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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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Internal Branding of a University Business Through Building and Gaining from Employee-Based Brand Equity Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Helen Inseng Duh, Helen Uzezi Wara
ABSTRACT 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 model, the Associative Memory Network Theory, social information processing, and exchange theories to examine the impact of brand-related information generated and disseminated to employees in a
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To Explore or to Exploit? Opportunities, Dynamic Capabilities, and Performance of Maritime Enterprises in Ghana Journal of African Business 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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Intellectual Capital Efficiency and Risk-Taking Behaviour of Insurance Companies in Ghana Journal of African Business 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 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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Market Power and Bank Lending in Africa: The Role of Regulatory Policy Journal of African Business 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 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 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 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 Pub Date : 2023-05-04 Jephthah Owusu Osei, Emmanuel Sarpong-Kumankoma, Joshua Yindenaba Abor
ABSTRACT 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 robust least squares and simultaneous bootstrapping models in a panel setting. Our findings show that the impact of debt financing on profitability increases when it is subject to information sharing
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Determinants of Going Concern in the Banking Sector: Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Paul Hammond, Mustapha Osman Opoku
ABSTRACT 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 sought to develop a model to predict going concern of financial institutions. The data were collected from the financial statements of selected banks in Ghana and Nigeria. The binary logistic regression
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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 Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Mpumelelo Kansas Mkhabela, Christopher Changwe Nshimbi
ABSTRACT 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 Corporations (MNCs) have led in the practical articulation of integration as an integral part of their expansion strategies in search for increased market share and the establishment of new markets
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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 Pub Date : 2023-03-26 John Muzam, Mbu Daniel Tambi
ABSTRACT 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 probit model was used to estimate the result. The study established that mobile money services have a positive and significant relationship with the growth of SMEs. The determinants of mobile money services
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Sustainability of Credit Union: A Systematic Review of Measurement and Determinants Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Godfred Anakpo, Syden Mishi, Nomonde Tshabalala, Farai Borden Mushonga
ABSTRACT 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 sustainable. The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic literature review on the key determinants of sustainability of credit unions and its measurements through comprehensive literature
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The Impact of Derivatives Use on Systemic Risk of Africa’s Banking System Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Audrey Nguema Bekale, Imhotep Paul Alagidede, Jones Odei-Mensah
ABSTRACT 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 risk index (SRI), and subsequently exploring how it links to the continent’s financial market development. The systemic risk buildup within the industry is mainly depicted as an unstable, diluted, and
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Correction Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2023-02-26
Published in Journal of African Business (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The Effect of Capital Structure on Corporate Performance: Panel Empirical Evidence of an Emerging Capital Market Journal of African Business 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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Exploring the Giving Strategies, Opportunities, and Challenges of Corporate Foundations in Ghana Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-09-02 Dennis Boahene Osei, Imhotep Paul Alagidede
ABSTRACT While studies on corporate philanthropy have blossomed in recent times, little is known empirically about its practice formalized through foundations. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with seven corporate foundations, this paper explored the giving strategies, opportunities, and challenges of corporate foundations in Ghana. Our findings based on thematic analysis revealed that corporate
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Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles, Sensing, Seizing, and Configuration Dynamic Capabilities in Kenyan Firms Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Lucy Simani Wamalwa
ABSTRACT Leaders play a vital role in the development of dynamic capabilities. However, the effects of leadership styles on firms’ dynamic capabilities have not been fully explored, with relatively few studies examining the relationship between leadership and dynamic capabilities. This research examined the influence of transformational and transactional leadership styles on dynamic capabilities. Using
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Relationship Marketing and Customer Loyalty in Ghana’s Informal Economy: Does Customer Perceived Value Matter? Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Louis Numelio Tettey, Oliver Kwabena Aggrey, George Acheampong
ABSTRACT In this study, we seek to understand the role of relationship marketing in achieving customer loyalty in Ghana’s informal economy. The study further investigated the role of customer perceived value as a pass-through mechanism for the relationship between relationship marketing and customer loyalty. We collected primary data from 229 customers of informal economy operators in Accra. The data
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Cushioning the Covid-19 Economic Consequences on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: The Role of Stakeholders` Engagement, Collaboration, and Support Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Jonathan Mukiza Peter Kansheba, Mutaju Isaack Marobhe, Andreas Erich Wald
ABSTRACT The Covid-19 (corona virus) disruptions have necessitated a new way of thinking about how entrepreneurship and its environments (ecosystems) function in times of heightened uncertainty. Based on a sample of 237 entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) stakeholders in Tanzania – an emerging economy, we examine the pandemic economic consequences steered by government countermeasures on the EE-perceived
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Banking Supervision and Nonperforming Loans in Africa: Does Institutional Quality Matter in the Ghanaian Banking Space? Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Joseph Ato Forson, Awaisu Imurana Braimah, Samuel Kofi Asiamah, Raphael Kuranchie-Pong, Edward Daniels, Samuel Evergreen Adjavon
ABSTRACT In this paper, we reexamine the determinants of nonperforming loans through the impact of supervisory devices in credit risk management in Africa. The paper employs bank-specific, macroeconomic and institutional data for a panel of 14 universal banks over the period 2009 to 2020. We develop models that capture the role of regulatory supervision on credit risk. Findings from the Panels Corrected
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Credit Cooperative Lending Loans as Challenges and Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurship in Africa: Evidence from Ghana Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Julius Karl D. Fieve, Elie Virgile Chrysostome
This study examined how credit cooperative loans affect women entrepreneurship. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 women entrepreneurs from three Cooperative Lending groups in the As...
