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Impact of «One Belt, One Road» initiatives to the economy of Central Asian countries
Imomov Imomnazar
Volume 06 Issue 2 · 26 Jul 2018 · Most Cited: 8
“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…
Inclusive entrepreneurship: A critical look at the inclusion of persons with disabilities
JoAnn Rolle • Jacqueline Kisato • Patricia Rock • Jacqueline Winstanley
Volume 08 Issue 02 · 23 Dec 2020 · Most Cited: 7
There have been many definitions of inclusion as it relates to the underserved and economic empowerment through entrepreneurship, but few of these definitions have focused specifically on persons with disabilities. &nbs…
Ownership structure and Earnings Management: evidence from Egypt
Racha El Moslemany • Demyana Nathan
Volume 07 Issue 01 · 02 Apr 2019 · Most Cited: 6
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…
The impact of remittances on household investment in Nigeria
Ohiomoje Iyemifokhae Abubakar • Abiodun Folawewo
Volume 07 Issue 02 · 23 Oct 2019 · Most Cited: 5
Remittances are monetary and non-monetary items that migrants send to members of their respective families and communities in their countries of origin. Several studies have argued that remittances rarely fund productiv…
Determinants of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia: Systematic review
Habtamu Legese
Volume 06 Issue 3 · 09 Jan 2019 · Most Cited: 5
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…
Risk culture development and its impact: the case of the Caribbean Development Bank
Anthony Wood • Anya Lewis
Volume 06 Issue 1 · 03 Apr 2018 · Most Cited: 5
Previous risk culture research has concentrated on the regulated commercial banking and insurance sectors in developed economies. The paucity of studies for developing economies has prompted this research. The objective…
A study on millennium development goals and sustainable development goals: Lesson from Bangladesh
Md. Shah Alam
Volume 11 Issue 02 · 11 Nov 2023 · Most Cited: 4
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…
Effect of public debt on economic growth in Nigeria: An empirical analysis 1981 - 2018
Alagba Ochuko S. • Eferakeya Idowu
Volume 07 Issue 02 · 23 Oct 2019 · Most Cited: 4
The study investigated the effect of public debts on economic growth of Nigeria for the period of thirty-eight (38) years, 1981 to 2018. Relevant secondary data were sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical bull…
Adoption of green jobs in Mauritius: drivers and challenges
S D Lukea Bhiwajee • Rebecca P M Docile
Volume 07 Issue 02 · 23 Oct 2019 · Most Cited: 3
This study investigates the drivers and challenges faced by Mauritian organisations in implementing green jobs. Data was collected through online questionnaires to companies in six major sectors of the economy to identi…
Retained earnings and Firm's Market Value: Nigeria Experience
Akinkoye Ebenezer Yemi • Akinadewo Israel Seriki
Volume 06 Issue 2 · 26 Jul 2018 · Most Cited: 3
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…
The environmental impact of renewable energy
Neli Ivanova • Palto Datta
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Cited: 2
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…
The impact of manufacturing exports on food poverty reduction in South Africa
H Maduku • M F. Zerihun
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Cited: 2
As South Africa struggles to deal with many of its socio-economic challenges including poverty, this paper was interested to empirically unpack how trade specifically manufacturing exports are contributing towards pover…
The Empirical Study of the Effect of Corporate Governance on earnings management based on FTSE350, UK
Rishiram Aryal • Gurjeet Dhesi
Volume 10 Issue 02 · 02 Dec 2022 · Most Cited: 2
While the interests of shareholders contradict with the interests of the managers, agency problem appears. However, the principle of the agency theory is to establish the relationship between the shareholders and manage…
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 Cited: 2
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…
An overview of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Implications in geo-strategy and geo-politics
Rahul Gupta Choudhury
Volume 09 Issue 01 · 26 May 2021 · Most Cited: 2
China is a very interesting country, and the entire world is looking at it. This is not only because of its spectacular rise in the world stage and the fact that it has become one of the largest markets in the world. Ch…
Insights from behavioural economics to enhance the environmental dimension of sustainable development
Ismail Hussein Ismail • Abeer Mohamed Ali Abd Elkhalek
Volume 09 Issue 01 · 26 May 2021 · Most Cited: 2
Individuals everywhere and every day take decisions and make choices that affect the environment either positively or negatively. By understanding and analysing the determinants and incentives of humans' decision-ma…
How does Colombia attract foreign direct investment?
