The study examined the effect of corporate governance on firm’s financial performance amongst private business enterprises in Uganda. The study used descriptive and survey design. A mixed method approach which involved both qualitative and quantitative techniques were also used. The study found out that corporate governance significantly influences the financial performance of hotels and manufacturing firms in Lira City and majority of the firms investigated performed on average financially. It was also established that firms whose boards demonstrate high integrity were likely to register positive changes in their financial performance than firms whose boards do not. The study also noted that board independence would propel the firm to grow to greater heights. The study recommends that hotel and manufacturing firm owners should exercise some discipline and leave boards to operate independently. This would allow the board to remain focused on the long-term goals of the firm. The hotel and manufacturing firm owners should be cautious in selecting board members lest they attract many that would increase the firm’s liabilities. Key words: Corporate governance, board diversity, board integrity, firm performance, financial performance.
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The paper examined the effects of globalisation on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) performance in Ghana. By using the case study approach, the study selected the Kumasi Metropolis as the area for this study. The research delved into the level of familiarity of globalisation among SMEs, examined the influence of globalisation on SMEs performance and assessed the prospects and challenges globalisation poses on the SMEs market in Kumasi. Due to the nature of the population, a sample of 200 SMEs was selected for the study through purposive sampling. The study’s results revealed that the levels of awareness of globalisation among SMEs are generally known. Furthermore, most of the respondents consented that globalisation affects SMEs in acquiring knowledge and experience. Other enumerated effects include the availability of raw materials to increase performance, higher profits and better consultations with customers abroad than the domestic market. The study further found that the globalisation of SMEs was significantly affected by the level of competition from overseas competitors. Among others, the study recommended that the managerial capabilities of entrepreneurs of SMEs should be enhanced through periodic globalisation-based training programs, thereby acquiring in-depth comprehension of issues about globalisation and creating an enabling environment for SMEs to embrace globalisation. Key words: Globalisation, development, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), performance, Ghana.
{"title":"Effects of globalization on small medium-sized enterprise development in Ghana","authors":"Alfred Sarbah, Isaac Quaye","doi":"10.5897/AJBM2021.9196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/AJBM2021.9196","url":null,"abstract":"The paper examined the effects of globalisation on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) performance in Ghana. By using the case study approach, the study selected the Kumasi Metropolis as the area for this study. The research delved into the level of familiarity of globalisation among SMEs, examined the influence of globalisation on SMEs performance and assessed the prospects and challenges globalisation poses on the SMEs market in Kumasi. Due to the nature of the population, a sample of 200 SMEs was selected for the study through purposive sampling. The study’s results revealed that the levels of awareness of globalisation among SMEs are generally known. Furthermore, most of the respondents consented that globalisation affects SMEs in acquiring knowledge and experience. Other enumerated effects include the availability of raw materials to increase performance, higher profits and better consultations with customers abroad than the domestic market. The study further found that the globalisation of SMEs was significantly affected by the level of competition from overseas competitors. Among others, the study recommended that the managerial capabilities of entrepreneurs of SMEs should be enhanced through periodic globalisation-based training programs, thereby acquiring in-depth comprehension of issues about globalisation and creating an enabling environment for SMEs to embrace globalisation. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Globalisation, development, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), performance, Ghana.","PeriodicalId":7666,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Business Management","volume":"52 1","pages":"250-264"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88952238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Most micro, small, medium enterprises in Malawi struggle to grow and survive despite their critical role in the socio-economic development of the country. One major contributing factor is their inability to innovate. This study was therefore aimed at investigating the innovation barriers affecting the manufacturing MSMEs. The study was conducted among the 45 manufacturing MSMEs operating in the Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre. The study adopted a case study approach and employed both quantitative and descriptive approaches. Empirical data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and one- on- one interview. The results of the study revealed that factors such as market competition, difficulty in accessing loans, inadequate government support, labour laws, taxes and regulations in the external environment, and inadequate financial resources, lack of qualified personnel, and poor financial performance within the enterprises hamper innovation activities within the MSMEs. Results of the study also revealed that despite government efforts to promote MSMEs innovativeness, most MSMEs do not participate in such government interventions and worse still some are not even aware of the existence of such interventions. The study therefore recommends that government should intensify its efforts to provide financial support in form of soft loans, entrepreneurial training to MSMEs and promote innovation in MSMEs through relevant policies. Key words: Micro small medium enterprises (MSMEs), innovation, barriers, manufacturing.
