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A Study on Service Brand Communication Special Reference to the Private Professional Educational Institutes

R. Kishokumar · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Service Brand Communication plays a crucial role in determining the brands, which is useful for business and it provides the values to consumers as well. This study examined the level of Service Brand Communication in Private Professional Educational Institutes as research proble...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/36432

Analysis of Demand for Credit and Interest Rate in Ghana

Promise Orlando Quashigah & Nicholas Kwabla Kwashigah · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The paper investigates the relationship between interest rates and demand for credit in Ghana. The paper uses time series data covering the period 1965 to 2010 and adopt the Johansen cointegration to examine the relationship between interest rate and demand for credit. The result...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/33418

Factors Affecting Access to Agricultural Loans in Anambra State: An Econometric Analysis

Francis O. Nwankwo · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study was designed to examine the extent to which farmers have benefited from loans/credit activities of commercial banks, as well as the factors affecting accessibility of credit/loans by banks to them. Multistage and simple random sampling techniques were adopted in select...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/28822

The Effects of Job Rotation, Role Stress and Job Satisfaction on Organizational Citizenship Behavior of Bank Employees

Shelomeya Ragel & V. R. Ragel · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Aims: This study mainly investigates the effects of job satisfaction on organizational citizenship behavior, along with the antecedent effects of job rotation and role stress on job satisfaction in banks. Further it examines the level of variables, relationships and impacts betwe...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/36543

The Effectiveness of Relational Bonds on Customer Loyalty Mediated with Customer Satisfaction: Telecommunication Industry, Batticaloa

Shamini Newton & V. R. Ragel · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Aims: Customer loyalty is considered to be a key component in enhancing the survival of businesses, especially in the situations faced by highly competitive industries. Therefore, Tele communication service providers should be conscious of the factors affecting customer loyalty i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/36550

Official Development Assistance and Economic Development: Evidence from the West African Monetary Zone

Hillary Chijindu Ezeaku, Anthony E. Ageme, C. A. Anisiuba & J. U. J. Onwumere · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The goal of this paper is to examine the linkage between official development assistance (ODA) and economic development in the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ). The study made use of annualized data from six WAMZ countries from 1986 to 2015. The Panel OLS technique was employed...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/36247

The Impact of Audit Committee Characteristics on Earnings Management in the Pre- and Post- Bahraini Corporate Governance Code 2011

Omar Issa Juhmani · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Aims: This study tends to measure the effectiveness of the Bahraini corporate governance code (BCGC) 2011 on curbing earnings management practices by using audit committee (AC) characteristics in the pre- and post- BCGC 2011. Study Design: The AC characteristics examined are AC i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/36234

The Relationship between Customer Satisfaction and Corporate Reputation and Credibility

Anthony Tik-tsuen Wong, Libby Chien Lu Lin Hsiang & Canon Tong · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

Service industries, such as banking and finance retailing, are different in many ways to industries that deal with a tangible product. Therefore, service-marketing gurus emphasize process, people, and physical elements to enable service providers to market themselves effectively....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/35538

Accounting Ethics and Audit Quality in Nigeria

Amos O. Arowoshegbe, Emmanuel Uniamikogbo & Gina Atu · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The study examined the effects of accounting ethics on audit quality in Nigeria. Although no method yet has been found to guarantee the optimum quality level for the financial information users, and implicitly the quality of audit services, efforts concerning this aspect has been...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/34826

The Prospects of Agriculture in Nigeria: How Our Fathers Lost Their Way - A Review

Abiwon Babatunde Oluwaseyi · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The Nigerian agricultural sector was a resilient sustainer of the economy and the Nigerian people in terms of food supply, employment and national income generation. This was possible as a result of focused regional based policy and commodity comparative and absolute advantage. H...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/35973

Critical Factors for Suppliers’ Assessment and Selection: Empirical Evidence from Public Institutions in a Developing Country

Johnson Nsowah, Haruna Maama & Augustine Anane · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study examined the critical factors that influence the selection and assessment of suppliers in public institutions in Ghana. The study employed both descriptive and survey research design. The study was conducted between April, 2016 and March, 2017. Public institutions in t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/35580

The Role of Microfinance Banks on Employment Generation in the Grassroots: Evidence from Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria

U. Adama Joseph, U. Duru Innocent & O. Diyoke Kenneth · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

This study investigated the role of Microfinance Banks on employment generation in Karu Local Government Area (L.G.A) of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The aim is to ascertain the extent to which microfinance banks have discharged their responsibilities of transforming the rural areas...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/35325

Does Energy Consumption Boost Economic Growth in Bangladesh: Evidence from ARDL Bounds Testing Approach

Mir Khaled Iqbal Chowdhury, Md. Abu Hasan & Md. Abdul Wadud · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2017

The paper assesses whether energy consumption leads to economic growth in Bangladesh applying the ARDL (autoregressive distributed lag) bounds testing approach of cointegration. We use time series data for the period from 1979 to 2014. Results report that energy use and economic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJEBA/2017/34156