This paper discusses the poverty situation in Nigeria, which has reached a monumental crisis, and has become a great concern to government at all levels. It has been observed that one of the principal causes of poverty in the country…

The Stella Maris Hospital of Makassar, Indonesia has made various efforts in improving the quality of services to maximize profitability through the increasing of market share and cost containment. The financial cash flow within the year 2008-2010 indicates that the…

The paper investigates the impact of different firm specific factors on the dividend policy of companies by selecting a sample of 18 banks listed in KSE for the period 2006-2011. The dependent variable is dividend policy where as explanatory variables…

The paper provides further evidence of the capital structure theories pertaining to a developing country and tests the determinants of capital structure for the firms in the banking and insurance sectors of Pakistan, to find that financial pattern of firms…

The study discusses the factors that affect/motivate Pakistani consumers in their mobile phone choice decision. A sample of 100 people was taken by using the sampling method of Convenience Sampling (or Accidental Sampling). For this particular study four important factors…

The paper explores the influence of customer demographic variables on complaining and non-complaining motives and responses in mobile telecommunication industry in Ghana. The study was a cross-sectional survey involving customers from four mobile telephony operators. A self-administered structured questionnaire was…

The knowledge economy requires a different contribution from human capital (i.e. knowledge workers). Knowledge workers are challenge seekers, have high enthusiasm for learning and prefer freedom and flexibility, so it would be wise to suggest that knowledge management should consider…

This paper examines the response of volatility to negative and positive news using daily closing prices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). By applying EGARCH (1,1) and GJR-GARCH (1,1) models to NSE daily stock return series from January 2nd 1996…

Predicting stock data with traditional time series analysis has become one popular research issue. An artificial neural network may be more suitable for the task, because no assumption about a suitable mathematical model has to be made prior to forecasting. …

The paper is on the application of probability theory in small business firms in Nigeria. It looks at the rate small business firms fail despite the programmes of government directed at their survival. The continued failure has resulted in a…