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Attractiveness and Location: Attesting Attractiveness of Locations by Business Service Final Decision Implementation vis-à-vis to Location Factors

Leisa Moreno · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The objective of this paper is to attain a consensus about location attractiveness attested and possibly measured by business service performance after implementation final decision at a host market. After combining theories of location, agglomeration phenomenon, “tertiarization”...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/24491

Model Development of Home Industries to Increase Business Scale Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP): A Case Study in Kendal Regency, Central Java, Indonesia

Nugroho B. Sukamdani, Kholil ., Kohar Sulistyadi & Nunung Nurhayati · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

Women have a big role to increase family welfare with out reducing her main obligation as a housewife. Home industries (HI) is one of the most suitable activities for women, because production process can be done with household activities. The purpose of this paper is to choose t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27425

Determinants of the Frequency of Price Changes in Vietnam

The- Anh Pham, Duc- Hung Nguyen & Mai- Huong Dinh · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The paper aims to study the determinants of price stickiness proxied by the frequency of price changes in Vietnam by using the Poisson regression model with survey data. We find that the frequency of price changes is positively and negatively related with firms’ choice of time de...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/29561

The Effect of Electronic Word-of-Mouth upon Purchasing Cell Phone on the Internet

Ru- Yu Wang, Jen- Hung Wang & Ya- Chien Chang · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This research has divided the consumer shopping behaviors into pre- and post-purchase models in order to conduct a further discussion. Product attributes, gathering Electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWOM) and pre-purchase customer satisfaction are included in the pre-purchase model, and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/29187

The Influence of Personality on the Relationship between Quality of Work Life and Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff in Kenyan Public Universities

Florence Muindi · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

A range of factors can influence the performance of employees and hence success of any organisation. Some of these factors include quality of work life, job satisfaction and dispositional factors like personality of employees. This study explored the influence of personality on r...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28334

Capital Inflows and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Nigeria: An Empirical Review

Barisua Fortune Nwinee & Omiete Victoria Olulu-Briggs · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This study applied annual data of capital flows and macroeconomic variables in the Nigerian economic environment, for a period of twenty-nine (29) years. The data were collated from the Central Bank of Nigeria statistics database, and the E-views8 statistical software was used to...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28335

The Determinants of Domestic Private Savings in Nigeria

Elom- Obed Favour Ozioma, Odo Stephen Idenyi, Udude Celina Chinyere & Alfred Okonkwo Eze · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This study examined the determinants of private domestic savings in Nigeria (1980- 2015), using data obtained from CBN and IMF-IFS online. The econometric analytic tools used are, co integration test, vector error correction model, Granger causality test. In the model, domestic p...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27712

Economic Evaluation of Smallholder Honey Production Technologies in Southwestern Nigeria

T. O. Olatubosun, B. A. Oluwale & M. O. Ilori · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The study analyses the economic viabilities of the production technology alternatives adopted by smallholder honey producers in Southwestern Nigeria. Economic data were collected from officials of the Bee-Keepers’ Association of Nigeria in three purposively selected states in Sou...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27838

Testing for Input Separability in the Canadian CATV Industry: An Application of Generalized Additive Mixed Models

Morteza Haghiri, Stephen M. Law & Alireza Simchi · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The nature of input relationships has important consequences for regulatory policies since the impact of rate-of-return regulation depends on the extent of substitution that is offered by production technologies which are adopted by regulated firms. The use of classical regressio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28214

Analysis of Timber Market Structure and Efficiency in Benue State, Nigeria

L. N. Sambe, N. T. Tee & B. I. Dagba · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This study analyzed timber market structure and efficiency in Benue State. Applying a multistage sampling approach at 30% sampling intensity, seven out of 23 Local Government Areas in the State were sampled for the study. A total of 256 respondents (164 timber traders, 79 chainsa...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26573

Institutional Reforms, FDI and Pollution Tax

Salvador Sandoval Bravo, Laura Plazola Zamora & Pedro Celso Arellano · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This study develops a theoretical model of institutional economics and corruption in order to determine the optimum institutional level that would allow the government to achieve economic equilibrium in the country, under an oligopolistic scheme of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28689

Relationship between Trade Openness, Institutions and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Further Look at the Evidence

Usenobong F. Akpan & Johnson A. Atan · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

Both theoretical and empirical literatures have present mixed evidence on the impact of trade openness on growth. Recent studies indicate that the mixed results are conditioned, amongst others, on the quality of domestic institutions. This paper examines the evidence for a sample...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28877

Assessing Factors That Predict Customer’s Choice of Bank in Ho Municipality, Ghana

Francois Mahama, Edinam Agbemava, Solomon Yemidi & Kunu Etornam Kwame · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This study seeks to determine the factors predicting customers’ choice of bank in Ho, Ghana. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey was conducted among 350 randomly selected bank customers of Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of bank choice. Results...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/28490

Mobile Banking and Microfinance Institutions Sustainability: Analysis of Digital Financial Services in Rwanda (2011-2015)

Gasheja Faustin & Jean Bosco Harelimana · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

The study analyzed the digital financial services in Rwanda basing on mobile money operators, the case study of COPEDU Ltd (2011-2015). The objectives of the study were to examine the technical and non-technical requirements for linking a mobile money account to MFI's normal acco...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27528