IOSR-JBM   Volume-24 ~ Issue-8 ~ Aug. 2022

Abstract: This paper presents a study of scenario of Construction Sustainability in India in terms of how the Indian construction companies are coping with the urge of incorporating sustainability in their projects. Since few decades there is a drastic increase in environmental degradation. Construction industries contributing to a major part of this cause. In order to prevent the degradation by construction companies we need to implement sustainable tools and practice of project management. In this study a brief check on the scenario of Indian construction companies has been taken in terms of their progress towards sustainable development. A questionnaire carrying questions related to sustainable practices in project management and the role of project management, was circulated among.....

KEYWORDS: Sustainability, construction, design tools, sustainable practices, construction project management

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Abstract: The rapid growth of Fintech products has resulted in the development of internet banking offered by banks and other telecommunication companies. Internet banking services were initially offered by online financial companies but were later adopted by commercial banks. However, they have posing threats to operational sustainability of banks especially when offered by others online platforms. Commercial banks globally have started showing some signs of distress, and this ought to be examined because of their crucial roles in the economy. This study is aimed at examining the influence of internet banking on long-term sustainability of bank in Kenya. The target population of this study were bank employees from Kenya registered banks. The targeted five seniors' officials........

Key Words : Internet banking, Fintech, Sustainability and Commercial banks

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Abstract: This paper examined the role of professional accountants in budget monitoring and price intelligence (also known asDue Process) in Ekiti State Public Service. It reviewed the concept of due process, evaluatedthe public procurement reform in the nation generally, and examinedthe objectives and functions of the budget monitoring and price intelligence unit. It identified the key role of the professional accountants to include internal auditing and control in the public service, project conceptualization and packaging to match defined priorities and targets, enforcement of the due process principles of transparency, competition and efficiency, prevention of extra budgetary spending among others. The paper concluded that much as the role of other professionals such as economists, valuers, purchasers and otherscannot be over-emphasized, the professional accountant is however the orbit around which the entire budget monitoring and price intelligence usually revolves.

Keywords: Due Process, Procurement Reforms, Project Packaging, Annual Appropriation, Professional Accountant.

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Abstract: Fake news is a fabricated or false news deliberately meant to deceive people. This type of news has become common especially on social media. This study investigates the online abuse of messages and its effects on message delivery in war time. The purpose of the study is to find the ways fake news affect message credibility and determine how it affectspeople's perception of news in war time. The study employed literature review approach. The Uses and Gratification(U&G) theory formed the anchor of the study. Three research questions guided the study: What is the level of perception of message credibility in the social media in the period of war? What are the various ways the people use to identify fake? What are the effects of social media fake news on supports for countries at war......

Keywords: Social media, message credibility, fake news, believability, propaganda, false news

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Abstract: There is no doubt that Nigerian advertisers like their counterparts across the globe have always prioritized innovation and creativity in order to gain competitive advantages. Over the years, celebrity endorsement of products and services has remained one of the most efficacious ways of winning the patronage of the Nigerian consumers/ customers. For over a decade now, people have associated the high patronage of Hero Larger Beer in South-East, Nigeria to fact that its advertisement is anchored on the struggle for self determination by the Igbos. Incidentally, late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu symbolically represents this struggle; and for the Igbos, he remains a "Hero".The need to provide empirical backing to this claim that Ojukwu is a big celebrity endorsement......

Keywords: Celebrity Endorsement, Consumer Brand Preference

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Abstract: The study aimed at benchmarking corporate governance practices of entities listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) during the period 2014 to 2019. The study was prompted by the meltdown of economic environment in Zimbabwe since the millennium, which could have impacted on the implementation of some important corporate governance practices or eroded the already established corporate governance pillars. The study adopted a positivism paradigm. The study used panel data collected from the ZSE listed firms' annual financial reports available on their websites for the period 2014 to 2019. Corporate governance variables data collected included: board composition........

Key Words: Corporate governance, financial performance, compliance

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Abstract: The purpose of the study was to assess the effects of corporate governance practices on the liquidity of companies listed on Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) during the period 2014 to 2019. During a two-decade period of economic crisis in Zimbabwe, some companies listed on the ZSE showed signs of financial distress whilst others either scaled down their operations or closed business. However, during the same period other companies emerged and seemed to be doing well despite the listed companies considered being better governed than unlisted entities, hence the need for the study. The study employed the quantitative methodology. Panel data was collected..............

Key Words: corporate governance, financial performance, liquidity

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Abstract: Human Resource value measurement has become an emerging issue in the competitive business world. As human resource meets up all recognition criteria of an asset, it is compelling to present it in the financial statement as an asset. Companies in some countries are doing so as well. But Bangladeshi companies are yet to start presenting human resources financial statements as assets. The objective of this research was to examine whether the prerequisites for implementing Human Resource Accounting are available and to assess the applicability of human resource measurement models in Bangladesh. The banking sector has been selected as the population and both primary and.........

Key Words: Human Resource Accounting, Recognition Criteria, Measurement Models, Applicability, Banking Sector, Bangladesh

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Abstract: With growing awareness and concerns for sustainability, the clean beauty and skincare industry has itself become a vertical today. Consumers have also started prioritizing natural and safe skincare brands over the ones which use chemicals and aren't environmentally friendly. Following this trend, two of the biggest giants in the Indian beauty and skincare industry are Mamaearth and WOW Skin Science. Their rapid success and fame is the result of their respective marketing strategies and wanting to know more about the same, the aim of this research paper is to compare the marketing strategies of Mamaearth and WOW Skin Science while emphasizing on emotional marketing. This particular research is of secondary nature and has been written with the help of articles, case studies, magazine and newspaper editorials, etc. While the two brands are known for their similarity to one........

Key Words: Mamaearth, WOW Skin Science, marketing, emotional marketing, cause branding, storytelling, empowerment, skincare, clean beauty

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