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Insurance Services, Sustainability, and Transformation of Businesses in the Nigerian Informal Sector: A Conceptual Review Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Daniel E. Ufua, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan, Fawwad M. Butt
This study explores the impact of insurance services and the sustainability of businesses in the Nigerian informal sector. The analysis relies on extant literature sourced from various sources to d...
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Determinants of Mobile Customer Relationship Management Adoption and Its Impact on Firm Performance in Kenya Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Laura Barasa, Abdi Ahmad
This study investigates the determinants of mobile customer relationship management (mCRM) adoption, and its impact on firm performance measured as sales revenue performance. Data collected from bu...
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Bank Supervision and bank’s Outcomes: The Case of Tunisia Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Sana Belgacem, Manel Hadriche, Fethi Belhaj
Supervision is important for the entire financial system since it plays the role of a stabilizer; it seeks to create a healthy environment for financial institutions, and in particular for banks. B...
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Consumer Perceptions and Intention to Recommend Mobile Car Markets: The Mediating Effect of Perceived Value Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-30 Munyaradzi Mutsikiwa, William Makumbe
The advent of COVID-19 led to a wave of Mobile Car Markets (MCMs) as the Zimbabwean government enforced localised restrictions on people’s movement. As a result, MCMs have become a permanent featur...
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The Mediating Effect of Online Brand Engagement on Customer Experience: An Emerging Market Perspective Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 George Amoako, Paul Omari, Hayford Amegbe, George Cudjoe Agbemabiese, Thurasamy Ramayah
Of rapidly growing importance to practitioners and scholars is customer brand engagement and customer experience. The study examines the mediating effect of online brand engagement in the relations...
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Weathering the Unforeseen: The Interplay of Resilience and Innovation in Start-Up Performance Amidst Crisis Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Jonathan Mukiza Kansheba, Mutaju Isaack Marobhe
Understanding entrepreneurial dynamics during crises increasingly gains scholars’ and practitioners’ attention, highlighting the adaptability and innovation inherent in entrepreneurial ventures. Th...
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Relationship Marketing and Customer Loyalty: The Moderating Effect of Relationship Duration, Strength, and Intensity Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Albert Martins, Kris Hilton, Grace Quaye, Andaratu Achuliwor Khalid
Research shows that relationship marketing and customer loyalty are significantly correlated without considering the time or intensity dimension of the relationship. So, this study investigates whe...
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Ubuntu or Compliance? Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Owners of Small- Medium-Sized Enterprises in Johannesburg, South Africa Regarding Corporate Social Responsibility Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-31 Shane Manasseh Maluleka, Eleanor Ross
There is a paucity of studies demonstrating how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt CSR interventions to enhance social and economic conditions of communities within which they operate....
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Value Sets of Business-owning Families: An Indigenous African Perspective Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Welcome Kupangwa, Shelley M. Farrington, Elmarie Venter
While the literature highlights the important role played by family values in family businesses, knowledge on the nature of these values is limited or close to non-existent from certain perspective...
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Factors Influencing Underwriting Performance of the Life and Non-Life Insurance Markets in South Africa: Exploring for Complementarities, Nonlinearities, and Thresholds Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Sylvester Senyo Horvey, Jones Odei-Mensah
Underwriting is crucial for insurers’ performance and sustainability, yet empirical evidence on factors influencing its performance has received limited attention. Therefore, this study investigate...
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Threshold Effect of Financial Inclusion on Poverty Reduction in Africa: Does institutional quality play a role? Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Anthony Yaw Nsiah, George Tweneboah
In Africa, poverty levels are still very high, especially with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite efforts by governments and development partners to address it. Financial inclusion has be...
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What Are the Drivers of Bank Profitability in the World? A Critical Review of the Empirical Literature with the Layout of a Blueprint Model Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Indranarain Ramlall
Despite the existence of an extensive literature on determinants of bank profitability, there exists no paper which comprehensively weaves through this literature. We humbly undertake such a review...
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Does Religion Matter When Investing in Africa? An Empirical Analysis of Moroccan FDI Location Choice in 27 African Countries During the Period 2007-2021 Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Jihad Ait Soussane, Dalal Mansouri, Zahra Mansouri
In this study, we investigate the impact of four religious factors on Moroccan outward FDI in African countries: the religious freedom index, religious tension index, religious similarity, and reli...