{"title":"Barriers to product innovation among the manufacturing micro, small and medium enterprises in Malawi","authors":"D. Mweta, Fizza Suwadi","doi":"10.5897/AJBM2021.9220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/AJBM2021.9220","url":null,"abstract":"Most micro, small, medium enterprises in Malawi struggle to grow and survive despite their critical role in the socio-economic development of the country. One major contributing factor is their inability to innovate. This study was therefore aimed at investigating the innovation barriers affecting the manufacturing MSMEs. The study was conducted among the 45 manufacturing MSMEs operating in the Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre. The study adopted a case study approach and employed both quantitative and descriptive approaches. Empirical data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and one- on- one interview. The results of the study revealed that factors such as market competition, difficulty in accessing loans, inadequate government support, labour laws, taxes and regulations in the external environment, and inadequate financial resources, lack of qualified personnel, and poor financial performance within the enterprises hamper innovation activities within the MSMEs. Results of the study also revealed that despite government efforts to promote MSMEs innovativeness, most MSMEs do not participate in such government interventions and worse still some are not even aware of the existence of such interventions. The study therefore recommends that government should intensify its efforts to provide financial support in form of soft loans, entrepreneurial training to MSMEs and promote innovation in MSMEs through relevant policies. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Micro small medium enterprises (MSMEs), innovation, barriers, manufacturing.","PeriodicalId":7666,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Business Management","volume":"53 1","pages":"211-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86403209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. A. Gallegos, Carlos D iaz-Contreras, Juan Vega-Vargas, Roc io Arellano-Prada, Marcos Blas-Yucra
Intellectual capital research is a topic that has stood out in recent decades and has allowed us to recognize other types of strategic non-accounting resources that allow organizations to increase their financial performance. Despite the importance of the subject, the evidence for emerging economies, especially in Latin America is scarce and outdated with inconclusive results. This motivates this research. The objective of this work is to determine and quantify the impact of intellectual capital and its components, human capital, relational capital, and structural capital on the financial performance of the electricity industry in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. The estimates are considered using a panel analysis and the generalized methods of moments and fixed effects are used. The results are not conclusive when estimating a contemporary relationship between human capital, relational capital, and structural capital and financial performance. However, a significant positive relationship is observed when lagged measures are used for each proposed measure of intellectual capital. Key words: Intellectual capital, firms’ performance, electricity industry, emerging markets.
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J. Wiredu, Qianru Yang, Paul Otoo, Johnpaul Ogochukwu Igbonaju
The last 30 years have also seen a dramatic global decrease in fertility in the developing world. World Bank has made known that significantly greater stages of Feminine work force participation can be connected to more returns on human capital and education. Feminine work force involvement is a major macroeconomic phenomenon which signifies growth and development for any country, and one vital part of this subject is the connection between potency and feminine labor force input. The study uses data from 18 countries in West Africa for the period of 1995 to 2015, to assess the outcomes of potency on female workforce involvement using the pooled OLS and Fixed Effects Method. The dependent variable was fertility rate whilst the independent variables are female workforce input, male work input, and growth rate. The study finding shows that the fertility rate over the period of 1995-2015 has a negative effect on female work force input and has been declining.
