African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84910092886	The impact of years of buying experience on information sources used by craft retailers in South ...	Makhitha K.M.	2014	Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences	5	23	10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p1553	Department of Logistics, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa	Makhitha, K.M., Department of Logistics, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa	The SA government has identified the craft industry as a key focus area contributing to sustainab...	Craft industry; Craft producers; Craft retailers; Information sources; Years of buying experience	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84887140836	Business owner's expertise, employee skills training and business performance: A small business p...	Chinomona R.	2013	Journal of Applied Business Research	29	6	None	Department of Logistics, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa	Chinomona, R., Department of Logistics, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa	While researches on small businesses have grown substantially, there seem to be a paucity of rese...	Business performance; Employee training; Expert power; Small and medium enterprises	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33646791464	Performance evaluation of the regulatory institutions in the management of distress in Nigerian b...	Oladele P.O., Asaolu T.O., Oyesanmi O.	2006	European Journal of Social Sciences	2	2	None	Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, I...	Oladele, P.O., Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolow...	This paper presents a performance evaluation of the regulatory institutions in the management of ...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79952147780	Marketing segmentation practices and performance of Nigerian commerical banks	Onaolapo A.A., Salami A.O., Oyedokun A.J.	2011	European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences	None	29	None	Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Ladoke Akintola Universi...	Onaolapo, A.A., Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Ladoke A...	The paper examines the impact of marketing segmentation practices on the performance of selected ...	Customer Retention Capability, Operating expense and Market share; Market segmentation	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79251638802	Comparative ports performance efficiency measurement in developing nations: A matching framework ...	Ogunsiji A.S., Ogunsiji O.O.	2011	European Journal of Social Sciences	18	4	None	Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Niger...	Ogunsiji, A.S., Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology...	This paper acknowledges the significance of ports operation as the driver of engine of growth in ...	Configuration; Environment; Infrastructural-rejuvenation; Matching framework; Occupancy berth rat...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84860822519	Impact of information and communication technology investment on the on productivity of selected ...	Akanbi T.A., Adewoye J.O.	2012	International Business Management	6	1	10.3923/ibm.2012.1.7	Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria	Akanbi, T.A., Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, ...	The high level of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) investment in business enterpris...	ICT; Investment; Manager; Nigeria; Productivity; Smes	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79960103770	Impact of job stress on Managers' Performance	Salami A.O., Ojokuku R.M., Ilesanmi O.A.	2010	European Journal of Scientific Research	45	2	None	Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nige...	Salami, A.O., Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, ...	This paper assesses empirically the impact of job stress on Nigerian Managers' Performance. In ca...	Job redesign; Job stress; Managerial performance; Organizational support	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78650198222	Impact of microfinance bank on standard of living of hairdresser in ogbomoso north local governme...	Abiola I., Salami A.O.	2011	International Business Management	5	1	10.3923/ibm.2011.27.32	Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo ...	Abiola, I., Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Og...	The thrusts of this study are to determine the impact of Microfinance bank on standard of living ...	Hairdressing; Liquidity; Micro enterprises; Micro-credit; Microfinance bank; Poverty; Standard of...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77956529754	Markov chain Monte Carlo for maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) and its performance with maximum...	Salami A.O., Ayantoyinbo B.B.	2010	European Journal of Social Sciences	15	3	None	Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B 4000, Og...	Salami, A.O., Department of Management and Accounting, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, ...	Markov chain Monte Carlo is a general tool for simulation of complex stochastic processes useful ...	Gibbs sampler; Markov chain; Maximum likelihood; Metropolis algorithm; Monte Carlo; Variance esti...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-70350149861	Sustainable production and the performance of South African entrepreneurs in a global supply chai...	Ras P.J., Vermeulen W.J.V.	2009	Sustainable Development	17	5	10.1002/sd.427	Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa; Co...	Ras, P.J., Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Tshwane University of Technology, South...	Global trade is strongly growing and becoming connected to the issue of sustainable development i...	Economic sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Global supply chain; Sustainability	agricultural market; developing world; entrepreneur; export; fruit production; global trade; indu...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84938916299	Innovation strategy and performance of international technology services ventures: The moderating...	