Juan Carlos Botello • Martín Davila • Carolyn Vargas
Volume 06 Issue 3 · 09 Jan 2019 · Most Cited: 2
During the eighties, Latin America was surrounded by economic crises, increased external debt, and poor growth of the Gross Domestic Product as well as little attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI). Later in the…
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 Cited: 2
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…
The Human Energy Crisis: Employee’s Performance and Need for Resilience
Manjeet Manjeet • Palto Datta
Volume 12 Issue 02 · 03 Dec 2024 · Most Cited: 1
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the impact of the human energy crisis on employee productivity, particularly within the IT sector in India. The study also provide recommendations to overcome this crisis and enha…
Assessing the entrepreneurial intention of female students in South Africa:The case of postgraduate certificate in education students
Chux Gervase Iwu • Makhosazane Faith Vezi-Magigaba • Leonard Agwuna • Charmaine Helena Iwu • Sene van de Heerden
Volume 12 Issue 01 · 03 Jun 2024 · Most Cited: 1
Globally, female entrepreneurship is acknowledged as a major force behind innovation, social progress, and economic success. But to launch and expand successful businesses, women in South Africa face many obstacles. Con…
Gender separation of entrepreneurship skills acquisition programmes for economic development
Eyitayo Francis Adanlawo • Nomusa Yolada Nkomo
Volume 11 Issue 02 · 11 Nov 2023 · Most Cited: 1
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…
Consumer buying behaviour post and pre COVID analysis- specific reference to South Africa
Ankit Katrodia
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Cited: 1
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…
Expected return, stock valuation, and the capital structure: comparing the Gordon model and the capital asset pricing model
J. Mark Smith
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 29 May 2023 · Most Cited: 1
Expected returns, stock valuation methods, and capital structure management have a major influence on the effectiveness of the company’s financial strategy. This study analyzes a sample portfolio to consider how t…
The Sundarbans: Sustainable tourism, livelihoods and economies involving Bangladesh and India
Sarat Chandra Das
Volume 10 Issue 01 · 04 Jun 2022 · Most Cited: 1
The Sundarbans, considered as the tourism heartland of South Asia and compared to Amazon rainforest for its expanse and biodiversity of flora and fauna spanning over 36,000 square kilometers, is currently at risk of mas…
A theoretical and analytical framework to the inquiry of sustainable land management practices
Ermias Ashagrie
Volume 09 Issue 02 · 29 Nov 2021 · Most Cited: 1
The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical and analytical framework by explaining the sustainable livelihoods framework and farming system model from a sustainable point of view. The author studied over 200 p…
Determinants of household over-indebtedness in South Africa
Roseline Tapuwa Karambakuwa • Ronney Ncwadi
Volume 09 Issue 02 · 29 Nov 2021 · Most Cited: 1
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.…
Placemaking and Revitalization through Business and Tourism Improvement Districts in Albania
Ermira Repaj
Volume 09 Issue 01 · 26 May 2021 · Most Cited: 1
As a form of a public-private partnership with local authorities, the business improvement district (BID) is created when most businesses or business property owners agree through balloting to manage a delimited commerc…
Forensic accounting skills and tax evasion detection in Lagos State, Nigeria
Asaolu Taiwo O. • Akinkoye Ebenezer Y. • Akinadewo Israel S.
Volume 08 Issue 02 · 23 Dec 2020 · Most Cited: 1
The study investigated the application of Forensic Accounting Skills on Tax Evasion Detection in Lagos State, Nigeria. Data were sourced with the aid of structured questionnaire administered on respondents. The sample s…
The impact of remittances on household poverty
Ohiomoje Iyemifokhae
Volume 08 Issue 02 · 23 Dec 2020 · Most Cited: 1
In 2015, the inflow of international remittances to Nigeria stood at $20.5 billion (World Bank, 2016). This represents 3.5% of the global flow and 58.5% of the Sub-Saharan Africa’s estimate. In spite of this incre…
Evaluating risk-based selection methods for tax audits in Poland
Małgorzata Magdalena Hybka
Volume 08 Issue 02 · 23 Dec 2020 · Most Cited: 1
Penalty rates and probability of fraud detection are among the most important factors shaping taxpayer’s compliance. While the first of those factors may be directly controlled by tax authorities the second is usu…