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In the last decades, Uganda has been aligning her poverty reduction and wealth creation strategies with the global goals – in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and, of late, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These have been mainstreamed through the annual plans, the National Development Plan (NDP) and Vision 2040. Through these, Uganda has planned to be a modernised economy by 2040. Many poverty Many poverty reduction and wealth creation programmes have been in place, especially under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government, but despite a significant reduction of the incidence of poverty from 31.1 per31.1% per cent in 2006, 19.7% per cent in 2013 to 21.4% per cent (8 million) in 2018, the poverty figure is still a cause of great concern to many politicians and policymakers. It is common knowledge that Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) have been used by the NRM government since its launch in 2005 to fight poverty. Through interviews with 19 respondents and document analysis, it has been established that SACCOs have contributed to poverty and wealth creation in many ways: Through the provision of employment, imparting skills to the members, and enabling access to loans, among others, all of which have helped households to improve their welfare. However, it has also been established that these SACCOs have faced several challenges, emanating from governance and management and other environmental issues. It is recommended that, with the renewed commitment of the government to increase the scope of SACCOs to fight poverty and create wealth, these challenges be addressed and government also show more commitment to ensure that SACCOs’ activities are explicitly discussed and included in annual budgets. Key words: SACCOs, poverty, wealth, development, Uganda.
{"title":"Poverty eradication and wealth creation: The role and challenges of savings and credit cooperatives (SACCOs) in Uganda","authors":"J. Omona","doi":"10.5897/AJBM2021.9234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/AJBM2021.9234","url":null,"abstract":"In the last decades, Uganda has been aligning her poverty reduction and wealth creation strategies with the global goals – in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and, of late, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These have been mainstreamed through the annual plans, the National Development Plan (NDP) and Vision 2040. Through these, Uganda has planned to be a modernised economy by 2040. Many poverty Many poverty reduction and wealth creation programmes have been in place, especially under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government, but despite a significant reduction of the incidence of poverty from 31.1 per31.1% per cent in 2006, 19.7% per cent in 2013 to 21.4% per cent (8 million) in 2018, the poverty figure is still a cause of great concern to many politicians and policymakers. It is common knowledge that Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) have been used by the NRM government since its launch in 2005 to fight poverty. Through interviews with 19 respondents and document analysis, it has been established that SACCOs have contributed to poverty and wealth creation in many ways: Through the provision of employment, imparting skills to the members, and enabling access to loans, among others, all of which have helped households to improve their welfare. However, it has also been established that these SACCOs have faced several challenges, emanating from governance and management and other environmental issues. It is recommended that, with the renewed commitment of the government to increase the scope of SACCOs to fight poverty and create wealth, these challenges be addressed and government also show more commitment to ensure that SACCOs’ activities are explicitly discussed and included in annual budgets. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: SACCOs, poverty, wealth, development, Uganda.","PeriodicalId":7666,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Business Management","volume":"56 1","pages":"198-210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84036434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-23DOI: 10.22059/JIBM.2021.290030.3665
شیرین مزرعه, علی شائمی برزکی, علی صفری
هدف: این پژوهش با هدف خلق و آزمون الگوی برندسازی کارفرما، از دیدگاه نیروهای انسانی مستعد شرکتهای فعال در بازار کار تهران اجرا شده است.روش: پژوهش پیش رو با بهرهگیری از روش پژوهش آمیخته اجرا شده است. ابتدا با استفاده از رویکرد کیفی نظریه دادهبنیاد، الگوی برندسازی کارفرما طراحی شد، سپس در رویکرد کمی، به آزمون مدل اقدام شد. دادهها از طریق مصاحبه نیمهساختاریافته با 25 نفر از نیروهای انسانی مستعد و توزیع 437 پرسشنامه بر اساس الگوی طراحیشده گردآوری شدند. روش تجزیه و تحلیل دادههای مصاحبه، کدگذاریهای باز، محوری و انتخابی و استفاده از مدل استراس و کوربین در نرمافزار 10Nvivo بود. در بخش کمی نیز، از مدلسازی معادلات ساختاری و نرمافزارهای اسپیاساس نسخه 25 و آموس نسخه 24 استفاده شد.یافتهها: یافتههای بخش کیفی به طراحی الگوی برندسازی کارفرما بر مبنای دیدگاه نیروی انسانی مستعد در بازار کار تهران منجر شد و پس از تأیید روایی و پایایی آن، فرضیههای بخش کمی تدوین شدند. آزمون فرضیهها، نشاندهنده اعتبار مدل بود.نتیجهگیری: تجزیه و تحلیل دادهها نشان داد که انتظارهای متقابل فرد، شغل و سازمان به تجربه برند کارفرما میانجامد. این تجربه در کنار شرایط زمینهای (منابع قدرت سازمان، الزامات اجرایی برندسازی کارفرما، متولیان برندسازی کارفرما و زیرسیستمهای مدیریت منابع انسانی) و شرایط مداخلهگر (پرسونای کاندیدهای شغلی، بازاریابی محتوای کارفرما و مشکلات برندسازی کارفرما) به انتخاب راهبردهای کارفرما در وعده برند و راهبردهای نیروی کار در تصمیم به ماندن یا ترک سازمان منجر شده و به پیامدهای برندسازی کارفرما ختم میشود.