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A Lack of Clarity, a Lack of OCB: The Detrimental Effects of Role Ambiguity, Through Procedural Injustice, and the Mitigating Roles of Relational Resources Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Dirk De Clercq, Renato Pereira
If employees lack information about their job responsibilities, do they halt their voluntary work efforts, and if so, why and when? To answer these questions, this study attempts to unpack the rela...
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Communication Skills at the Heart of Earnings and Skills Transfer: Evidence from Apparel Industry in Ethiopia Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Fekadu N. Deresse, Christian S. Otchia
This paper explores the impact of local workers’ communication skills (CS) on the transfer of soft and hard skills, and the effect of CS vis-à-vis practical skills (PS) on earnings, drawing on econ...
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Job Characteristics and Burnout: The Role of Self-Efficacy Among the Tunisian Police Officers Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Karima Dhaouadi, Dorsaf Fliss
Using the Job Demands-Resources Model as a theoretical framing, the paper aims to investigate the association between job characteristics and burnout of the Tunisian police officers, taking the pot...
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Role of Managerial Social Ties in Firm Performance: Lessons from Grain-Milling Firms in Tanzania Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 David Rwehikiza, Goodluck Charles, Lettice Rutashobya
This article explores the role of managerial social ties in the performance of grain-milling firms in Tanzania. Specifically, it explores the composition of managerial social ties, investigates the...
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Featuring Women on Advertisements: Juxtaposing Afrocentric and Eurocentric Idealization of Body Size in Sub-Saharan Africa Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Paul Mukucha, Divaries Cosmas Jaravaza, Nomuhle Jaravaza
The advertising industry makes use of models that are chosen primarily for their physical attractiveness. The study was done in Zimbabwe. Since the Zimbabwean society is progressively becoming cosm...
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The Strategic Innovation System: Flows of Innovation from Digital Platforms to Digital Services Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Gamel O. Wiredu
Innovations in digital platforms have led to strategic innovations of digital services which are exchanged between digital organizations and their customers. There are significant flows, not only o...
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The influence of technology adoption and social media branding on green tourism in Zimbabwe: exploring the intermediary role of tourists’ behaviour Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Option Takunda Chiwaridzo, Reason Masengu
In the contemporary landscape of Zimbabwe’s tourism industry, the convergence of social media branding, technology adoption, and the promotion of green tourism practices has emerged as a pivotal fo...
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The Impact of Socio-Psychological Factors on Consumer Ethnocentrism and Purchase Intentions Among South African Consumers Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Nkosivile Welcome Madinga, Simone Lazo, Sebastian Schulz, Adam Lewis
This study aimed to investigate the impact of socio-psychological factors, such as nationalism, internationalism, collectivism, conservativism, patriotism, and cultural openness, on consumer ethnoc...
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Examining Underexplored Aspects of Female Entrepreneurship in the African Context Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Elie Virgile Chrysostome, Helena Barnard, Lavagnon Ika
Published in Journal of African Business (Vol. 25, No. 1, 2024)
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A Comparative Study of the U.S. and Ghana College Students’ Perceptions of Advertising-in-General and Impact on Purchase Intentions Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Charles Blankson, Julius A. Nukpezah, Robert A. Opoku
This article responds to calls for more cross-cultural research on advertising that tests the applicability of Pollay and Mittal’s (1993) attitude toward advertising-in-general framework in multipl...
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Assessing the Economic Potential of Music Streaming in an Emerging African Market: A PLS-SEM Analysis Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Olugbenga Michael Adewumi, Chukwuemeka Echebiri, Atle Hauge
This paper assesses the economic potential of music streaming in a developing African economy. It aims to know whether, in emerging African countries, the economic value of music streaming can sign...
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Word-Of-Mouth and Willingness to Pay (WTP) Price Premium: Mediating Role of Herbal Brand Credibility and Brand Trust in Ghana Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Peter Kwasi Oppong, Nicholas Oppong Mensah, Daniel Berko
This paper aimed to examine the impact of word-of-mouth on WTP a price premium through the intervening role of brand credibility and trust in the herbal industry. A survey questionnaire was employe...
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Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Comparative Study of African and European University Economics Students Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Denisa Skrbková, Petra Rydvalová
Businesses started by well-educated people are considered a driving force for a country’s development. Many studies have examined the entrepreneurial intentions of university students in different ...
