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Do taxes generate more on economic development? Evidence from income's group and OECD countries
Taufik Abd Hakim • Imbarine Bujang • Ismail Ahmad
Volume 01 Issue 1 · 02 Mar 2014 · Most Read: 109827
The theory of taxes that was created by traditional schools of thought believed that lower tax rates will generate greater economic growth. However, modern schools of thought propagated that higher tax rates actually wi…
Impact of «One Belt, One Road» initiatives to the economy of Central Asian countries
Imomov Imomnazar
Volume 06 Issue 2 · 26 Jul 2018 · Most Read: 77849
“One Belt – One Road” – the Chinese initiative to create the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) and the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) was first announced by the Chairman of the People Republic of China Xi…
Motivational factors as determinants of employee commitment and performance enhancement in profit oriented firms: a survey of selected brewery manufacturing companies in Nigeria
Sev Joseph Teryima • Alabar Terseer Timothy • Avanenge Faajir • Emakwu John • Ugba Vivien
Volume 04 Issue 2 · 23 Sep 2016 · Most Read: 43406
The objective of the study is to investigate the Impact of Motivational Factors such as extrinsic, intrinsic rewards and social motivational on employee commitment and performance enhancement in profit oriented firms wi…
Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction and Job Performance as a mediator between Role Stressors and Turnover Intentions A Study from an Egyptian cultural perspective
Mohamed A. Rageb • Eman Mohamed Abd-El-Salam • Ahmed El-Samadicy • Shaimaa Farid
Volume 01 Issue 1 · 03 Mar 2014 · Most Read: 32585
The purpose of this paper is to explore (1) the effect of the relationship among role stress (role conflict, role ambiguity, role novelty and role overload) on job performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitmen…
Impacts of strategic project management on entrepreneurial orientation relationship with internationalization
Juliette Brathwaite
Volume 06 Issue 2 · 26 Jul 2018 · Most Read: 31384
Firms’ strategic flexibility and agility in internationalization (INT) is influenced by context. However, there are few studies concerning INT conducted in and about emerging economies (EEs). There exi…
Impact of Online Social Networking on Employee's Commitment to Duties in Selected Organizations in Lagos State, Nigeria
Akinbode • James Olalekan • Opayemi • Remi • Sokefun • Eniola
Volume 01 Issue 1 · 03 Mar 2014 · Most Read: 31205
Nigeria Labour Act under chapter 198 of 2004 states categorically the duty of employer of labour to provide employee’s with duties and tools to work with. In the quest to ensure this, most employers of labour ofte…
Good practice achievement of the firms within National agro processing industry of Thailand: Impacts on corporate image and stakeholder acceptance
Nuttavong Poonpool • Kriangsak Chanthinok • Krittaya Sangboon • Duangduen petra
Volume 04 Issue 2 · 23 Sep 2016 · Most Read: 30064
This article is about the effects of good practice achievement on stakeholder acceptance. The study examines the relationship between good practice achievement and stakeholder acceptance, where corporate image is taken…
Impact on quality culture of total quality management practices factors
Faihan Mosaad Saud Alotaibi
Volume 02 Issue 3 · 22 Dec 2014 · Most Read: 28512
This study investigated total quality management practices and quality culture of Saudi Arabian contractors. Improving the quality can be achieved through implementation of total quality management although studies and…
The US won the global currency war against Europe and Japan: Their retaliation likely helped elect Trump
Stephen P. Magee • Hua Chen
Volume 05 Issue 3 · 28 Nov 2017 · Most Read: 28231
The United States financial community, lax regulations and the Fed started a global currency war in 2002. The inadvertent cheapening of the US dollar was a by-product of what became the US subprime lending crisis and th…
The environmental impact of renewable energy
Neli Ivanova • Palto Datta
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Read: 27862
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to ascertain the environmental impact of renewable energy sources. Methodology: The research combines a pragmatist epistemology and an exploratory, inductive technique. Using the Un…
Organizational and digital transformation projects-A dynamic en-terprise organizational models (DEOM)
Antoine Trad, PhD
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Read: 23517
The organizational and digital transformation projects are very complex to finalize, because of many reasons, and they mainly depend on the initial project’s phases. The initial phases depend on the critical Build…
Collective action as a way to develop Organic Farming in Armenia
Armen Ghazaryan
Volume 04 Issue 2 · 23 Sep 2016 · Most Read: 21038
Armenia is a landlocked country which gained its independence about 24 years ago. A big portion of population (44.2%) is still involved in agriculture and mostly consists of smallholder farmers. More than 20% of Armenia…
Consumer buying behaviour post and pre COVID analysis- specific reference to South Africa
Ankit Katrodia
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Read: 20241
This research focused on examining the motivational factors that determine the behaviour of consumers in pre and post pandemic times in South Africa by conducting a secondary literature study in the selected universe, w…
A study on millennium development goals and sustainable development goals: Lesson from Bangladesh
Md. Shah Alam
Volume 11 Issue 02 · 11 Nov 2023 · Most Read: 19979
This paper aims to present the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the general inclusive growth of the world and Bangladesh in particular. With the passing of time, the world…
Gender separation of entrepreneurship skills acquisition programmes for economic development
Eyitayo Francis Adanlawo • Nomusa Yolada Nkomo
Volume 11 Issue 02 · 11 Nov 2023 · Most Read: 19953