Ndubisi N.O., Capel C.M., Ndubisi G.C.	2015	Journal of Service Management	26	4	10.1108/JOSM-04-2015-0118	Department of Management and Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, ...	Ndubisi, N.O., Department of Management and Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mine...	Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating role of structural autonomy ...	Autonomy; Innovation strategy; International technology services venture; ITVs; Non-financial per...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78649791393	Capital structure and firm performance: Evidence from Nigeria	Onaolapo A.A., Kajola S.O.	2010	European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences	None	25	None	Department of Management Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria; De...	Onaolapo, A.A., Department of Management Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbom...	This paper examines the impact of capital structure on firm's financial performance using sample ...	Agency cost; Capital structure; Firm performance; Roa; Roe	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77952868713	Impact of inventory and warehousing costs in total logistics cost of manufacturing companies in S...	Olayinka S.A.	2010	International Business Management	4	1	10.3923/ibm.2010.14.19	Department of Management Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso...	Olayinka, S.A., Department of Management Science, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B...	The research aims to analyse the impact of cost parameters of total logistics cost with emphasis ...	Costs; Impact; Inventory; Iogistics; Parameters; Warehousing	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77952600239	Scale economies and performance evaluation of insurance market in Nigeria	Usman O.A.	2009	Social Sciences	4	1	None	Department of Management Science, Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Nigeria	Usman, O.A., Department of Management Science, Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Nigeria	This study probed into optimal production scale and specifically assesses the significance of ent...	Claims payment; Insurence business performance; Scale economics	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947080702	Strategic alliances on performance of retail firms in Nairobi county, Kenya	Muange R., Maru L.C.	2015	TQM Journal	27	6	10.1108/TQM-06-2015-0075	Department of Management Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya	Muange, R., Department of Management Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya; Maru, L.C., Depart...	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of strategic alliances on firm perf...	Joint manufacturing alliances; Joint marketing alliances; Procurement-supplier alliances; Technol...	Commerce; Costs; Efficiency; Human resource management; Manufacture; Marketing; Productivity; Pro...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84891783179	Does total quality management affect the performance of small and medium enterprises? A case of m...	Agbola R.M.	2013	World Applied Sciences Journal	28	13	10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.28.efmo.27001	Department of Management Studies, Central University College, P.O. Box: 2305, Tema, Ghana	Agbola, R.M., Department of Management Studies, Central University College, P.O. Box: 2305, Tema,...	The paper examines the relationship between total quality management (TQM) practices of small and...	Ghana; Growth; Performance; Profitability; Small medium enterprises	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84925270639	Impact of socio-demographic and economic factors on households' savings behaviour: Empirical evid...	Vadde S.	2015	Indian Journal of Finance	9	3	None	Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, Samara University, Ethiopia	Vadde, S., Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, Samara University, Ethiopia	The main aim of the study was to investigate the determinants of households' saving behavior in a...	Economic factors; Microfinance institutions; Potential households; Saving behaviour; Socio-demogr...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-62249133727	The relationships among gender, strategic capabilities, and performance of small retail firms in ...	Boohene R.	2009	Journal of African Business	10	1	10.1080/15228910802701601	Department of Management, School of Business, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana	Boohene, R., Department of Management, School of Business, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, ...	The study examines the direct and indirect effects of gender on business strategies, firm resourc...	Gender; Ghana; Resources; Skills; Strategy	corporate strategy; economic development; firm ownership; gender issue; least squares method; met...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33745443538	Monitoring environmental complexities and changes: Some lessons from small firms	Temtime Z.T.	2006	International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business	1	3	10.1504/IJGSB.2006.010612	Department of Management, University of Botswana, P.O. Box 70471, Gaborone, Botswana	Temtime, Z.T., Department of Management, University of Botswana, P.O. Box 70471, Gaborone, Botswana	The process of gathering and interpreting pertinent information from the environment and introduc...	Botswana; Developing countries; Environmental complexities; Environmental scanning; Small and Med...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84956486629	Implementation, monitoring and evaluation of sustainable business practices: framework and empiri...	Dos Santos M.A.O., Svensson G., Padin C.	2014	Corporate Governance (Bingley)	14	4	10.1108/CG-02-2013-0022	Department of Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa; Oslo School of ...	Dos Santos, M.A.O., Department of Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Afr...	Purpose – This study aims to illustrate what and how a South African retail chain implements, mon...	Areas of indices; Business; Retail industry; South Africa; Sustainable; Triple bottom line; Woolw...	None	None	View

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