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Marketing During a Global Crisis in an Emerging Market: A Study of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Retail Banking Sector Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Kareem Folohunso Sani, Ayantunji Gbadamosi, Rula Al-Abdulrazak
This article investigates the challenges and opportunities for banks during the unexpected global crisis of the coronavirus pandemic and how they have developed innovative marketing strategies to r...
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Duration of Support and Financial Health of Business Support Structures in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Ghana: A Micro-Econometric Analysis Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Jean C. Kouam, Simplice A. Asongu, Bin J. Meh, Robert Nantchouang, Fri L. Asanga, Denis Foretia
Access to finance is perceived as one of the major problems facing businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the structures that support them in their development. This paper aims to measure the...
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Succession Planning: Perceptions of South African Family-Owned Small Enterprises Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Risimati Maurice Khosa
This research investigated the perceptions of family-owned small enterprises on the reasons of the absence of written succession plans, and the implications of the proposed successful succession fr...
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Customer Engagement and Co-Creation/destruction: The Role of External Actors That Foster/Hinder Tourist/Hotel Interactive Experience Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Clement Nangpiire, Joaquim Silva, Helena Alves
ABSTRACT Customers have become active and engaged with multiple actors outside the hotel, raising new challenges to theory and practice. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the external actors with which customers interact to ascertain which ones foster/hinder customer engagement and value co-creation/destruction. We used qualitative methods (16 in-depth interviews, document analysis, and four participants'
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To Explore or to Exploit? Opportunities, Dynamic Capabilities, and Performance of Maritime Enterprises in Ghana Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 George Acheampong, Oliver Kwabena Aggrey, Annette Skovsted Hansen
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the recognition and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities influence small business performance via interactions with firm-level innovation capability and learning orientation. We frame the study within the maritime-sector context and seek to contribute to the understanding of how the interplay between opportunity recognition, exploitation, innovation capability
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Internal Branding of a University Business Through Building and Gaining from Employee-Based Brand Equity Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Helen Inseng Duh, Helen Uzezi Wara
Like other businesses, universities spend to build their brands, but rarely measure the sources and benefits of brand equity, especially employee-based brand equity (EBBE). We borrowed from an EBBE...
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Intellectual Capital Efficiency and Risk-Taking Behaviour of Insurance Companies in Ghana Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Saint Kuttu, Lord Mensah, Daniel Attah-Kyei
ABSTRACT Our study focused on the link between intellectual capital efficiency (ICE) and its individual components and underwriting risk. It examined the effect of ICE, and structural (SCE) and human capital (HCE) efficiency on the underwriting risk of Ghanaian life and non-life insurers. It used panel data of 31 insurance firms in Ghana, of which 14 and 17 were life and non-life insurers, respectively
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Salesforce Social Media Use, Adaptive Selling Behaviour and Consumer Outcomes in Consumer Electronics: An Emerging Market Perspective Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Mohammed Majeed, Seidu Alhassan, Charles Asare, Iddrisu Mohammed, Kwame Simpe Ofori
ABSTRACT The study aims to fill literature gaps in the use of adaptive selling on social media platforms by observing consumer and sales force behavior in the consumer electronic market. The study’s main objectives are framed to answer the following questions: How does adaptive selling influence consumer outcomes in consumer electronics? What are the effects of social media on consumer outcomes through
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Macro Credit Risk Stress Testing in Tanzanian Banking Sector: A Global Vector Autoregressive (GVAR) Approach Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Khadijah Jumanne Kishimba, Joseph Olorunfemi Akande, Paul-Francois Muzindutsi
This study conducted a macro credit risk stress testing framework for assessing the impact of global transmissions on Tanzania’s banking sector from Q12006 to Q42020, using the Global Vector Autore...
