IOSR-JBM   Volume-22 ~ Issue-4 ~ April 2020

Abstract: For close to three decades, Kenya has experienced a high rate of unemployment among young graduates who are completing their studies in the universities.. There has been challenge of changing the mindsets of our university graduates to venture into business than seeking formal jobs upon graduation. Entrepreneurship education has been used as a key strategic intervention in order to generate graduates who are psychologically prepared to initiate their own businesses and run them for their living and growth.. The universities entrepreneurship education curriculum is intended to provide knowledge that motivates students to acquire and develop entrepreneurial intention before and after graduation. However University graduates continue to move from one......

Keywords: Entrepreneurship education curriculum,Entrepreneurial intentions, Attitude and capital availability

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Abstract: This study aims to investigate factors contributing teachers turnover intention at selected primary and secondary schools found in Tacharmachioworeda. A cross-sectional study was conducted using quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. The study participants were full time teachers found in the primary and secondary schools. The total populations of the study were 208 from 6 elementary and 3 secondary schools and out of this, 135 samples were drawn by using the conventional sample size determination formula for single population. The study employed stratified random sampling technique particularly, using proportional sampling technique. The finding revealed that lack of participatory approach in decision making followed by .lack of good relationship among principals, vice principals were the major determinant factors for teachers turnover intention in the study area. The correlation analysis result also revealed that turnover intention were found to be statistically.......

Key Word: turnover, promotion, salary, job satisfaction

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Abstract: The dire need for diversification of the revenue base of Nigerian economy from total dependence on oil revenue because of the negative impact of the sustained decline in the price of oil in the world markets, calls for an assessment of other revenue sources. One of such available and reliable sources of revenue is the corporate tax. The study evaluated the effect of corporate tax on revenue generation for a period of eighteen years from 2001 to 2018. Secondary data were collected from the Federal Inland Revenue Service in Nigeria. Five hypotheses were formulated and tested at 95% confidence interval via ordinary least square (OLS) estimation technique. The......

Keywords:Corporate tax, Revenue generation, Companies' income tax, Value added tax, Education tax

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Abstract: Background:This study aims to examine the effect of capital structure on firm value with profitability as a moderating variable. Materials and methods: The data used in this study are secondary data from financial statements of companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the Food and Beverage Industry sub-sector in 2015 - 2018. By using purposive sampling, this study obtained 15 company samples. The analytical method used in this study is moderated regression analysis (MRA). Results:The results showed that the capital structure had a significant positive effect on firm value. In addition this study shows that profitability cannot strengthen the effect of capital structure on firm value. Conclucion: Research carried out currently uses a single measuring instrument, therefore for subsequent research using more complete measurements and further expanded researches populations are not only limited to the food and beverage industry sub-sector

Keywords: Capital Structure, Profitability, Firm Value

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Abstract: The coronavirus epidemic is not the first virus outbreak that has threatened to disturb financial markets. But the world is now more interconnected since the 2003 SARS outbreak as global companies' revenues have become much more exposed to China. The purposes of this paper are threefold. The first is to address the timely question of whether Bitcoin exhibits a safe-haven property against heightened uncertainty over how the duration and spread of the coronavirus could hit the world economy. The second purpose is to assess if the initial news of the coronavirus outbreak have led to an increased volatility of Bitcoin. The third aim is to test if Bitcoin immediately react on publicly announced information (follows the hypothesis of efficient markets). We show that the current....

Keywords: Coronavirus, Bitcoin, Safe haven, Volatility, Efficiency

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Abstract: Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows are seen as important catalyst for Economic growth in developing countries. The article aimed to discover and present the empirical evidence on how FDI influences economic development in Tanzania for a period 1998-2018 annual serial data. The multiple regression analysis technique was used to analyze the collected data. The result of study reveals that FDI has positive impact on the Economic development growth of Tanzania. The suggested model produce findings intended to find the relationship between FDI and GDP and the model tend to fit well and provide the result that FDI has influence to the decision making process when it comes to economic development in Tanzania..

Keywords: FDI, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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Abstract: Firm decisions are majorly affected by the operating environment (OE) in which they exist. Environmental context represents an exterior ecosystem. Effect of external environment context on strategic management is a discussion that is ever ongoing. within which the organizational decisions and strategy are integrated. Organizations mustblend with their environment in order to remain relevant, thus the necessity to clearly identify and define the components and dimensions of the environment. Operating environment either pose a threat or offer opportunities necessary to steer organization performance. The key result suggest that operating environment affect the relationship between corporate governance and firm successes amongst companies listed at Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).

Keywords: Operating Environment, Corporate Governance, Firm Performance, Nairobi Securities Exchange

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