{"title":"طراحی الگوی برندسازی کارفرما بر مبنای انتظارهای نیروی انسانی مستعد","authors":"شیرین مزرعه, علی شائمی برزکی, علی صفری","doi":"10.22059/JIBM.2021.290030.3665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22059/JIBM.2021.290030.3665","url":null,"abstract":"هدف: این پژوهش با هدف خلق و آزمون الگوی برندسازی کارفرما، از دیدگاه نیروهای انسانی مستعد شرکتهای فعال در بازار کار تهران اجرا شده است.روش: پژوهش پیش رو با بهرهگیری از روش پژوهش آمیخته اجرا شده است. ابتدا با استفاده از رویکرد کیفی نظریه دادهبنیاد، الگوی برندسازی کارفرما طراحی شد، سپس در رویکرد کمی، به آزمون مدل اقدام شد. دادهها از طریق مصاحبه نیمهساختاریافته با 25 نفر از نیروهای انسانی مستعد و توزیع 437 پرسشنامه بر اساس الگوی طراحیشده گردآوری شدند. روش تجزیه و تحلیل دادههای مصاحبه، کدگذاریهای باز، محوری و انتخابی و استفاده از مدل استراس و کوربین در نرمافزار 10Nvivo بود. در بخش کمی نیز، از مدلسازی معادلات ساختاری و نرمافزارهای اسپیاساس نسخه 25 و آموس نسخه 24 استفاده شد.یافتهها: یافتههای بخش کیفی به طراحی الگوی برندسازی کارفرما بر مبنای دیدگاه نیروی انسانی مستعد در بازار کار تهران منجر شد و پس از تأیید روایی و پایایی آن، فرضیههای بخش کمی تدوین شدند. آزمون فرضیهها، نشاندهنده اعتبار مدل بود.نتیجهگیری: تجزیه و تحلیل دادهها نشان داد که انتظارهای متقابل فرد، شغل و سازمان به تجربه برند کارفرما میانجامد. این تجربه در کنار شرایط زمینهای (منابع قدرت سازمان، الزامات اجرایی برندسازی کارفرما، متولیان برندسازی کارفرما و زیرسیستمهای مدیریت منابع انسانی) و شرایط مداخلهگر (پرسونای کاندیدهای شغلی، بازاریابی محتوای کارفرما و مشکلات برندسازی کارفرما) به انتخاب راهبردهای کارفرما در وعده برند و راهبردهای نیروی کار در تصمیم به ماندن یا ترک سازمان منجر شده و به پیامدهای برندسازی کارفرما ختم میشود.","PeriodicalId":7666,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Business Management","volume":"26 1","pages":"337-361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87742739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Employee productivity is recognized as a key factor for the development of any organization. Through many research in the past, “work environment” has emerged as one of the most significant aspects that greatly contributes towards employee productivity. When employees are reverted to a work from home scenario, the work environment can change substantially due to varied reasons such as social, economic and cultural scenarios, different than usual. This research investigates employee productivity in relation to a new work environment that has emerged due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The study aims to find factors impacting on employee productivity under this new work environment and views employees, as subgroups or segments, within the new setup. A survey based on 60 employees of a non-government organization in Sri Lanka, is used to exemplify the approach to meet the study aims. Employee Productivity is considered as a binary variable, the two categories being positive productivity and non-positive productivity, compared to the situation prior to Covid. The classification tree, with an accuracy of over 88%, revealed that, four features, namely, complying with daily hours of work, overall experience of working from home, ease of focusing on work and clear communication regarding work, significantly impacted on productivity. The analysis also showed that among the five different employee subgroups that emerged from the analysis, 