MSEs have become important economic activities particularly in providing employment and other business activities for unemployed and low income households. The objective of this study is to determine the role of financial institutions in growth and productivity of MSEs in Yirgale...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25814
Green purchasing can reduce negative environmental impacts as well as promote sustainable development. As related literature from the African context is limited, this paper tries to bridge the gap by investigating the green purchasing behaviors of residents in the Tamale Metropol...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27676
In the current changing world, the question of access to energy sources has become a concern for many countries. This article aims to identify the structural determinants of the level of energy consumption in a country heavily depending on imported energy by taking the example of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27636
This paper shows the results of an investigation aimed to determine if some organizational and market variables are related to the propensity of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to use renewable energy. The methodology of the study is correlational, and uses statistica...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27238
Continuous data with substantial proportion of zero values arise often in many disciplines. Modeling such zero-inflated data is always challenging. We use Tweedie model to analyze zero-inflated continuous outcome with a view to evaluate the effect of job training on future earnin...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26043
This paper empirically examines the extent of satisfaction experienced by customers and their switch intention within the Ghanaian banking industry, with special focus on Ghana Commercial bank. The study involved a cross-sectional survey of 200 respondents using structured questi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26494
There are several factors that affect working capital management on profits of insurance companies in Ghana. The main objective of the study is to determine the factors that significantly influence the profitability of insurance companies in Ghana. Principal Component Analysis (P...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25732
Satisfying students is an important factor towards quality university education because students are the major customers of universities. This study analysed service quality, price and student satisfaction in Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola. The major objective is to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26071
Anti-corruption movement became more violent in recent years in China, because China government notices the corruption damaged the social interests seriously. In many cases, guanxi is regarded as the corruption phenomenon, as guanxi is almost always involved in the corruption. Pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27577
The increasing trend in remittance receipts, especially to developing countries has widened the opportunities for external sources of finance for investment and growth. However, while some literatures suggest that remittance matter for growth through investment, others contend th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25026