International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014

  • The Determinant of Bank Interest Rates Spreads in Ghana

    Ransford Quarmyne Churchill, Collins Owusu Kwaning, Owusu Ababio

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014
    Pages: 49-57
    Received: 20 July 2014
    Accepted: 29 July 2014
    Published: 10 August 2014
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    Abstract: In Ghana, there is a widespread perception that interest rate spread is too wide. Banks, on the other hand, had justified the wide interest rate spread on the basis of some economic variables that affect the banks. The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of the bank interest margin in Ghana. This paper therefore examines the determ... Show More
  • Can Creativity Make a Difference? Leveraging the Creative Work Environment to Impact Performance in Annual Revenues of Architectural Firms

    Katharine E. Leigh, Kenneth R. Tremblay, Jr., Amy M. Huber

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014
    Pages: 58-68
    Received: 20 July 2014
    Accepted: 5 August 2014
    Published: 20 August 2014
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    Abstract: Creativity remains an elusive, intangible contributor to workplace performance despite emphases from psychoeconomic approaches. Few empirical studies investigate creativity’s influence on organizational performance in a manner applied to practice or have differentiated creative versus non-creative domains. It has also been proposed that organizatio... Show More