Current Strategies in Economics and Management Vol. 5

Authors

Dr. Chun-Chien Kuo, (Editor)

Professor, Department of International Business, National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan.

Robert Bordley

Integrative Sciences Division, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Luisa Tibiletti

Department of Management, University of Torino, Italy.

C. O. Aronu

Department of Statistics, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, Nigeria.

G. O. Ekwueme

Department of Industrial Production Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

J. O. Emunefe

Department of General Studies, Mathematics and Statistics Unit, Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Nigeria.

Bharat R. Hazari

Lattice Analytics Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.

Jianjing Lin

Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, NY 12180, USA.

Aurélio Lamare Soares Murta

Postgraduate Program in Administration - PPGAd/UFF, Federal University of Fluminense – UFF / Energy and Environmental Planning Program - PPE/COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos de Freitas

Energy and Environmental Planning Program - PPE/COPPE/UFRJ, International Virtual Institute for Global Change - IVIG/COPPE/UFRJ, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Sergey A. Surkov

International Institute of Management, Moscow, Russia.

Ellen G. Trofimova

Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russia.

Luciano Quattrocchio

Department of Management, School of Management and Economics, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.

Mariacristina Uberti

Department of Management, School of Management and Economics, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.

T. F. I. Nwanne

Department of Accounting/Finance, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Nigeria.

Aquiles Limone

Escuela de Ingeniería Comercial, Universidad de Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Chile.

Milan Marinovic

Escuela de Ingeniería Comercial, Universidad de Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Chile.

Oteki Evans Biraori

Murang’a University of Technology, 75-10200, Murang’a, Kenya.

Ondieki John Nyamasege

Murang’a University of Technology, 75-10200, Murang’a, Kenya.

João Serafim Tusi da Silveira

Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Lucas Veiga Ávila

Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

José Tavares de Borba

Catholic University of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Lucélia Ivonete Juliani

Federal University of ABC (UFABC), São Paulo, Brazil.

Azaze-Azizi Abdul Adis

Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.

Yi Xuan Pang

Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.

Kehinde, Abiodun Solomon

Department of Wildlife and Ecotourism, Forestry Research Institute of Jericho, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Babatunde, Taiye Oluwasola

Department of Forestry Technology, Federal College of Forestry, Jericho, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Kehinde, Olujide Johnson

Onigambari Forest Reserve, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Babatunde Oluyemisi Omowunmi

Department of Forestry Technology, Federal College of Forestry, Jericho, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Synopsis

This book covers all areas of economics and management. The contributions by the authors include target-oriented utility; commercial bank; permutation method; lifetime value; loyalty; tourism; terms of trade; general equilibrium; sustainable development; economic crises; secured money; total money supply; Decile coefficient of income differentiation; minimum of poverty; social upheavals; consumer credit; Effective Annual interest RATE (EAR); late payment fees; policy; PENCOM; NPF; NSITF; NAICOM; economic growth; PAYG; information technology; supplier relationship; hospital technical efficiency; stochastic frontier cost panel; econometric model; product placement; social media; generation Y; economy of production; marketing; profitability etc. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of economics and management.

Chapters

Chapter 1
Using Target-oriented Utility to Elicit Preferences for Taking Risks in Uncertain Financial Markets

Robert Bordley, Luisa Tibiletti
Chapter 2
Investigating the Equality of Customer Loyalty between Two Commercial Banks in Anambra State, Nigeria: Hotelling T-square Approach

C. O. Aronu, G. O. Ekwueme, J. O. Emunefe
Chapter 3
A Global Perspective: Tourism, Terms of Trade and Welfare of the Poor

Bharat R. Hazari, Jianjing Lin
Chapter 4
The Estimation of CO2 Emissions Avoided through the Use of Biodiesel in the Brazilian Road System

Aurélio Lamare Soares Murta, Marcos Aurélio Vasconcelos de Freitas
Chapter 5
Scientific Perspectives of Assessing the Possibility of Global Economic Crisis

Sergey A. Surkov, Ellen G. Trofimova
Chapter 6
Overview of Paradoxical Poverty in Russia

Sergey A. Surkov, Ellen G. Trofimova
Chapter 7
The Cost of Credit in the Presence of Missed and Delayed Payments Fees

Luciano Quattrocchio, Luisa Tibiletti, Mariacristina Uberti
Chapter 8
Critical Research on Impact of Contributory Pension Scheme on Economic Growth in Nigeria

T. F. I. Nwanne
Chapter 9
An Overview: The Theory of the Organization and the New Paradigms

Aquiles Limone, Milan Marinovic
Chapter 10
A General Overview of Information Technology and the Effectiveness of Supply Chain Management in the Kenya Public Sector

Oteki Evans Biraori, Ondieki John Nyamasege
Chapter 11
Revisiting Technical Efficiency Measurement within Single Hospital through of a Stochastic Frontier Cost Panel

João Serafim Tusi da Silveira, Lucas Veiga Ávila, José Tavares de Borba, Lucélia Ivonete Juliani
Chapter 12
Investigating the Mediation Role of Attitude towards Product Placement in Social Media

Azaze-Azizi Abdul Adis, Yi Xuan Pang
Chapter 13
Effect of Garlic as Feed Additive on Performance and Economy of Production of Cockerel Chicks

Kehinde, Abiodun Solomon, Babatunde, Taiye Oluwasola, Kehinde, Olujide Johnson, Babatunde Oluyemisi Omowunmi
Chapter 14
Analyzing the Aspects of Profitability of Charcoal Production and Marketing in Ibarapa Zone of Oyo State Nigeria

Babatunde, Taiye Oluwasola, Kehinde, Abiodun Solomon, Babatunde Oluyemisi Omowunmi, Kehinde, Olujide Johnson