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Market Power and Bank Lending in Africa: The Role of Regulatory Policy Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Daniel Ofori-Sasu, Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, Saint Kuttu, Joshua Yindenaba Abor
ABSTRACT The paper investigates how regulatory policy modulates the complex relationship between market power and bank lending. The empirical evidence is based on the seemingly unrelated panel regressions by employing a dataset of 52 African countries for the period, 2006–2018. The study finds a U-shaped relationship between market power and bank lending. The study shows that the estimated thresholds
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The Perception and Adoption of Shareholder Activism in Banks: The Case of Mauritius Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Ambareen Beebeejaun
ABSTRACT Shareholder activism has gained recognition globally, favoring greater strides and relegating the days of shareholders giving up and selling their shares to express their dissatisfaction. However, a proper legal and regulatory framework is required to formalize and promote the concept of shareholder activism to achieve positive results. Hence, the purpose of this research was to firstly investigate
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Explaining the Positioning of Agricultural Entrepreneurs on the Necessity-Opportunity Continuum in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Benin Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Frejus S. Thoto, Djana B. Mignouna, Razack Adeoti, Rodrigue C. Gbedomon, Sylvain Kpenavoun Chogou, Augustin Aoudji, Barthelemy Honfoga
Despite the potential of agriculture to reduce unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa, research on agricultural entrepreneurship is scarce, especially regarding the entrepreneurs’ motivations. The aim ...
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Trust as a Mediator for Continued Mobile Financial Service Use: A Case of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Munacinga Simatele
This study investigates the assertion that the use of mobile financial services, tools that increase financial inclusion and reduce poverty, lags the adoption rate, partly due to concerns about tru...
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Debt Financing, Information Sharing, and Profitability: Evidence from Listed Firms from an Emerging Economy Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Jephthah Owusu Osei, Emmanuel Sarpong-Kumankoma, Joshua Yindenaba Abor
This study investigates how credit information sharing conditions debt financing to boost the profitability of 20 listed enterprises on the Ghana Stock Exchange between 2003 and 2013. We employ rob...
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Determinants of Going Concern in the Banking Sector: Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Paul Hammond, Mustapha Osman Opoku
Going concern of entity is of much concern to stakeholders, especially investors of financial institutions since the failure of financial institutions affects a wide range of sectors. The study sou...
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Post-Apartheid South Africa and African Continental Integration: The Contribution of South African Multinational Corporations to Integration in Africa Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Mpumelelo Kansas Mkhabela, Christopher Changwe Nshimbi
This article argues that while South Africa’s post-apartheid foreign policy on Africa has largely emphasized state-led continental political and economic integration, the country’s Multinational Co...
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The Relationship Between Mobile Money Services and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Growth in Bamenda, Cameroon: A Probit Model Approach Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-26 John Muzam, Mbu Daniel Tambi
The main objective of this article is to determine the relationship between mobile money services and the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). A sample of 50 SMEs was collected. The probi...
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Sustainability of Credit Union: A Systematic Review of Measurement and Determinants Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Godfred Anakpo, Syden Mishi, Nomonde Tshabalala, Farai Borden Mushonga
Credit union is considered as an alternative solution for global poverty and financial inclusiveness for social development. However, to achieve this goal, first and foremost a credit union must be...
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The Impact of Derivatives Use on Systemic Risk of Africa’s Banking System Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Audrey Nguema Bekale, Imhotep Paul Alagidede, Jones Odei-Mensah
This paper contributes to the debate about Africa’s financial stability by focusing on the prevalence of systemic risk in 40 listed derivatives user-banks over 2011–2017, employing the systemic ris...
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Correction Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-26
Published in Journal of African Business (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Network Granger Causality Linkages in Nigeria and Developed Stock Markets: Bayesian Graphical Analysis Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 David Oluseun Olayungbo, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan, Aziza Zhuparova
This study investigates the interdependent structure between Nigeria and developed stock market using directed acyclic graph with Bayesian estimation techniques for the period of March 11, 2020 to ...
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The Effect of Capital Structure on Corporate Performance: Panel Empirical Evidence of an Emerging Capital Market Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Mr. Ronald Ebenezer Essel
The goal/purpose/objective of the inquiry is to empirically investigate the impact of capital structure (CS) on firm performance (FP), from an emerging capital market perspective, Ghana Stock Excha...
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Towards a Greater Understanding of the Prevalence of Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy of Ghana: An Institutional Theory Perspective Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Kwame Adom, Benjamin Ackom
This study aims to explore the prevalence of immigrant entrepreneurship in Ghana's informal economy through institutional theory. Specifically, the study sought to understand how the elements of th...
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The Influence of Social Presence on Customer Loyalty in Emerging Market Retail Industry: The Mediating Role of Trust Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Asiamah Yeboah, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah
Whilst extensive scholarly works on social presence, trust, and customer loyalty exist, no research specifically focuses on measuring the relational effect of social presence and trust on customer ...
