Current Strategies in Economics and Management Vol. 7

Authors

Dr. Kwong Fai Andrew Lo, (Editor)

Professor, College of Science, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Short Biosketch

Francisca Beer

California State University of San Bernardino, USA.

Mohamed Zouaoui

University of Franche-Comté and LEG-UMR, France.

John A. Kidali

Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), P.O.Box 00902-32 Kikuyu, Kenya.

James C. Njanja

Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), P.O.Box 00902-32 Kikuyu, Kenya.

Sammy G. Ndung’u

Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), P.O.Box 00902-32 Kikuyu, Kenya.

Samuel G. Omwenga

Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), P.O.Box 00902-32 Kikuyu, Kenya.

Andrew Leung

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Suzy Shrem Cohen

Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Rami Yosef

Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Lianda Wanyonyi Mauyo

Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Eldoret, Kenya.

Jonas N. Chianu

Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, African Development Bank (AfDB), Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

Bernard Kibet Nassiuma

Department of Quantitative Skills and Entrepreneurship Studies, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.

E. Asiedu

Servicio Nacional De Aprendizaje (SENA) Neiva, Huila, Colombia.

Obi, Cyril Ogugua

Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State, Nigeria.

Obi, Zita Chika

Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Anambra State, Nigeria.

Abdullah Bin Junaid

Department of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Waquar Ahmed

Department of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Reshma Nasreen

Department of Management, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.

Faheem Ahmed

Department of Management, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.

Arodh Lal Karn

School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian 710072, China.

Rakshha Kumari Karna

School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.

Sabastine Mushori

Central University of Technology, P.O. Box 1881, Welkom, 9460, South Africa.

Delson Chikobvu

University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa.

H. Francis Bush

School of Business and Economics, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA 24501-3113, USA.

Vonda Walsh

Department of Applied Mathematics, The Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450-0304, USA.

Jay Sullivan

Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450-0304, USA.

James Squire

Department of Electrical Engineering, The Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450-0304, USA.

Synopsis

This book covers key areas of Economics and Management. The contributions by the authors include Measuring stock market investor sentiment, investor sentiment measures, composite sentiment index, East coast fever, immunization, livestock keepers’ perception and Kajiado Central, Wiener process, exotic options, method of images, heat equation, Financial Applications, Bonds, municipalities, operational efficiency, Finance, Municipal Bonds, Leverage for Negotiation, Bean, cross-border marketing, marketing costs, market performance, government levies, Tier-1 capital ratio, market segmentation, commercial banks, bank performance, customer retention ability, Education expenditure, economic growth, standard of living, labour force, capital formation, Behaviour, cosmeceuticals, consumer, consumption, influence, Market-Analysis of Determinants, Influencing Factors, Financial market, high frequency trading, batch auction, limit order book, regulatory framework 2.0, Investment opportunities, downside risk, uncertain implicit transaction costs, investment managers and fund managers, E-learning, latency, network delay, pedagogical efficacy, STEM, Longitudinal Effects etc. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians in the field of Economics and Management.

Chapters

Chapter 1
Assessment of the Measuring Stock Market Investor Sentiment

Francisca Beer, Mohamed Zouaoui
Chapter 2
Study on the Livestock Keepers’ Perception on East Coast Fever-Immunization (ECFiM) in Kajiado Central, Kenya

John A. Kidali, James C. Njanja, Sammy G. Ndung’u, Samuel G. Omwenga
Chapter 3
Research on Constrained Wiener Processes and Their Financial Applications

Andrew Leung
Chapter 4
Emphasizing on Municipal Bonds as Leverage for Negotiation and Improving Operational Efficiency

Suzy Shrem Cohen, Rami Yosef
Chapter 5
Reporting a Case Study of Cross-Border Bean Market Performance in East Africa emphasizing on Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda

Lianda Wanyonyi Mauyo, Jonas N. Chianu, Bernard Kibet Nassiuma
Chapter 6
An Assessmental Study on Use and Impact of Market Segmentation Practices on Bank Performance: With Special Reference to Commercial Banks in Colombia

E. Asiedu
Chapter 7
Public Spending on Education and Economic Growth in Nigeria: The Synergy

Obi, Cyril Ogugua, Obi, Zita Chika
Chapter 8
Investigating the Cosmeceutical Consumption Behaviour amongst Males in Indian Market-Analysis of Determinants and Influencing Factors

Abdullah Bin Junaid, Waquar Ahmed, Reshma Nasreen, Faheem Ahmed
Chapter 9
High Frequency Trading: A Brief Academic Approach Studies of Futuristic Financial Markets

Arodh Lal Karn, Rakshha Kumari Karna
Chapter 10
Investigating the Investment Opportunities, Uncertain Implicit Transaction Costs and Maximum Downside Risk in Dynamic Stochastic Financial Optimization

Sabastine Mushori, Delson Chikobvu
Chapter 11
A Comparison between Differences in the Effects of Longitudinal Effects of Network Latency on STEM and non-STEM Students

H. Francis Bush, Vonda Walsh, Jay Sullivan, James Squire