Rashi Agarwal · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

The stock market of a country operates in the economy of that country and the economic conditions of the country affect the stock prices of the stocks listed in the stock exchanges of the country. And it is believed that macroeconomic variables of a country and the stock prices o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/38090

Treasury Single Accounting (TSA) and Public Sector Accountability in Nigeria

Nwaorgu Innocent Augustine, Ezenwaka Francis Abumchukwu & Onuorah Joshua · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

The study ascertained effect of treasury single account and accountability in the Nigeria Public Sector. Two specific objectives guided the study, while two research questions was raised and two hypotheses were formulated in line with the specific objectives and tested at 0.05 le...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/37780

Industrial Sector Growth and Public Infrastructure Capital in Nigeria

Jonah Akekere, Jonathan O. Oniore, Akatugba D. Oghenebrume & Ekainsai Z. Stephen · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Policy makers in Nigeria tend to regard public infrastructure as the key to long-run industrial and economic growth. But unfortunately, public infrastructure in Nigeria is typically in a fairly poor condition. Poor infrastructure reduces the profitability of modern manufacturing...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/37144

Economic Environment of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises: Implications on Economic Growth in Nigeria

Lilian Orogbu, Chinedu Uzochukwu Onyeizugbe & Ewans Chukwuma · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

The complexities arising from the fluctuations of economic environmental factors have constituted core difficulties encumbering the operations of small and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria. This led to collapse of businesses, loss of jobs and unprecedented decline on their per...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/36349

An Empirical Study of Stress and Stress Management among Faculties of Private Technical Institutions in Meerut District

Shabana ., Jyoti Singhal, Riyaj Ahmed Siddique & Surendra Kumar Agarwal · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Stress is often described as a silent killer because the effect of stress is not readily apparent and it is observed that high level of stress is found at workplace. Job is part and parcel of life. Stresses on the job affect the efficacy and efficiency of a person. Hence, if one...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/36123

An Investigation of the Role of Population Age Structure and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Africa

Abdulrasaki Saka · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

The study investigates the effects of population age structure, that is, the number of people who could potentially be economically active (15-65 years) on carbon dioxide emissions in Africa at different income levels. The study seeks to determine whether the economically active...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/27663

Accountants’ Perceptions of IPSAS Application in Nigerian Public Sector Financial Management and Reporting

Egbunike Amaechi Patrick, Onoja Abubakar Danladi, Adeaga Jesuwunmi Caleb & J. O. Utojuba Linda · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

This study examined accountants’ perception of IPSAS acceptance in Nigerian public sector financial management and reporting. There are conflicting or divergent views as to what will accrue or what Nigeria stand to gain as result of adoption or implementation of IPSAS in Nigerian...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/36662

Small Scale Enterprises in Nigeria: Towards Its Sustainability

D. J. Micah, E. E. Okafor, O. A. Idowu & S. J. Orija · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) remained veritable tool to overcome the scourge of poverty in the developing nations of the world. In this line, the study investigated the role of government in sustaining the sector. A sample of 200 respondents was randomly selected from targeted...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/17087

The Environment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) of the Developing Countries: Vector or Inhibitor for Their International Performance?

Bello . · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

The main purpose of this paper is to describe and explain the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises abroad. This concern is motivated by the results of numerous studies that make Cameroonian Small and medium-sized enterprises archaic and uncompetitive organizations. Y...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/35784

Impact of Consumer Multidimensional Online Trust-Risk in Adopting Togolese Mobile Money Transfer Services. Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Komlan Gbongli, Tamas Csordas & Kingsford Kissi Mireku · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2017

Mobile money transfer (MMT) services could generate an extra revenue source for both banks and telecom services providers. Hitherto, this expectation is sluggish to emerge in Togo obviously. The determinants of MMT acceptance seem unrevealed because of consumer trust and perceive...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JEMT/2017/36745