Entrepreneurship is not pursued as an attractive career choice by the Sri Lankans as they more attracted to jobs. Entrepreneurial Intention (EI) of younger generation of the country is more crucial in this condition where they are the essence of the active citizen pool of the cou...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/42762
The paper investigates the effect of the university connections of independent directors on firm performance by choosing the panel data consisting of 2994 firm-year observations in Chinese listed manufacturing companies during 2008-2013 as research sample. Empirical analysis by a...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/42219
The study assesses the response of Nigerian fiscal policy to a number of external shocks, namely; oil price, foreign aid and exchange rate shocks using Vector Autoregressive (VAR) estimation approach. The results show that fiscal policy in Nigeria is responsive to external shocks...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/42419
This paper analysed the causal relationship between the three largest African stock markets; Nigeria, South-Africa and Egypt. The analysis was conducted for two sample periods using the index of the stock markets. The pre-crisis period between January 2000-April 2008, and the cri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/42761
This study aimed to develop a model that can improve the internal audit performance in tax administration. To achieve its objectives, the literature on internal audit performance models were reviewed and analyzed. Internal audit cannot perform efficiently and effectively without...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/42596
At present globalized world, export sector plays a vital role in promoting economic growth in each and every economy. Developing countries use SMEs as a strategic tool to develop their export sector. But barriers existing in the export market hamper the maximum contribution of SM...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/42459
The purpose of this study is to examine the possible relationship of transactional leadership style on the three tenets of market orientation, thus, competitor orientation, customer orientation and inter-functional coordination. Questionnaires were used to gather data from 200 ow...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/42162
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing how financial institutions are operated and it is expected to increasingly take over core functions because of cost savings and operational efficiencies. In recent time, significant improvement has been made in artificial intellige...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/41641
Aims: To ascertain the effect of firm size on the relationship of interlocking directorship on discretionary earnings quality of quoted companies in the non-financial sector of Nigeria. Study Design: This study uses quantitative design. Place and Duration of Study: The study foc...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/40733
This study applies Johansen-Fisher panel cointegration to a sample of the most liquid shares on the Brazilian stock market for 20 years. It finds that stock prices are determined by the asymmetric information of a lagged period, and the dilution of information corrects stock pric...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/42075
The study evaluated the different factors that influence the choice of strategic planning adopted by banks in the country. It also examined the effects of Strategic Planning on Corporate Performance. Primary data was used for the study. Lagos metropolis was used as the area of th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/36118
Insecurity is a major and great threat to the national development of the country. The rising movement of insecurity has not come to a standstill but has assumed dangerous dimensions which are threatening the corp...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/41482
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a business approach that contributes to sustainable development by delivering economic, social and environmental benefits for all stakeholders. It provides several different approaches to empower the communities that help to build a better...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/40874
The present study investigated the relationship between sustainable development practices and corporate financial performance. The study adopted ‘ex-post facto’ research design. Data used for the study were sourced from annual reports and financial statements of thirty-four quote...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/40995
Globalization has led to an increased competition as firms expand their coverage including various domestic and international markets. Therefore, the cosmetic industry has been growing and expanding around the world in both developed and developing countries. As a result, custome...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEBA/2018/41283