Aims: Resource based view (RBV) consists of a rich body of related theoretical tools to analyse sources of competitive advantage at firm level and it is based on the economic rent concept which explains that a firm as a collection of unique resources and capabilities. Although th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28958
The present study is designed to compare profitability of growing crops by the selected disadvantaged smallholders living inside and outside the Polder No. 29 in Khulna district of Bangladesh. Primary data were collected from 120 respondents, of which 65 from inside the Polder 2...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28456
Downsizing popularly is a situation in which a firm reduces its workforce tremendously as a measure to improve profit by cutting down operating and overhead costs. In this study, we explored the relationship between downsizing and financial performance of five selected commercial...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28925
This study examines the contribution of the Nigerian banks to the promotion of non-oil exports. This study adopted econometric time series analysis to examine the contribution of Nigerian banks credit in relation to non-oil exports performance, assess the presence of causal relat...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28754
This study focused on the assessment of leadership from the perspective of accountability in the Nigerian public sector. The study thus investigated the extent at which leaders in the Nigerian public sector are accountable for their actions and performances. The study used survey...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28124
Studying the efficiency in stock markets remains of importance as it can provide information about the possibility to make predictions concerning those markets. This paper’s purpose is to study the behavior of 17 Asian stock markets, divided in three different groups: developed,...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2016/28347