IOSR-JBM   Volume-22 ~ Issue-8 ~ Aug. 2020

Abstract: Nigeria, an African country on the Gulf of Guinea, with an approximate population of 200 million. Having many beautiful natural landmarks, wildlife reserves and high population country attracts lot of foreign national every year. Industry estimates says that almost 6.5 lakh telecom users (roamers) visit Nigeria every month and double of them travel outside Nigeria. With such a high in & out flow of customers every month roaming becomes an important revenue stream for telecom players. Nigeria has approximately $5.0 Million monthly revenue pie which got badly impacted during pandemic. This paper tries to explain how roamers movement got impacted because of restricted travel and closure of international airports hence impacting important revenue for telecom operators.

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Abstract: This study evaluated the impact of mega sports events on cross-cultural interactions with Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup as the case study. The study was anchored on Hall's cultural identity theory. The dependent and independent variables were conceptualised using Nico Schulenkorf sports for development Framework. A case study research design was adopted for the study. Questionnaires were used for primary data collection. The data collected was edited, cleaned and entered in SPSS version 25 for data analysis which was done through the use of descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages and measures of central tendency such the mean. The relationship between...

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Abstract: This study aimed to examine the anticipated impacts of mega sporting events on tourism development and activities in reference to the 2022 FIFA world cup in Qatar. The following objectives informed the study; To determine the perceived benefits of 2022 FIFA world cup, To determine tourism development activities linked to the 2022 FIFA world cup in Qatar and to examine whether tourism development is dependent on income from the event, or/andthe number of visitors from the event. To achieve the objectives for the study, a quantitative research methodology was preferred that would collect data using online surveys that were sent to the respondents. The resulting data was analysed using SPSS and conducted based on the specific research questions. The results....

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Abstract: Background: The overall performance of the apparel industry is largely depend on the job performance of the employees. There are many factors influencing the job performance of the employees. Amongst them, working environment is one of the important factors. However, it was observed that there are not enough studies carried out to examine the impact of physical working environment on job performance of employees in Sri Lankan garment industry. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact of physical working environment on job performance of employees.....

Key Word:Ventilation;Temperature; Noise; Interior infrastructure; Lighting; Job performance; Physical working environment

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Abstract: Over the last few years, the insurance sector has experienced increased competition. This has been greatly attributed to increased taxation from regulator through introduction of new requirements, increase in risk management costs, capital inadequacy and high compliance cost. It is with this reasons that UAP Holdings agreed to merge with Old Mutual group to form one entity. Therefore the study sought to assess the effect of market share on competitive advantage of insurance firms in Kenya. The study was informed on the concept of, market power theory. The study targeted 51 department heads from the five UAP old Mutual branches in Nairobi as they are the decision makers. The researcher used Census since the target population was small. The study utilized both primary and secondary data. Questionnaires were used to collect primary data desirable for the study. The questionnaire contained both closed and open-ended items. The researcher got secondary data from the AKI report (2012-2018) to assess the performance and the market share of the insurance firm before and the merger and acquisition....

Key words: Market Share, Competitive Advantage, and Mergers and Acquisition

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Abstract: Green banking is like a normal bank which considers the entire social and environmental, ecological factors with an aim to protect the environment and conservative natural resources. It is also called as an ethical bank or sustainable bank. They are controlled by the same authorities but with an additional agenda towards taking care of the earth's environment/ habitats / resources. Bank support eco-friendly groups and raise money for local environment but also leads to cost reductions in banking activities. This paper emphasis on concepts, methods, opportunities, challenges and benefits of green banking .Therefore there is a need to create awareness and follow green banking in today's business world of innovative technologies so as to make our environment human friendly..

Key Word:Green banking, carbon emissions, environmental protection, green banking financial products and sustainable development

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Abstract: The enthronement of his majesty Philipp Ularker Rauni III on the head of Alur Kingdom (27th october 2010) as the king of all the congolese and ugandans Alur, to attempt to reinstate the old kingdom, is the most example of political instrumentality based on ethnicity than people's nostalgia developed by George Balandier in his traditionnal State theory.

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