Current Perspective to Economics and Management Vol. 1

Authors

Dr. Kwong Fai Andrew Lo, (Editor)

Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan

Rajesh Sharma

Regenesys Business School, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abhinanda Gautam

Regenesys Business School, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Lucio Muñoz

Independent QLC Researcher, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Awal Abdul-Rahaman

Department of Agribusiness Management and Finance, Faculty of Agribusiness and Communication Sciences, University for Development Studies, P.O.Box, TL 1882, Tamale, Ghana.

Sergey Alexandrovich Surkov

International Institute of Management LINK, Moscow, Russia.

Ellen Grigorjevna Trofimova

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

Ogbuagu, Anuli Regina

Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

Kalu, Ndukwe Olugu

Community Resource Center, Owerri, Nigeria.

Ioannis N. Kallianiotis

Department of Economics and Finance, The Arthur J. Kania School of Management, University of Scranton Scranton, PA 18510-4602, U.S.A.

Shuaibu Mukhtar

Department of Social Sciences, Kebbi State Polytechnic Dakingari, Nigeria.

Umar Garba Gwazawa

Department of Social Sciences, Kebbi State Polytechnic Dakingari, Nigeria.

Aliyu Musa Jega

Department of Social Sciences, Kebbi State Polytechnic Dakingari, Nigeria.

Olakunle Jayeola

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Akintan Akinyemi Akindele

Department of Business Administration, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, PMB 1019, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Akinnigbagbe Victor Makinde

Department of Social Sciences, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, PMB 1019, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria.

Roland Azibo Balgah

Department of Agribusiness Technology, College of Technology, The University of Bamenda, Cameroon.

Sallahuddin Hassan

School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

Zalila Othman

School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

Wan Zaharah Wan Din

School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

Synopsis

This book dealt with key areas of Economics & Management. The contributions by the authors include Retail formats; consumer behaviour; Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs); sustainability thinking; sustainability inversegram; sustainability gaps; Financial efficiency; smallholder cotton farmers; Privatization; macroeconomic variables; Demand for money; foreign exchange; forecasting and simulation; information and market efficiency; international financial markets; Entrepreneurship; monotype economy; diversification; Financial and non-financial performance; small business; Micro and Small-scale Enterprises (MSEs); economic development, financial resources and income adequacy etc. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of Economics & Management.

Chapters

Chapter 1
Emphatic Store Formats- A Behavioral Study of Consumer Packaged Goods Market in South Africa

Rajesh Sharma, Abhinanda Gautam
Chapter 2
Paradigm Evolution and Sustainability Thinking: Using a Sustainability Inversegram to State Paradigm Death and Shift Expectations Under Win-Win and No Win-Win Situations

Lucio Muñoz
Chapter 3
Examining the Profitability, Financial Efficiency and Constraints among Cotton Farmers in Ghana

Awal Abdul-Rahaman
Chapter 4
Trends of World Consumption of Energy

Sergey Alexandrovich Surkov, Ellen Grigorjevna Trofimova
Chapter 5
The Nexus between Privatization and Macro-Economic Environment: Evidence from Nigeria

Ogbuagu, Anuli Regina, Kalu, Ndukwe Olugu
Chapter 6
The Overshooting Model of Exchange Rate Determination

Ioannis N. Kallianiotis
Chapter 7
The Nexus between Entrepreneurship Development and Diversification of Nigerian Economy

Shuaibu Mukhtar, Umar Garba Gwazawa, Aliyu Musa Jega
Chapter 8
Financial and Non-financial Performance of Small Businesses in Nigeria: An Empirical Evidence of the Role of Environmental Factors

Olakunle Jayeola, Akintan Akinyemi Akindele, Akinnigbagbe Victor Makinde
Chapter 9
The Role of Gender-Sensitive Participation in Economic Development: From Theory to Practice

Roland Azibo Balgah
Chapter 10
Employees Provident Fund: Adequacy of Retirement Income Provision

Sallahuddin Hassan, Zalila Othman, Wan Zaharah Wan Din