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What Drives Women Entrepreneurs in Tourism in Tanzania? Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Irene Mkini Lugalla, Jan P.A.M. Jacobs, Wim Westerman
In Tanzania, tourism is one of the most important sectors in terms of its contribution to the nation’s GDP, employment and investment. Women entrepreneurs play a substantial role in the tourism sec...
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Does Market Orientation Lead to Firm Performance? Exploring the Mechanisms and Boundary Conditions Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Patrick A. Akanpaaba, Ahmed Agyapong, Henry Kofi Mensah, Samuel Yaw Akomea
This study explores the mechanisms and boundary conditions that will enhance the effective transformation of the firm’s market orientation (MO) into firm market performance (PERF). We examined how ...
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Examining the Impact of the Separation of Ownership from Management on the Performance of Small and Medium Poultry Agribusinesses in Ghana Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Cynthia Michaela Quaicoo, Richard Kwasi Bannor
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the relationship between the Separation of Ownership and Management (SOM) and the performance of poultry farms in Ghana. Binary Probit regression was used to examine the factors influencing SOM and the owner’s willingness to separate management from ownership. The Propensity Score Matching (PSM) model and Instrumental Variable Tobit Regression were used to analyze
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Does Language Matter When Advertising to Africa’s Multilingual Audience? An ELM Study of Audience Language Preference and Responses Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Abena A. Yeboah-Banin
ABSTRACT Choosing the most effective language is critical when advertising to multilingual audiences as the success of any advertising campaign depends on whether the audience “gets” the message. This paper argues that in Africa, “getting the message” is partly dependent on language given that indigenous languages, colonial legacy languages and blends between them compete for audience attention. Using
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Successful IT Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: The Contingent Role of Mentorship Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Akinyele Okeremi, Livingstone Divine Caesar
ABSTRACT This paper principally explores the determinants of successful information technology entrepreneurship in Nigeria’s IT sector. It further examines the moderating effect of mentorship (either by an IT practitioner or a non-IT practitioner) in the correlation between the independent variables of interest and dependent variable. Literature from the developed markets underscores a positive relationship
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Causal Nexus Between Ownership Structure, Dividend Policy and Financial Performance: A Bootstrap Panel Granger non-causality Analysis Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Anis El Ammari, Chokri Terzi
ABSTRACT Regarding the causality nexus between the various dimensions of corporate governance (ownership structure, dividend policy) and financial performance (return on equity, return on assets, Tobin’s Q), the empirical results are mixed. Therefore, this study tries to examine the existence and the direction of causal relationship between these major indicators in an emerging economy, namely Tunisia
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Bottom of the Pyramid (Bop) Younger Consumers’ Perspective of Service Industries: A Qualitative Exploration of Nigeria Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-14 Selen Savas-Hall, Justin R. Hall, George Gresham
ABSTRACT Although BOP markets have gained the attention of academicians and practitioners in recent years, there has been little focus on the younger generations’ perspective, especially in Africa, on the felt/unfelt change in their markets. This study follows a qualitative approach by conducting in-depth interviews with Generation Z consumers to better understand the recent advancements and challenges
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Toward a Bourdieusian Perspective on the Tribe and Organisations Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 William Phanuel Kofi Darbi, Charles Agyei
ABSTRACT The article aims to contribute to the under-developed research on pro-tribal behavior in organizations, by building on existing studies that focus either on economic or non-economic motivations and drivers of pro-tribal behavior at either individual, organizational, or societal levels of analysis. Drawing on Bourdieu’s social practice theory, we show how a multiplicity of drivers and motivations
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Ethical Behavior of Firms and Foreign Direct Investments in African Settings: The Moderating Effect of Judicial Independence Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2022-09-23 Imen Khelil, Achraf Guidara, Hichem Khlif
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between ethical behavior of firms and foreign direct investments in African countries and tests whether the judicial independence moderates this association. The sample includes 108 country-year observations over a period of 2014–2017. Findings show that the ethical behavior of firms is positively associated with foreign direct investment. Similarly, judicial
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A Success versus Failure Prediction Model for Small Firms Journal of African Business (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2022-09-05 Kaviraj Bangarigadu, Robin Nunkoo
ABSTRACT Understanding the reasons behind the success and failure of SMEs is an important research endeavor. This study develops a success versus prediction model for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Data were collected from SMEs in Mauritius. Both models were found to be valid and reliable and had good prediction accuracies. The full model, however, was found to have a slight advantage over the