International Journal of Business and Economics Research

Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2018

  • Determinants of Entrepreneurial Expansion and Sustainability Among MSEs in Wolaita and Dawro Zones, Ethiopia

    Alemayehu Elda Ergo, Shemilis Tamirat Woldekidan

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 126-135
    Received: Jun. 06, 2018
    Accepted: Aug. 09, 2018
    Published: Sep. 04, 2018
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    Abstract: The future of the Ethiopian economy in the urban area depends to a great degree on the success of Micro and Small enterprises (MSEs) as in many other developing countries since MSEs are important to economic growth and considerably essential to generate employment. However, Ethiopian MSEs are facing a series impediments emanating from external and ... Show More
  • The Effects of Feature and Benefit Sentences in Advertising Copy on Consumers’ Memory and Attitudes

    Robert W. Meeds, Olan F. Farnall

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 136-143
    Received: Jul. 05, 2018
    Accepted: Sep. 20, 2018
    Published: Sep. 29, 2018
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    Abstract: The objective of this study was to empirically test how these dependent variables are influenced by features and benefits in advertising copy. Advertising copy testing research has produced conflicting results regarding the independence of recall, recognition and attitude constructs. Most copy-testing research, however, has focused on consumers’ re... Show More
  • Sustainable Growth in Haiti: Creating Meaningful Change in the Developing World

    Claire Elizabeth Haselhorst, Robert Merton Stwalley III

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 144-150
    Received: Aug. 03, 2018
    Accepted: Sep. 07, 2018
    Published: Oct. 09, 2018
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    Abstract: Recent tragedies have placed a global spotlight on the county of Haiti, which many observers believe to be a nation mired in incurable poverty. Many organizations in the developed world have previously engaged in various projects and relief efforts to improve the living conditions in the country and develop the infrastructure of the nation. However... Show More
  • The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to Employment in Ghana

    Seth Kwaku Amoah, Alfred Kwabena Amoah

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 151-157
    Received: Aug. 10, 2018
    Accepted: Sep. 07, 2018
    Published: Oct. 11, 2018
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    Abstract: The study used descriptive statistics design type to assess the role that MSMEs are playing with respect to employment in Ghana. The study adopted the methodology employed by Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to undertake a nationwide survey on the Integrated Business Establishment Survey II (IBES II, 2016). It used the data generated by GSS from IBE... Show More
  • The Political Considerations in Chinese Companies’ Cross-Border Acquisitions

    Shi Li

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 158-169
    Received: Aug. 13, 2018
    Accepted: Sep. 12, 2018
    Published: Oct. 13, 2018
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    Abstract: Cross-border acquisition activity led by Chinese enterprises have become increasingly conspicuous and prevalent in recent years. However, many of them were obstructed by foreign governments on the ground of “Threating National Security”. Using a sample of 543 cross-border transactions made by China’s listed companies from 2000 to 2014, this paper e... Show More
  • Search on Self Organization Knowledge Distribution System and Its Operation Mechanism

    Shangyi Zhang

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 5, October 2018
    Pages: 170-174
    Received: Jun. 20, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 06, 2018
    Published: Oct. 29, 2018
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    Abstract: The mechanism of promoting economic growth by the system is still a black box. Through analysis of the system operation mechanism, reasons for the formation of the system are clarified, through analysis of the causes of the introduction of self-organized knowledge to the system, the mechanism of the system to promote economic growth through the adv... Show More