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Analysing the Relationship between Budget Deficit and Current Account Deficit in Namibia

Achiles Shifidi & Jacob M. Nyambe · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

Is there a causal relationship between budget deficit and current account deficit? This study attempts to explain the significance of the transmission mechanism, (the exchange rate and interest rate) in explaining the twin deficit hypothesis (i.e. budget deficit and current accou...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i330217

Fresh-Cut Vegetable at Supermarkets in Bangladesh: Focus on Customer Perception and Factors Influencing Purchasing Decision

Shakila Salam, Samia Afrin & Mousumi Saha · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

The concept of fresh-cut vegetables is relatively new and its demand has increased tremendously. The study was designed to assess the customer's perception and to determine the factors influencing customer's decision to purchase fresh-cut vegetables. Both primary and secondary da...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i330216

Advancing Palm Kernel Business in Nigeria through Effective Marketing

Bossey, Felix Ozimede, Udo, Joseph Sunday & C. L. Ihekoronye · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

Many Entrepreneurs just delve into business in the name of starting a business without first finding out the best production methodology for increase output and the various ways that the product and its bye products can be disposed for more profit. Palm kernel is a money spinning...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i330215

A Study on Online Purchase Motivation, Perceived Risk and Behavioral Intention of Sports Goods Consumption

Chou, Hsiu-Yueh & Chen, Fei-Chuan · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of consumer behavior, and the relationship among purchase motivation, perceived risk, and behavioral intention. In this study, 594 valid questionnaires were collected from consumers who bought sports goods online. After...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i330214

New Insights into Export-growth Nexus: Wavelet and Causality Approaches

Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

It is observed that exports play a significant role in economic expansion. Thus, this study tends to shed more light on the export and economic growth interaction in Nigeria using data between 1981 and 2018. Due to inconclusiveness in the literature, this study employs a more sup...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i230212

The Impact of the Debt Ratio, Total Assets, and Earning Growth Rate on WACC: Evidence from Nepalese Commercial Banks

Prem Bahadur Budhathoki & Chandra Kumar Rai · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

This study examined the impact of the debt ratio, total assets, and earnings growth rate on banks’ WACC. This study employed bank scope data of twenty-eight commercial banks during the single period of 2018. Altogether, there were 28 observations were made in the study. The ordin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i230210

Effects of Strategic Management on Organizational Performance in Manufacturing Firms in South-East Nigeria

Onyekwelu Njideka Phina · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

This study investigated the effect of strategic management on organizational performance with particular reference to some manufacturing firms in South-East Nigeria. The study is anchored on classical theory and resource-based theory. The population of the study is comprised of 1...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i230211

Risk and Benefit of Outsourcing in Southern Part of Ethiopia: A Case of MAA Garment and Textile Factory

Moges Assefa · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

The main objective of this study is to assess the perceived and existed benefits and problems of outsourcing on two outsourced functions of the organization. To select respondents for this study purposive sampling were used. The collected questionnaires were analyzed by using Sta...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i230208

Employee Rewards and Its Performance Implication: A South Eastern Nigeria Experience

Gerald Emejulu · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

The seeming unending controversy between employers and employees in the workplace which have most often led to some sort of faceoff between both parties necessitated this study which looked at employee rewards and how it impacts on job performance of civil servants in South East...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i230209

Impact of Agricultural Policies on the Egyptian Cotton Sector Using Policy Analysis Matrix

Mohamed A. ELsamie, Tarek Ali & Moataz Eliw · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

The Egyptian cotton sector is considered one of the most important export strategic sectors in Egypt, where the Egyptian government takes many agricultural policies that lead to an increase in exports of that crop to foreign markets, as these policies that the government takes ha...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i130207

The Impact of Financial Deepening on the Economy of Nigeria (1981-2018)

Udeme Okon Efanga, Chinelo Okanya Ogochukwu & Georgina Obinne Ugwuanyi · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

This study was carried out to investigate the impact of financial deepening on the Nigerian economy between 1981 and 2018. Data employed for this study was elicited from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin of 2018. This study employed real gross domestic product as proxy...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i130204

Key Drivers of Salesperson Performance: The Role of Sales Antecedents and Moderating Effect of Customer Directed Extra Role Behavior

Bilal Ahmad & Muhammad Imad ud Din Akbar · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

The salespersons are considered as one of the important sources while interacting between the company and its prospective customers. The purpose is to develop and test the model that involves salespersons performance in the pharmaceutical sector of Pakistan. Specifically, the stu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i130205

Factors Influencing Consumers’ Preference for Imported Rice in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Margaret Aba Sam Hagan & Dadson Awunyo-Vitor · Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting · 2020

This study has examined the determinants of consumption of imported rice in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Data was collected from households that were selected in the various sub-metros within the metropolis. In all 327 rice consumers were sampled and inte...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajeba/2020/v15i130203