Anti-corruption movement became more violent in recent years in China, because China government notices the corruption damaged the social interests seriously. In many cases, guanxi is regarded as the corruption phenomenon, as guanxi is almost always involved in the corruption. Pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/27577
The increasing trend in remittance receipts, especially to developing countries has widened the opportunities for external sources of finance for investment and growth. However, while some literatures suggest that remittance matter for growth through investment, others contend th...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25026
Aims: This paper aims at bridging the gap or managing the level of overall losses between economic losses and insured losses that are usually caused by extreme earthquakes, by calculating the price of catastrophic bonds. While examining the frequency of the event, it was observed...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26775
The paper indicates a relatively big share of firms of the SME sector in the economic development of countries and attention is paid to beneficial effects achieved from the growth of those firms. The author presents selected conclusions of empirical research into that problem in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25163
The government of Rwanda has set up an empowering environment to support SMEs and has attracted players with good local, regional, and international experience in using innovation and technology to expand business activities and increase economic growth. The majority of SMEs stru...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26746
The paper points out that throughout economic history the international economy faced numerous crises due to various events (war, epidemics, physical catastrophes etc). However in spite of various crises the international economy has been able to grow and transform from feudal to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25083
In the last decade empirical studies have focused on the importance of entrepreneurship in old age. At the age of retirement, people hold good experience of any particular sector. This study explored the livelihood strategies of old age people in Sargodha city, taking into accoun...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25336
The purpose of this research was to assess the effect that work related factors have on the performance of the clergy in the ACK Diocese of Nakuru. The study sought to achieve the following objectives: To assess the effects of motivation on clergy work performance and service; to...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/19908
The aim of this paper is to investigate the energy consumption-economic growth nexus for 7 Black Sea countries for the period 1990-2012. By using panel data techniques, findings show that increases in real per capita GDP have a positive and statistically significant effect on per...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26184
The main purpose of this paper was to determine if a relationship between human capital and competitiveness in the SMES in Mexico City exists. To be able to determine the above the data collected in the first phase of this research and the correlation statistics tests were conduc...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26460
Aims: This paper aims at developing a model to calculate the net premiums under Bonus-Malus System. This model depends on the following components; frequency, severity and policy year(s) of an individual policyholder in vehicle insurance. Study Design: This study is an empirical...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26520
Public hue and cry about Nigeria’s overdependence on oil has now faded into an inaudible whisper and a mere rhetoric as diversification of the Nigerian economy still remains an unsettled issue. However, the dwindling international oil price has rendered the country insolvent ther...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25381
The impact of civil aviation as a sector on the general economic activity has been studied systematically and documented. In other words, sustaining a viable aviation industry is therefore vital if the economy is to reap the full benefits of the future growth in foreign trade and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25528
This study aimed at analyzing the cash flows of some companies in Risaralda of the industrial sector in the 2002-2011 period, in their operating, financing and investing activities, as well as at determining their relationship with the regional economic environment during the sam...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/23260
The study aims to examine the influence of reward types (extrinsic, intrinsic, social and rewards mix) on employees performance. Subjects for the study consisted of 308 workers which constituted 60% of the total target population of 513 people working for Unified Mining Companies...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2016/25822