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    An Empirical Investigation into the relationship between Capital Structure and Firm`s Market Value in Nigeria
    (Journal of Accounting, Finance and Development, 2019-02-02) Okoye, Peter Anija; Ayogu Sunday
    Following the Modigliani and Miller theory (1963), there have been considerable debates on the nature of relationship that exists between a company`s capital structure and its market value. This study seeks to empirically investigate the relationship between corporate capital structure and a firm`s market value in Nigeria.. Dataset from selected companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange for the period of 2013- 2017 were used for analysis. Results from the analysis show a positively significant relationship between a firm`s capital structure and its market value.. Hence, the study recommends that listed companies in Nigeria should optimize their capital structure in order to maximize their market value for the benefit of all the stakeholders.
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    Factors affecting budget implementation for successful delivery of primary health care building facilities within Nigerian health sector
    (Taylor & Francis, 2019-02-02) Nasamu Gambo; Ibrahim Ibrahim Inuwa; Nuruddeen Usman; Ilias Said; U. S. Shuaibu
    ABSTRACT Several studies have attributed high maternal mortality and morbidity rates in rural areas of developing countries including Nigeria to poor budget performance in the provision of primary health care (PHC) facilities. Yet, very little studies focused on the effects of factors affecting budget implementation for the successful delivery of PHC building facilities in the rural areas of Nigeria. Thus, this study assesses the factors affecting budget implementation for successful delivery of PHC building facilities in northern Nigeria. A sample of 317 respondents from a population of 1777 project managers was administered questionnaires through stratified propor tionate random sampling technique. The survey attains 87% valid response rate. Data obtained were analyzed using warp5 PLS-SEM software. The results indicated low effects of factors affect ing budget implementation on the successful delivery of PHC building facilities in northern Nigeria. Similarly, linear relationships exist between budget implementation factors and success ful delivery of PHC building facilities. Moreover, the study provided criteria for assessing the effects of budget implementation factors affecting successful delivery of PHC building facilities in northern Nigeria and other developing countries that are facing similar problems. The study solicited for the improvement on the budget implementation of PHC sector through adequate budget and monitoring bases for mitigating maternal mortality and morbidity rates in the rural areas of developing countries through successful delivery of PHC building facilities.
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    Serving The Poor Through Micro Insurance
    (Journal of Business Paradigms, 2019-02-02) Jaafar Umar; Umaru Zubairu; Yakubu Mustapha; maitala Faiza; Bilkisu Abubakar; Muhammad Dokochi
    Micro insurance is an approach to serve low-income earners who are quite vulnerable to various risks in the economy. As a result, this paper aimed to systematically review extant micro insurance research and make suggestions for further research based on identified gaps. The study adopted the Systematic Quantitative Assessment Techniques (SQAT) in identifying and analyzing 36 English peer-reviewed journal articles on micro insurance from nine high quality academic databases: Emerald, Elsevier, Springer, Sage, Taylor and Francis, Cambridge, Oxford, MIT and Wiley. The study revealed that most of the articles focused on micro health insurance as well as discussing the general prospects of micro insurance. Most of the articles were empirical in nature, with majority of the studies adopting no theoretical underpinning; the few articles that had theoretical foundations utilized the expected utility theory and prospects theory. A large number of the reviewed studies were conducted in Asia and Africa, whilst none were conducted in Australasia and South America, with surveys and interviews being the most prominent research methods. The significant contribution of this study is that it is a new addition to the micro insurance field, offering insights as to the context of extant micro insurance scholarship, as well as identifying research gaps for future researchers to explore.
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    The Contribution Of Foreign Aid To The Reduction Of Poverty In Developing Nations?
    (International Journal of Social Sciences, 2019-02-02) Nkoyo Ekere; Maitala Faiza
    Purpose: This paper seeks to examine the impact of foreign aid in poverty reduction in developing nations. It reviews the positive and negative impacts of aid in lessening poverty in evolving countries and the critical success factors that could serve as a blueprint for developing nations to adopt. Methodology/Approach: The paper employs a critical review of extant scholarship, where empirical evidences on the positive and negative effect of foreign aid carried out from various countries were provided to support the claims of the studies. Findings: The findings give insight into the viability of aid and identified some key critical success factors which comprised of good governance, recipient domestic policies, stringent conditionality of aid and interest of donor countries. Research Implication: This paper provides a blueprint for critical success factors necessary for aid to be an effective tool for lessening poverty in the growing nations. Originality/Value: This paper contributes to the existing article on the efficacy of aid in poverty reduction. It examines the positive and negative impacts of aid and identifies the critical success factors and propose these must be in place to enable growing countries reap the benefits of aid.
