ABSTRACTEffective corporate governance practices in an organization guaranteed that its resources are managed in a manner that will lead to a better performance. The management of working capital is such a resource that effective corporate governance has an effect since when a business does not manage its liquidity well; it will have cash shortages and as a result experience problems paying its obligations when they fall due. Towards this end, the research pursued to examines the impact of Co...
ABSTRACT The study examines the impact of financial performance on the executive compensation of listed firms in the Nigerian banking and construction industries using ex-post facto research design.10 years data were extracted from the annual reports and accounts of 8 banks and 7 construction firms. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The study found no significant link between financial performance and executive compensation of banks...
ABSTRACTThis study examines the effect of accountability and transparency on public expenditure management and internally generated revenue in Adamawa State Local Governments. The Population of this study is the entire twenty one (21) local governments councils in Adamawa state, out of which a sample of 14 local governments were drawn using stratified random sampling technique. The study used both primary and secondary data. Panel regression techniques and Structural Equation Model (SEM) a...
Abstract xCompanies Board of directors have been largely criticized for the decline in shareholders’ wealth and corporate failure all over the world, they have been in the spotlight for the fraud cases that had resulted in the failure of major corporations, such as Enron and WorldCom. This study examines the effect of corporate governance on the dividend policy of listed Nigerian deposit money banks. The study utilized documentary data collected from annual reports and accounts of the ...
ABSTRACTThis study examines the impact of corporate board attributes on capital structure of listed food products companies in Nigeria. The study utilized documentary data collected from factbook as well as annual reports and accounts of the sampled companies for the period 2002 to 2013. Panel data methodology was employed for the analysis of the data, therefore ordinary least square (OLS) and fixed effect techniques were applied to estimate the model developed. The panel data help to expl...
Abstract This study examines the impact of Board Characteristics on Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure of listed food product firms in Nigeria over the period 2005-2014. A Sample of six firms out of eleven food product firms listed on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange was studied. The study made use of secondary data generated from Annual Reports and Accounts of the sampled firms and the Nigerian Stock Exchange Fact book. The data was analyzed by means of descriptive statistics,...
This article is about the statistical analysis of a questionnaire that is the product of the experiences of telepathy meditation students. This questionnaire is the collection of their common experiences which has been organized through interviews. The purpose of the research is to determine the extent of similarity between reported common experiences. Therefore, draw the attention of researchers to conduct further research on the aforementioned experiments. Thehypothesis of Iranian meditatio...
This paper attempts to merge the concepts and theoretical frameworks of the disciplines of Anthropology and Economics, and attempts to create a new sub-field in Economics called ‘Anthropological Economics’ which is mired in Anthropological concepts and principles and seeks to maximize not only human welfare and happiness but also wealth maximization across cultures, while considering both the psychic unity of man, universal human needs and culturespecific factors. Thus, Anthropological Ec...
This paper reviews the definitions of science put forward by different scholars, its myriad functions, its social duties and responsibilities, and the role played by science communication to the masses. It discusses the historical role played by science in ushering in social and intellectual revolutions particularly in the context of Europe and other developed societies, and the need to replicate them elsewhere. It also discusses the scope and the nature of work carried out in the fields of s...
Dividend policy is an important aspect of the organization’s corporate policies about which many researchers argued. It has become one of the most debatable topic for researchers due to the vagueness of its theories on the significance of dividend policy while indicating firm’s value. In this competitive environment the challenge to financial experts is to develop a dividend policy aiming at maximizing shareholder’s wealth by efficient utility of investment. So, there is a need to find ...
Abstract The study was on the justification of local government autonomy on socio-economic development of Sagamu local government area. The general objective of the study was to establish the nature of relationship between financial control mechanisms and autonomy with a view to exposing the contradictions between policy objectives of government and the actual realization of the objectives of local government in Ogun State. The specific objectives of the study were to: to establish whether ...
INTRODUCTION Prices go by many names. It is all around us. The price of a worker is wages, incomes taxes are the price we pay for the privilege of making money. In economic theory, prices policy tends to be relegated to a secondary role and attention is devoted to other dimensions of competitive strategy. It is important to be clear what we mean by price. According to Ode (2011), the term price simply means the amount of money that you actually pay in order to buy a good or service so that ...
This study focuses on investigating the relationship between the Inspectorate Cadre ranking system and the decline in discipline, professionalism and work performance in the Nigeria Immigration Service (a case study of Osun State Command). The research employed the Likert type questionnaire to collect data from a target audience of one hundred and seventy six (176) officers and men of Osun command. This data was subjected to a quantitative analysis. Also, the formed hypotheses were analysed ...
ABSTRACT The main thrust determines the impact of population growth towards environmental quality in zimbabwe from period 1980-2016. In this regard, the study was prompted by the decline or deterioration on the state of environmental quality that has been characterised by high temperature and changing weather patterns brought about by population growth in Zimbabwe.Prior researchers conducted on this field of study have offered diverging views re...
The study, titled "Impact of Employee Motivation on Organizational Performance with a Focus on Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC)," aimed to examine the relationship between employee motivation and various performance outcomes at EEDC. Specifically, the research explored how non-financial rewards influence loan recovery, how job security affects customer satisfaction, and how increases in salaries and wages contribute to improved profitability. A descriptive research design was ado...