ABSTRACT Financial institutions are the main intermediation channels between saving and investment in a country. Bank efficiency allows for mobilizing of savings from diverse sources and allocate it to more productive activities for economic growth. This study carries out a comparative analysis of technical efficiency for listed and unlisted banks in Ghana. Using panel annual financial data from eleven (11) banks starting from 2009 to 2013, the study employed the Stochastic Frontier Approach ...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at evaluating the performance of the KNUSTSM, Tarkwa, for the period that it has existed as a tertiary institution todate, a time span of twenty-five years. The School will celebrate, in October 2001, its silver jubilee of nurturing by the mother university, KNUST, Kumasi. Even though it is at the threshold of becoming a University College, no formal evaluation has been made about how the School has so far performed. The study also sought to establish whether...
ABSTRACT ,,' Throughout time people have been concerned with questions regarding life and death, mortality and immortality. So, the disposal ofthe dead and funeral have been given special attention. This study therefore seeks to find out whether the impression that funerals have more negative than positive effects on the Takoradi community is true or not. The sample for the study was taken from the Takoradi community made up of family heads, bereaved family members, those committees in charge...
ABSTRACT The prevalence rate of child obesity has increased globally, including developing countries such as Ghana. The use of teachers as implements of change to combat child obesity seem to be a useful idea since teachers have direct interaction with children for substantial amounts of time each day. Yet, there is no study that has evaluated the use of teachers in managing child obesity in Ghana. This study sought to investigate the intervention strategies that can be adapted by teachers in...
ABSTRACT It was until the early 1990’s that economists began to place greater emphasis on the role of human capital development as the basic rock for development. Using a multi-stage sampling technique, the researcher interviewed a sample of 868 households in rural Ghana. The study adopted unitary model of intra household decision model to examine parents’ expectation and investment in children’s education in rural Ghana. The study revealed that the probability that children getting the...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to examine the effect of exchange rate movements on export sector performance in Ghana. The focus is on the real sector of the economy thus, Agricultural, Industrial and Services Sectors. A quantitative research design is employed. It uses data from the World Development Indicators (WDI) and the sample period spans1984-2016. The Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedastic (GARCH) model is employed in calculating exchange rate volatility. This was after an ...
ABSTRACT This study assessed training programmes offered by T.M.A. to its staff members. The general objective was to assess the extent to which training programmes offered by the T.M.A. have influenced the output of staff. The population for the study was the 3500 staff members of T.M.A. who have been at post from six months and more. The sample size of respondents was 100 made up of 90 junior staff members and 10 management staff. Questionnaires were used to gather information from manageme...
ABSTRACT This study assesses the relationship between innovation, performance and competitive advantage among Ghanaian banks. It uses the subjective way of customer perception to measure innovation, performance and competitive advantage with questions based on theory. The customers involved are mainly retail customers who visit their respective banks. The research is carried out in Accra and encompasses banks listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. A Structural Equation Model (SEM) with resp...
ABSTRACT The level of tax knowledge is a key indicator of the level of tax compliance, which also affects the amount of the tax revenues available to support government projects and programmes. In Ghana, the level of compliance among the self-employed is low according to the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). It is believed that the level of compliance among these selfemployed will be improved with tax education. This study see...
ABSTRACT The research investigated the impact of depression, anxiety and spirituality on the quality of life of prostate cancer patients in Ghana. The Survey research design was employed and the simple random sampling technique was used in selecting twenty-nine (29) prostate cancer patients as participants. Four hypotheses were tested using the One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression Analysis. The research outcome indica...
ABSTRACT This dissertation presents a study to examines the influence of firm characteristics, owner characteristics and control mechanisms for information asymmetry on the SMEs external financing preference and how this preference together with other firm determinants impact the growth of firms. This research was a cross-sectional study which relied solely on primary data. A binary logistic regression was used to analyze the data due to the dichotomous nature of the dependent variable- finan...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of human resource management practices on employees’ commitment: a case of some selected oil marketing companies within the Kumasi Metropolis. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The study used the quantitative research approach. The population for the study was sixtyfive (65) respondents comprising of managers and staff of the selected oil marketing companies in the Kumasi Metropolis. The random sampling procedure ...
ABSTRACT High and rising inflation is not good news with a resultant general dislike for it. Indeed, Inflation has very significant effects on the economy and the welfare of the population. It is generally accepted that when inflation is too high it has detrimental effects such as wiping away savings and even redistributing incomes among others. However, when it is too low too it could discourage the investments required to propel economic growth and increase welfare. Monetary policy has been...
ABSTRACT Marriage is an important social institution which is cherished and respected in most African societies. However, the trend has changed as most of the contemporary youth in Akropong Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana do not seem to cherish or respect marriage anymore. The purpose of this study was to find out the reasons for the change in attitude towards marriage among the youth. A semi-structured interview guide was used to elicit the views of the youth, traditional leaders,...
ABSTRACT Using a nonparametric DEA approach, this study estimates the profit efficiency of 26 banks in Ghana over the period 2000 to 2013. This is compared to the estimates of two profitability ratios, ROA and ROE. The study then examines the influence of capital structure on the estimated profit efficiency and the extent to which the degree of competition measured by the Boone Indicator and the Herfindahl Hirschman Index influences the capital structure-profit efficiency nexus. The e...