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Personal Tax Relief Schemes: Awareness and Usage among Personal Income Taxpayers within Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana

F. Y. Gbadago · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

To lessen burdens caused by enforcement of tax laws and to ensure equal distribution of tax burdens, good tax systems grant individual personal income taxpayers (PIT) reduction(s) in their taxable income through personal income tax reliefs schemes (PTRS). The Ghanaian tax system...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32107

Customers and Employees Assessment of Corporate Branding Benefits

Martha Appiah, Ivy O. Asiedu, Prince Agbi & Stephen Acheampong · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Corporate branding has become an important tool employed by many industries in recent decades. It is described as the subliminal process by which industries use marketing strategies to attract customers to easily remember their products and services over competitors. A company’s...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32648

The Relationship between Exports and Inflation in Kenya: An Aggregated Econometric Analysis

Evans Ovamba Kiganda, Nelson Obange & Scholastica Adhiambo · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Aim: This paper tries to identify the relationship between exports and inflation in Kenya: An aggregated econometric analysis. Study Design: The analysis is based on the demand pull theory of inflation and on applied correlation research design using monthly time series data from...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/33192

A Probit Model Version of Water and Sanitation as Predictors of Child Diarrhoea in Ghana

Gloria Essilfie, Abigail Padi & John Awuah Addor · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Diarrhoea has been recognized as one of the causes of child mortality globally. As in other developing countries, diarrhoea incidence among children is worrisome as 13 percent of children in Ghana do suffer from such according to 2011 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey report. Des...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/33225

Macroeconomic Implications of the Degree of Openness in Developing Countries: The Experience in Nigeria

Miftahu Idris & Rosni Bakar · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Nigeria is significantly blessed with abundant of human and natural resources that can meaningfully position the country in the international product market and consequently achieve considerable economic growth through trade. Similarly, degree of openness of an economy has the po...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/33361

Strategic Use of Exit Interviews: The Art of Retention

Md. Sajjad Hossain, Samiha Tasnim Himi & Junayed Al Ameen · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Skilled human resource is considered to be one of the key drivers of company performance and sustainability. But retaining skilled employees is presumably a tough and multifaceted task for the organizations. This paper has applied multiple case study method based thematic coding...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/33095

Impact of Interest Rate on Portfolio Management in Nigeria

Ademola E. Ayodele, Babatunde Afolabi & Awoniyi C. Olaoye · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study carried out an investigation on the impact of interest rate on portfolio management in Nigeria. Specifically the study analyzed the impact of interest rate on both long term and short term portfolio investments in Nigeria using secondary data sourced from Central bank...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32882

Strategy Implementation and Its Effect on Superior Performance and Competitive Advantage of Smes in Kogi State, Nigeria

Juwon Johnson Orugun, Akeem Tunde Nafiu & Danlami Joseph Aduku · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study focused on strategy implementation and its effect on superior performance and competitive advantage of SMEs in Kogi State. Based on the nature of the study, survey research method was used. The study focused on selected SMEs with random population of 1886. The study ad...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/33185

Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Poverty and Economic Growth in Ethiopia: Micro-Panel Data Evidence from Amhara Region

Kibrom Kahsu & G. Nagaraja · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Reduction of poverty is still a vital concern and main challenge for Ethiopia, the second most populous country after Nigeria, in the SSA. With the government’s consistent implementation of its Poverty-Reduction-Strategy (PRS) Ethiopian households experienced a decade of remarkab...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32642

Career Planning Strategies and Skills of Ho Polytechnic Students, Ghana

John Tumaku, Etornam K. Kunu & Mathias Kofi Denu · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study seeks to examine how important career planning is to students, to determine sources of information use in making future career decisions, determine career planning activities being employed by students and to determine the factors students consider the most in choosing...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/30113

Envirоnmental Repоrting Praсtiсes by Listed Manufaсfuring Firms: The Perspeсtive оf an Emerging Eсоnоmy

Emmanuel Mensah, Kennedy Frimpong & Haruna Maama · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The study examined the envirоnmental aссоunting praсtiсes amоng listed manufaсturing соmpanies in Ghana. The study utilised the survey and descriptive research approaches. The annual reports of all manufacturing companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange from 2009 to 2015 were...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32817

Capital Market Indicators and Economic Growth in Nigeria; An Autoregrssive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model

Odo Stephen Idenyi, Anoke Charity Ifeyinwa, Onyeisi Ogbonna Samuel & Chukwu Bishop Chibuzor · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study examined the impact of capital market indicators on economic growth in Nigeria from 1986 – 2016. The study adopted Auto Regressive Distributed Lag bound testing and VAR Granger causality econometric tools of estimation to test the variables in the model. The result of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32549

Соrpоrate Sосіal Respоnsіbіlіty Repоrtіng (СSRR) by the Bankіng Іndustry іn a Develоpіng Eсоnоmy

Peter Ackah & Lazarus Lanquaye Lamptey · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Aims: To evaluate the corporate social responsibility reporting praсtісes amоng the commercial banks in Ghana. Study Design: The study is a survey and adоpted bоth quantіtatіve‎ and qualіtatіve apprоaсh (mіxed methоd‎) as the‎ re‎se‎arсh strate‎gy. Place and Duration of Study: Co...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32353

The Impact of Inventory Management on Profitability: A Case of Distribution and Wholesale Firms in Ghana

Emmanuel Mensah, Alfred Bassaw Morrison & Peter Ackah · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The study аѕѕеѕѕed thе impаct of invеntory mаnаgеmеnt on thе profitаbility of wholеѕаlе аnd diѕtribution firmѕ in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghаnа. The study adоpted a descriptive approach as the‎ re‎se‎arсh design and quantitative data anlaysis was done.The study was conducted on di...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32545