Paddy cultivation is a vital component of agriculture in Tamil Nadu, contributing significantly to food security, rural employment and farm income. Despite its importance, the sector continues to face challenges such as rising input costs, labour shortages, fragmented landholding...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82360
Retail payment systems and electronic commerce have converged over the past decade, yet the scholarly literature describing this convergence remains divided between an economics of payments concerned with instruments, rails and market structure, and a commerce literature concerne...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82359
Bank size remains an important but unsettled determinant of bank performance, particularly in a financial system shaped by consolidation, digitalisation, and changing regulatory requirements. This study examined the impact of equity capital, bank size, loan assets, and deposit li...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82356
Manufacturing firms in Nigeria face increasing environmental and social pressures that may affect the efficiency with which corporate assets generate returns. This study examined the separate effects of environmental intensity, social responsibility, and corporate governance on p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82357
Aims: The main aim of the study is to measure the extent of labour underutilisation in India using alternative labour market indicators defined by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in its Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) series, and to test whether the headlin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82358
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly transforming talent management by enhancing recruitment, employee development, workforce planning, and organisational decision-making. However, empirical evidence on its effectiveness within multinational Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FM...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82352
The adoption of modern technologies has taken centre stage in the banking industry. It enables banks to strengthen customer interaction, enhance brand visibility, and deliver superior services in a highly competitive environment. The current research paper entitled “Digital Marke...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82353
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) 2.0 reforms aim to strengthen India's tax administration by promoting compliance, transparency, and economic inclusion. This study examines the impact of GST 2.0 reforms on business performance and economic inclusion among women-led enterprises in...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82354
Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation in Port Harcourt have intensified concerns about whether environmental practices brought from residents’ places of origin are compatible with urban sustainability. This study examined the relationships between indigenous environmental prac...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82355
This study investigates whether corporate governance mechanisms constrain earnings management among listed pharmaceutical firms in Nigeria through the lens of institutional decoupling. The analysis covers 2015–2025 and uses a census of seven firms, yielding 58 firm-year observati...
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Research Article10.9734/ajeba/2026/v26i82350