36% of the employees forming the largest positive group seemed to be able to comply with the required hours easily, had a good overall experience and were able to focus well at home. On the other hand, 42% belonging to the largest non-positive group stated that their work expectations were communicated but they were not able to comply with the due hours or work per day. The proposed evidence-based quantitative approach has shown promising results in studying employee productivity during a work from home scenario.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-04DOI: 10.22059/JIBM.2021.297800.3780
نادر سیدامیری, محمد جلالی, ساره غمخوار, علیرضا داوری
هدف: علیرغم تلاش برای بررسی تأثیر هویت اجتماعی بر وفاداری برند و ارتباط آن با سایر عوامل به نظر می رسد که ادبیات موجود به اندازه کافی گسترده یا غنی نیست تا جنبههای مختلف این رابطه را آشکار سازد. این پژوهش با هدف بررسی تأثیر هویت اجتماعی، ارتباط و دستهبندی محصول بر عشق برند و بر وفاداری برند در صنعت پوشاک انجام شد. روش: رویکرد این پژوهش کمی و از نوع توصیفی همبستگی به شمار میرود. جامعه آماری این پژوهش، شامل مشتریان برند پوشاک بنتون در شهر تهران میباشد و 413 پرسشنامه برای تحلیل با SmartPLS3 انتخاب گردید. همچنین برای بررسی فرضیه های پژوهش از مدلسازی معادلات ساختاری و رویکرد حداقل مربعات جزئی استفاده گردید. یافته ها: بررسیهای انجام شده نشان داد وابستگی برند شامل سه احساس اشتیاق، مهربانی و ارتباط است. از سوی دیگر وابستگی برند به کیفیت ارتباط مربوط است و افزایش برقراری ارتباط با مصرف کنندگان وافزایش تماس با مشتریان منجر به ارتقاء وفاداری و عملکرد مالی میگردد. همچنین در این پژوهش تأثیر خود بیانگری بر علاقه به برند تأیید شد. خود بیانگری یک فعالیت، مرتبط با احساسات است و از طریق ایجاد وابستگی و علاقه به برند بر وفاداری برند تأثیرگذار میباشد. نتیجه گیری: نتایج پژوهش نشان داد هویت اجتماعی بیانگر وجود به تعلق به گروههای اجتماعی خاصی است و جنبهای فردی دارد، بنابراین وقتی هویت اجتماعی گروههای اجتماعی حاصل میشود که فرد خود را متعلق به گروه خاصی میداند. نتایج این پژوهش نشان داد که هویت اجتماعی بر خود بیانگری فرد تأثیر مثبت دارد. همچنین مشتریانی که علاقه به برند را تجربه میکنند، بیشتر تمایل به شرکت در یک همکاری سازنده در یک جامعه برند دارند. علاوه بر این نتایج نشان داد که خود بیانگری به شکل بالقوه برای افزایش علاقه به برند و تشویق رفتار مطلوب پس از خرید مهم است.
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Catherine Asiimwe, David Namanya, Geoffrey Nuwagaba
The main aim of this study was to examine the extent to which internal control practices affected health service delivery in Rukungiri District. The research adopted a case study design using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The target population was 140 key stakeholders that lived and worked in Rukungiri District and a sample size of 104 was drawn from the target population. Our findings from the descriptive statistics, interviews conducted from key stakeholders and documentary reviews revealed a positive and significant relationship between internal control practices and health service delivery in Rukingiri District. The regression analysis results also indicated a modest model fit with adjusted r square of 0.137 which implies that about 14% variation in health service delivery was predictable by internal control practices, while the remaining 86% is explainable by other factors. Key words: Internal control practices, health services, Local government.
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