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Financial Inclusion, the Route to Enterprise Success: Perceptions of the Manufacturing MSEs Owners and the Challenges of the Banking Institutions in Masvingo Urban

Emmanuel Dumbu · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

There are many entrepreneurs in all corners of Zimbabwe who are either running a manufacturing enterprise or contemplating to open one, but there are plenty stories telling about the closing of these enterprises a short time after opening their doors. Financial institutions play...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/16286

Marketing Environment of Small and Medium Enterprises in Pahang, Malaysia

Putri Rozita Tahir & Muneer Sultana · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

Aims: The main aim is to examine the Socioeconomic Profile of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Pahang and also to scrutinize the Internal and External forces of Marketing Environment of the SMEs in Pahang. Place and Duration of Study: Study was directed only for SMEs that a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/17581

Gender and Small Business Growth Orientations: Theory, Evidence and Implications for Ghana’s Small Business Sector

Richard Ampadu-Ameyaw, Paul Adu Ntifo & Emmanuel Tetteh · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

This paper contributes to addressing questions about why differences in business growth between men and women businesses exist. The paper employs key and informant interviews, literature reviews and survey of about 4000 heads of rural small businesses in gathering data. The resul...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/17413

Student Perceptions of Accounting and Business Scandals on the Accounting Profession

Jack T. McCann, Eugene Offoha & Rick Bryant · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of accounting and business scandals on business student perceptions of the accounting profession and to determine if they are differentiated by maturity factors. Student maturity is distinguished by age in years, class standin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/18357

The Correlation between Business Location and Consumers Patronage: Implications for Business Policy Decisions

Eze Felix John, Odigbo Benedict Ejikeme & Ufot Juliet Alfred · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

The study undertook a critical appraisal of the relationship between business locations and consumer patronage, with a view to pinpointing the implications on business policy and decision-makings. The study sought to: Determine the effect of business locations on consumers’ repea...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/16998

The Use of Information Technology (IT) among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) In Financial Reporting: Evidence from Ghana

Eugene Abrokwah, Isaac Quaye, Charles Omondi, Joseph Yaw Osei & Alfred Sarbah · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

In today’s world, the role of Information Technology (IT) has become an essential tool to the success of every business. A major strategy in ensuring cost reduction, security and remaining efficient and effective in today’s modern business environment is the use of recently emerg...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/18444

The Investment Process in the Mexican Industry: The Case of Mexican Chemical Petrochemical Complex

Leticia Armenta & Edgar Nuñez · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the investment process of the mexican chemical petrochemical industry (CQP). In order to do it we take the defined complex following Lifschitz and Zottele [1] methodology and we apply a tobin’s q model with uncertainty following bo [2...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/17916

Goal-based Key Performance Indicators of Science Parks' Effectiveness: A Case Study at Riyadh Techno-Valley

Ghassan Kbar & Shady Aly · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

Science and Technology Parks (S&TP) play an important role in creating a supportive eco- system to build innovation, developing new businesses, transferring of technologies, establishing tight collaboration with the industry and positively impacting the growth of knowledge ec...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/18556

Key Determinants of Inflation in Ghana

Amos Oppong, Lucille Aba Abruquah, Doris Agyeiwaa, Augustine Damptey Owusu, Isaac Quaye & Eric Ashalley · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

Inflation, and its deleterious effects on economies, has for long been the worry of governments especially among developing countries including Ghana. Several studies on the Ghanaian economy, have concluded that inflation in Ghana is purely a monetary phenomenon though in reality...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/18024

Globalization, FDI and the Links with Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation for MENA Countries

Siham Matallah & Nouria Ghazi · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2015

The present paper analyzes the impact of globalization and FDI inflows on economic growth in 14 MENA countries over the period 1995-2011, through the use of panel data analysis. The fixed effects specification reveals that globalization and FDI inflows seem to play a substantial...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2015/17112