Volume 02 Issue 2 (Jul 2014)
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Locking-in and locking-out business and economic reconciliation in the conflict-affected region of Sri Lanka
Using economic geography concepts, this paper compares four groups of investors to the conflict-affected region of Sri Lanka and critically analyses the key factors that are locking-in and locking-out investment, business development and employment creation. It argues…
Macroeconomic determinants of savings in Egypt "Statistical Model"
Like lot of countries, aggregate consumption constitutes a major portion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Egypt. Consumption decisions determine savings decisions. In long term growth literature, differences in long term growth had been explained to a large extent by differenc…
Corporate level strategic analysis and choice as a measure of achieving performance in organizations: (a survey of Dangote groups of companies/conglomerates) quoted on Nigeria stock exchange market
The objective of the research is to establish the factors that are responsible to organizational growth level in Dangote group of companies. These factors ranges from market share growth, sales volume growth (turnover), profitability, competitive advantage and share capital size…
The impact of taxpayers’ financial statements audit on tax revenue growth
This paper seeks to explore the role of financial statements audit in promoting tax revenues growth in Rwanda in the broader perspective. Survey questionnaires as primary data collection instruments were distributed to all audit officers of Rwanda Revenue Authority equalling to…
.:. Using TRIZ to a quality improvement .:. Case study of Foxbro in Shanghai
This paper traces the origins of the TRIZ (the theory of inventive solving) from the field engineer technique to management, by exploring not just the benefits associated with TRIZ knowledge and the challenges associated with its acquisition and application based on practical ex…
Factors of economic growth in Palestine: an empirical Analysis during the period of (1994-2013)
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 gross domestic product( RGDP) in Palestine during the period of…
The changing trend in marketing of financial services: an empirical study on bank performance in Nigeria
The long years of marketing practices in the Nigerian banking industry has recorded low level standards relative to global standard practice. The effect on the overall industry performance measurable basically in terms of customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and brand equity…
Role of rural finance in reduction of poverty in the Agriculture sector: Northern India
India is among the most rapidly developing economies in Asia. It is also among the largest emerging economies because of the high growth rate in GDP that it has experienced in the past two decades. It has significantly high poverty levels with most people living in agrarian, rur…
Economic geography of electricity consumption: do regional characteristics matter in Indonesia, 1993-2010?
Indonesia faces unique challenges in developing an appropriate electricity policy to deal with its underdeveloped regions. This paper attempts to explore some spatial patterns of electricity consumption in 14 PLN’s distributive regions over the period of 1993-…
Mergers & Acquisitions in India: A sectoral analysis
Globalization, deregulation and technological improvements have resulted in increase in M&A across the globe. There is enormous literature existing in the advanced economies. However, very little information is available regarding M&A in India. Various sectors have witne…