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Recovery Strategies of a Micro Restaurant in Nigeria: Implications on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-06-12 Agu, Godswill Agu
ABSTRACT Given the increasing lucrativeness and competitiveness of the restaurant industry in Nigeria, a number of micro operators have emerged, and many operate within a defined market such as university environments. Knowing the service failure and recovery strategies applicable to this set of restaurants is necessary in building customer satisfaction and loyalty after failure encounters. Since this
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Market Orientation, Innovativeness and Competitive Advantage: Empirical Insight from Women Entrepreneurs in the Senegalese agri-food Sector Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-05-22 Balla Doucouré, Assane Diagne
ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether market orientation interacts with innovativeness to generate a dynamic capability that procures sustainable competitive advantage drawing on the resource-based theory and the dynamic-capabilities perspective. The structural equation modeling was established to explain the complex relationship between market orientation, innovativeness
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Determinants of Financial Inclusion: A Comparative Study of Kenya and Ethiopia Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Wuddasie Dereje Bekele
ABSTRACT This study conducts a comparative analysis of the factors affecting financial inclusion in Kenya and Ethiopia at macro and micro levels. A generalized linear model is used to examine the determinants of and barriers to financial inclusion using the 2017 Global Findex Database, whereas a descriptive analysis is used to explore their macro-level differences. Kenya has a higher level of financial
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Social Media Sentiment Analysis: Online versus ‘Brick and Mortar’ Retailers in South Africa Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Nkosivile Welcome Madinga, James Lappeman
ABSTRACT This study provides an analysis of consumers sentiment regarding online and ‘brick and mortar’ retailers in South Africa. The research provides insight into consumer online conversation by examining views as expressed about retailers from 15417 mentions on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The results indicate that customer service, shopping portals, vouchers/coupons, stock availability, deliveries
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Motivations for Entrepreneurship: New Evidence from Tertiary-level Educated Sub-Saharan African Women Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-05-09 Sombo Muzata
Despite the evidence that women in Sub-Saharan Africa become entrepreneurs faster than any other group globally, more studies are needed to understand the motivation(s) for their decision to pursue...
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Female Managers, Informal Enterprises, and Their Perceived Financial Performance in Togo Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Akouvi Gadedjisso-Tossou, Jean-Pierre Gueyie, Mawuli Kodjovi Couchoro
This paper examines the determinants of financial performance as perceived by Togolese female managers operating in the informal sector. The analysis is conducted using the partial least squares me...
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Challenging Factors Affecting Access to Finance by Female Micro Entrepreneurs in Anambra State, Nigeria Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Amaka Gertrude Metu, Uche C. C. Nwogwugwu
The objective of this study was to determine challenging factors in accessing finance by female microentrepreneurs in Anambra state, Nigeria. This study employed both qualitative and quantitative m...
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Sustainability Discourse in Emerging Market multinationals: The Case of South Africa’s Largest Firms Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-03-25 Gladys Torres-Baumgarten, Thierry Rakotobe-Joel
ABSTRACT Despite the crucial role that multinational enterprises (MNEs) can play in advancing sustainability, progress toward meeting the United Nations’ Agenda for Sustainable Development by 2030 has been slow. MNEs are partly responsible, and even though they recognize that they are part of a larger social, economic and ecological ecosystem, and that sustainability can enhance their long-term growth
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The Impact of Time Management Behaviors on Employee Performance in Humanitarian Service Organization: A Study of Selected NPOs in Ghana Journal of African Business Pub Date : 2022-03-25 James B. Abugre, Benedicta Minlah, David Nasere
ABSTRACT The purpose of this work is to analyze the effect of time management behaviors on work performance of humanitarian services of non-for-profit organizations (NPOs) in Ghana. Using a survey of NPOs in Ghana, different multivariate analytical techniques were employed to analyze the data. By this, we tested three symmetrical hypotheses of employees’ time behaviors leading to outcomes of employee