Learning entrepreneurial skills has taken on a significance never before seen as a result of their significance to economic growth. In this study, the impact of skill development initiatives on Nigeria's economic de…
Trimming the Retail: The investment outlook for CVS’s growth strategy
J. Mark Smith
Volume 11 Issue 02 · 01 Nov 2023 · Most Read: 19747
CVS Health Corporation owns the retail pharmacy chain and also owns CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefits manager, and the Aetna health insurance provider (Kolakowski, 2023). Recent acquisitions in 2022 and 2023 include O…
An empirical approach on national exporter development programme (Nedp) on emerging exporters in Gauteng province South Africa
Jeremia Tshepo Maroga • E I Edoun • Solly Pooe
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Read: 19407
The current intensive global competition compels exporters to adapt to innovative ways of doing business to remain competitive. Many exporters are unable to meet international regulatory requirements to service their ex…
The demand for money in selected African countries
Ohiomoje Iyemifokhae Abubakar
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Read: 19255
This study examines the factors affecting people’s desire to hold money in liquid form (relative to investing it) in sixteen countries in Africa. Earlier studies on this subject matter examined the connection betw…
Determinants of household over-indebtedness in South Africa
Roseline Tapuwa Karambakuwa • Ronney Ncwadi
Volume 09 Issue 02 · 29 Nov 2021 · Most Read: 13658
The proportion of household debt to disposable income is high in South Africa, signifying over-indebtedness which reduces the welfare of households. High debt leads to low savings, negatively impacting economic growth.…
An Examination of Market Entry Perspectives in Emerging Markets
Marvin O. Bates • Tom A. Buckles
Volume 05 Issue 3 · 28 Nov 2017 · Most Read: 10108
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to describe the marketing-oriented market entry approaches that businesses are currently using across the three levels of the world economic pyramid (i.e., WEP). These leve…
Ownership structure and Earnings Management: evidence from Egypt
Racha El Moslemany • Demyana Nathan
Volume 07 Issue 01 · 02 Apr 2019 · Most Read: 9636
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between ownership structure and Earnings Management (EM) of Egyptian companies. Discretionary accruals using the modified Jones model is evaluated to calcula…
Retained earnings and Firm's Market Value: Nigeria Experience
Akinkoye Ebenezer Yemi • Akinadewo Israel Seriki
Volume 06 Issue 2 · 26 Jul 2018 · Most Read: 9622
The study examined the effects of retained earnings on market value of listed firms after controlling for earnings per share, dividend pay-out and financial leverage in the context of the Nigerian stock market. The samp…
Collaborative learning in English for specific purposes (ESP) courses: Effectiveness and students’ attitudes towards it (2)
Najwa Saba Ayon
Volume 01 Issue 3 · 03 Mar 2014 · Most Read: 8983
The effectiveness of collaborative learning (CL) on students learning and their classroom interaction as well as on preparing students for the workplace has been stressed in a lot of the literature (Saba Ayon, 2013…
Determinants of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia: Systematic review
Habtamu Legese
Volume 06 Issue 3 · 09 Jan 2019 · Most Read: 8832
The determinants of FDI include any host country’s situations that affect the inflow of FDI, like market size, the economic growth rate, real growth domestic product, infrastructure, natural resource, the politica…
Addressing rural-urban disparities: A case of government service delivery in Papua New Guinea
Vivienne Saverimuttu • Ana Kila Cochran (Retired)
Volume 06 Issue 2 · 26 Jul 2018 · Most Read: 8518
Papua New Guinea (PNG), a resource rich country, despite many years of positive GDP growth and development efforts, is ranked 157 out of 187 countries on the Human Development Index. Over 80% of the population liv…
Factors of economic growth in Palestine: an empirical Analysis during the period of (1994-2013)
Omar Mahmoud Abu-Eideh
Volume 02 Issue 2 · 09 Sep 2014 · Most Read: 8504
This study aimed to analyze the impact of the size of domestic working labour force, real gross domestic capital formation, real domestic exports and imports of goods and services, and political instability on real gros…
Applying artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques in the internal audit environment: A simulation test of an improved algorithm for detection of fraudulent events in financial entity transaction processing operations
A. J. Stagliano
Volume 12 Issue 02 · 03 Dec 2024 · Most Read: 8432
This paper describes a new approach to financial fraud detection that is informed by both artificial intelligence and machine learning. It proposes, then tests with a simulated database of transactions, a metaheur…
The impact of augmentation wages public based on the purchasing power of households in Algeria
Khaled ROUASKI • Rachid TOUMACHE • Badreddine TALBI
Volume 02 Issue 1 · 01 Apr 2014 · Most Read: 8067
Wage policies are at the heart of the problem of economic development. While they undoubtedly led contribute to the development of productivity (a prerequisite for economic growth) to ensure fairness (prerequisite for s…
A critical examination of the importance of sustainability in the circular economy: UK perspective
Mirela Ionela Chirea • Palto Datta
Volume 10 Issue 01 · 04 Jun 2022 · Most Read: 8039
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine how the concept of sustainability might operate in a circular economy in order to contribute to economic growth Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative survey ques…
A quantitative study on the effectiveness of the governance attributes on ‘industry-wise earnings quality’ in the UK
Rishiram Aryal • Washad Emambocus • Gurjeet Dhesi • Pramila Thapa • Eguruze
Volume 12 Issue 01 · 01 Jun 2024 · Most Read: 7886
Despite of positive impacts of the earnings management on the business purposes, many businesses have been suffered due to the audit failures as a result of aggressive earnings management. Therefore, the study on true r…