Business Education Research Papers/Topics

The effect of education on business skills cognition among informal sector entrepreneurs

Abstract/Overview This study examined the effect of education, in comparison to training the experiential factors on Business Skills Cognition. Business Skills Cognition was a quantitative dependent variable whose measures were generated from five dimensions of business knowledge and practice. Specifically, these dimensions were; Business Growth and Diversification, Risk Aversion and Financing, Business Promotion and Marketing, Business Documentation and Business Organization, Pricing and...

What Do They Actually Pay? The True Cost Of Borrowing In The Payday Lending Industry

ABSTRACT In 2011 the payday loan industry is estimated to have lent $32 billion, collecting $7 billion in interest and fees (Dougherty, Carter, "Consumer Bureau Focuses on Payday Lending", Bloomberg Business Week, January 19 2012). The peak of payday lending came in the past decade but has started declining (Alp er, Alexandria, "US Payday Lenders Point Fingers to Blunt Crackdown", Reuters, January 20, 2012) with increased regulation and enforcement. In the case of regulation, the most common...

Industrial Expectation from MBA Students: Some reflection with reference to RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur

Abstract: Management education in RTM, Nagpur University approximately 20 years old. It is precisely designed to develop the business decision-making skills of students. Business Management education plays an important role in developing managerial as well employability skills. The courses in many MBA Institutes across country are exam driven, which aims at creating a plain student rather than its objective of imparting knowledge. The corporate require a student who can be readily absorbed in...