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    • Savings-Growth Nexus in Ghana: Cointegration and Causal Relationship Analyses 

      Pickson, Robert Becker; Enning, Koduah Dawud; Siaw, Anthony (Scientific Research, 2017-02)
      The wide range of controversies surrounding the direction of causality between savings and economic growth necessitated this study. The study was intended to investigate the relationship between gross domestic savings ...

    • The Serendipity Theorem for an Endogenous Open Economy Growth Model 

      Ziesemer, Thomas (Scientific Research, 2018-04)
      A Samuelsonian serendipity theorem for an endogenous growth model is derived. The formula for optimal population growth rate deviates from those of the model with exogenous population growth rates in a third best ...

    • Short-Run and Long-Run Co-Movements in the Income-Consumption Relationship 

      Ming Au, Alan Kai; Yeung, Matthew C. H. (Scientific Research, 2018-04)
      The study uses the cointegration and common cycle analysis to test whether there are short-run and long-run co-movement relationships between incomes and varies consumption expenditure variables. The analysis aims ...

    • Small Scale Contractors in Africa’s Emerging Markets: The Case of South Africa 

      Hove, George (Scientific Research, 2016-10)
      In South Africa, the development of Small scale emerging contractors (SSECs) has become vital to bring about economic prosperity and the government has prioritised the advancement of SSECs as the vehicle towards achieving ...

    • Social Capital, Perceptions and Economic Performance 

      Hernández, José A.; Guerrero-Luchtenberg, César (Scientific Research, 2016-04)
      This paper describes how social capital emerges, relates to economic performance and evolves in the long run. Using the concept of psychological equilibrium, two types of individuals are generated in the population ...

    • Social Media and Its Role in Marketing 

      Sajid, S.I. (OMICS Group, 2016-02)
      Social media nowadays is among the ‘best possibilities available’ to an item to get in touch with potential customers. Community social networking websites are the method to interact socially. These new media win the ...

    • Social Responsibility Practices in the Marketing of Loans by Microfinance Companies in Ghana, the Views of the Customer 

      Brew, Yaw; Chai, Junwu; Addae-Boateng, Samuel; Sarpong, Solomon (Scientific Research, 2015-10)
      Microfinance companies provide loans and other facilities like savings, insurance, and transfer services to poor low-income household and microenterprises. It is expected that by the nature of their customers and services, ...

    • Sovereign Marketing: A New Strategy of Marketing 

      Ahmed, Gouher (Scientific Research, 2017-08)
      The importance of “sovereign” consumerism is well established in business and marketing theory. It is a familiar business saying that the consumer is the king of the market or market king, which is truer in theory rather ...

    • Speed of Adjustment of Capital Structure in Emerging Markets 

      Supra, Bharath; Narender, Vunyale; Jadiyappa, Nemiraja; Girish, G. P. (Scientific Research, 2016-06)
      Speed of Adjustment (SOA) is a concept well studied in the area of capital structure. The concept is premised upon the fact that firms have a target capital structure for the next year and strive to achieve this target; ...

    • Stakeholder Valuing: A Process for Identifying the Interrelationships between Firm and Stakeholder Attributes 

      Downs, Alexis; Carlon, Donna M. (MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2014-05)
      As firms are creating and recreating themselves as stakeholder corporations, tensions mount between a firm’s fiduciary duties to its shareholders and the broader responsibilities inherent in a stakeholder focus. Firms have ...

    • Strategic Choice of Market Instrument 

      Atallah, Samer (Scientific Research, 2017-06)
      This paper proposes a model where both regulator and industry behave strategically to endogenously choose the optimal market instrument. The regulator payoff function includes political gains from investment in abatement ...

    • A Study on Spatial Distribution and Characteristics of Moving Companies 

      Seo, Dae Hyun; Kim, Kabsung (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      The purpose of this study is to propose a method of establishing demand zone in the estimation of industrial complex needs. Demand estimates of existing industrial complexes are mainly based on survey method, which leads ...

    • The Sustainability of Japan’s Government Debt: A Review 

      Miyazaki, Tomomi; Onji, Kazuki (Scientific Research, 2017-10)
      This paper reviews the literature on the sustainability of Japanese government debt/deficit. First, we offer an overview of the approaches and the key findings on the sustainability analysis. Second, we introduce the ...

    • Teaching Model Reform of Performance Management Course Based on the Theory of Constructivism 

      Cheng, Long (Scientific Research, 2018-07)
      As the core course of human resource management major, performance management course is highly practical. Based on the theory of constructivism, combining with the practical requirements of enterprise performance ...

    • Testing Leverage and Spillover Effects in Precious Metal ETFs 

      Chen, Jo-Hui; Trang Do, Thi Van (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      This research employed the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity-in-Mean-Autoregressive Moving Average (GARCH-M-ARMA) and the Exponentially Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity- ...

    • Theoretical Foundations of Africa’s Economic Transformation and Growth 

      Atta-Mensah, Joseph (Scientific Research, 2017-08)
      This paper provides the theoretical underpinnings of growth models to explain structural economic transformation in Africa. The paper suggests that endogenous growth model is the key for understanding long-run growth ...

    • Tourism and Employment Spillovers in a Small Island Developing State: A Dynamic Investigation 

      Fauzel, Sheereen (Scientific Research, 2016-04)
      Using a dynamic vector error correction model, and catering for dynamism and endogeneity, the present study attempts to address the question on whether tourism development enhances employment in Mauritius using time ...

    • Transparency and Financing Choices of Family Firms 

      Ahmad, Muhammad Ishfaq; Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr; Hasan, Mudassar; Naseem, Muhammad Akram; Rehman, Ramiz Ur (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      Past literature indicates that family firms were different from nonfamily firms in term of performance, governess and disclosure. But there was very little evidence which specified the financial structure of family firm. ...

    • Understanding Cultural Difference Management through Charles Taylor’s Philosophy: Case Studies from the Food Processing Industry 

      Hébert, Louis; Facal, Joseph; Ouellet, Samuel Marleau (MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2015-04)
      In this paper, we use the work of the philosopher, Charles Taylor, to investigate the role of culture on internationalization decisions. Using parameters related to key constructs such as positive liberty, social ontology, ...

    • Using Patents in Promotional Activities 

      Tsuchihashi, Toshihiro (Scientific Research, 2016-10)
      A traditional view of patents and patenting shows a trade-off between the benefit of appropriation and the cost of information revelation. However, firms may benefit from information revelation to consumers because patents ...