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    Investigating the Impact of Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Deficit on Firm Growth
    (International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Development, 2019-02-02) Usman Baba Isah; Zubairu Umaru Mustapha; Mohammed Dokochi; Jaafar Umar; Maitala Faiza
    Purpose: This study therefore aims to investigate the impact of EI deficit on firm growth, focusing on the growth of SMEs in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: the methods of data collection adopted by the studies (interview, questionnaire and observation Findings: Empirical findings revealed that the availability of physical infrastructure (constant water supply and good road infrastructure) and the non-physical infrastructure (electricity, government policies/programmes, access to financial support services, incubation centers/platforms, business clusters and entrepreneurship training) improves productivity, profitability, sales, number of customers and consistent growth rate of SMEs. Research limitations/implications: This was done through a critical review of extant literature (peer reviewed journal articles) on EI which were obtained from reputable data bases and broken down into two basic components of infrastructure (physical and non-physical infrastructure). Practical implications: The study recommends that government should use fiscal policies to address the economic challenges of SMEs and also invest in the provision of EI facilities to facilitate the growth and development of SMEs in Nigeria
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    Assessing the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on the Entrepreneurial Intention of Nigerian Entrepreneurship Students
    (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 2019-02-02) Owoyemi Amuda; Umaru Zubairu; Bello Ibrahim; Maitala Faiza
    This study investigated the impact of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial intentions (EI) of students enrolled at the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Studies located in the Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria. It employed a cross-section survey design using a questionnaire adapted from Turker & Selcuk (2009). A comparison of the mean EI scores of 82 final-year and 68 second year students revealed that there was no significant difference in entrepreneurial intentions between the two groups of students. This implied that the curriculum of the department needed to be revised, and that a policy of mandating entrepreneurship education at the university level was insufficient to address the alarming youth unemployment problem in Nigeria.
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    How Does Customers’ Satisfaction Affect Business Performance? Evidence From Nigeria
    (Osogbo Journal of Management (OJM), 2017-02-02) Bakare Akeem Adewale; Fetuga Omoshalewa Mariam
    The study examines the impact of customers’ satisfaction on business profitability from Nigeria perspective. The SPSS package was used to analyze the linear regression in order to establish the relationship between the variables involved in the study. The results showed a positive relationship between customers’ retention and profitability which implies that mobile operators need to maximize customer satisfaction in order to influence the extent of loyalty and retention on the products’ patronage. However, this study recommends that mobile operators should not just rely on profit margins as a good indicator of business performance but rather should develop strategies that better capture customers’ perceptions of their service offerings.
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    A Systematic Review Of Cryptocurrency Scholarship
    (International Journal of Commerce and Finance, 2019-02-02) Isaiah Adeleke; Umaru Mustapha Zubairu; Bilkisu Abubakar; Maitala Faiza; Yakubu Mustapha; Ekanem Ediuku
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to conduct a systemic review of extant cryptocurrency research in order to identify important features of these studies and to provide directions for future cryptocurrency research. Methodology - The Systematic Quantitative Assessment Technique (SQAT) was used to identify and review relevant peer-reviewed journal articles that investigated various facets of cryptocurrency. Findings – 54 journal articles were identified from 12 high-quality databases. The findings of the review revealed that most of the studies took place in Europe, North America and Asia, while Africa has been largely ignored. The main focus of cryptocurrency articles has been on a call for regulation of cryptocurrency without much work done on how to mitigate its vulnerability to the financing of terrorism and as a tool for money laundering. Finally, most cryptocurrency articles adopted a single research method – survey. There is a need for future studies to combine a variety of methods so as to gain additional insight into the issues of cryptocurrency’s vulnerability, risk identification and mitigation, regulation and acceptability. Research limitations - The use of limited but high quality academic databases means that some articles were not considered for this review. Originality/value – This study is one of the few studies to conduct a systematic review on a phenomenon which has the potential to transform the global financial landscape.
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    Impact of Employee Empowerment on Job Satisfaction in First Bank Nigeria PLC, Nigeria
    (European Journal of Business and Management, 2014-02-02) Abubakar Hadiza Saidu
    This paper examined the impact employee empowerment has on job satisfaction with specific reference to First Bank of Nigeria PLC. Employee empowerment is instrumental in achieving organizational performance because employees render the service. Investing in them is investing in the improvement of the services provided. The objective of this study is to determine the impact employee empowerment has on job satisfaction in First Bank of Nigeria PLC. The study also investigated the level of job satisfaction between male and female employees. The study covered nine branches out of the fifteen branches of First Bank in Kaduna State. This is because the nine branches are within Kaduna State metropolis and so, there was easy access. The sample size consisted of all the staff in the various branches with the exception of contract (in sourcing) staff. The study used primary and secondary data. Questionnaires were distributed to two hundred employees across the branches of First Bank and fifteen were not returned. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The study found out that employee empowerment has positive and significant impact on job satisfaction. It recommends that First Bank should continue to promote teamwork amongst employees so that every staff irrespective of gender would work towards a common vision of achieving the objectives of the Bank. A more enabling environment for the female employees should also be encouraged so that there will be a balance in enhancing productivity.
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    Impact Of Employee Empowerment On Service Quality- An Empirical Analysis Of The Nigerian Banking Industry
    (European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2013-02-02) Alabar T. Timothy; Abubakar Hadiza Saidu
    Employee empowerment is a very important issues to organizations especially those providing services. This is because the customers and employees are engaged simultaneously in the production of service. The inability of the management to control the service encounter makes the employees responsible for the quality of service delivered to the customers. This practice can directly affect the quality of service. The objective of this study is thus to determine the impact employee empowerment has on service quality in the Nigerian banking industry. The study covered nine branches out of the fifteen branches of First Bank in Kaduna State. This is because the nine branches are within Kaduna State metropolis and so, there was easy access. The sample size consisted of all the staff in the various branches with the exception of contract (in sourcing) staff. The study used primary and secondary data. Questionnaires were distributed to two hundred employees across the branches of First Bank and regression analysis were used to analyse the data. Out of the 200 questionnaires distributed fifteen (15) were not returned. The study found out that employee empowerment has positive and significant impact on service quality. It recommends that First Bank should continue to promote teamwork amongst employees so that every staff irrespective of gender would work towards a common vision of achieving the objectives of the Bank. A more enabling environment for the female employees should also be encouraged so that there will be a balance in enhancing productivity.