Although, a vast amount of literature has emerged on determinants of FDI across the globe, yet research in a Saudi Arabian context remains limited. This study is an attempt to fill this gap where determinants of resource-seeking FDI are analyzed over a period of 30 years. The stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3739
Travel constraints in contemporary Nigeria have affected all sectors of the economy. This trend had impacted on small traders in terms of higher cost of doing business, and individual travel behavior over time. Insecurity and travel time constraints had affected the growth of the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4650
Introduction: Research works haven’t yet shed much light on the performance of the location choice of multinational companies. The aim of this publication is to highlight the link between the transfer of knowledge flows and the location of a multinational company. Methodology: We...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4268
This paper investigates empirically the long-run relationship and short-run dynamic linkages between financial development and economic growth in Sudan during the period 1970- 2011. The study employs the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to co-integration. The analys...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3387
Aims: The aim of this article is to come to the conclusion whether Porter’s five forces model can be adjusted for the purpose of assessing competitive environment of the tourist destination, in order to attract Tourism Foreign Direct Investments (TFDI), and use it as such as an a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4180
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the three northern regions of Ghana continue to find ways of meeting the aspirations of the poor. One way they try to achieve this goal is by adopting technological innovations. This paper explored technological innovations in a sample of 41 MF...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4951
The challenges that originate from changes in the global trade regime and the relative competitive environment in the global markets are reasons for deep concern for Bangladesh. Because of quota system abolition many of the less efficient suppliers will lose quota rents and marke...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4321
Technology transfer (TT) and foreign direct investment (FDI) have been identified as an important conduit in the promotion of economic development. But many developing nations fear the opening up of their markets to competition and foreign investment. This paper empirically studi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3631
This paper investigates the relationship between electricity consumption and real GDP growth in Nigeria during a period of thirty six years (1970-2005). The paper adopts Vector Auto Regressive (VAR) and Error Correction Model (ECM) to test the causality between real GDP and elect...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4423
Aims: This paper investigates the application of principal component analysis in the selection of financial ratios that are significant and representative for two industry sectors in Malaysia. Companies in different industries, even in the same country, have different operational...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4125