Economics

Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2021

  • Impact of Technology Incubation Programme in Promoting Entrepreneurship in Nigeria

    Ahmad Abubakar-Sadeeq, Abubakar Usman Othman, Abdullahi Salihu Audu, Mohammed Isa Ramalan, Ibrahim Abdullahi

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 105-111
    Received: 18 August 2021
    Accepted: 7 September 2021
    Published: 12 October 2021
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    Abstract: Technology incubators are economic development tools used for promoting the concept of growth through innovation and application of technology, support economic development strategies for small business development. It encourage growth from within local economies, while also providing a mechanism for technology transfer. Incubation is the provision... Show More
  • Firm Capital Structure and Financial Sector Performance in Nigeria

    Michael Asiedu

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 112-124
    Received: 9 October 2021
    Accepted: 9 November 2021
    Published: 25 November 2021
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    Abstract: This study employed the two-step systems GMM and fixed-effect model to examine the relative importance and explanatory power of six (6) variables in considering the capital structure of 36 non-financial companies listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange from 2008-2019. The study also examined the effect of the rule of law, institutional quality, macroe... Show More
  • Analysis and Development of Price Models in the System MEANS of Intersectoral Balance

    Kulyk Mykhailo

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 125-138
    Received: 24 October 2021
    Accepted: 18 November 2021
    Published: 27 November 2021
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    Abstract: At present, monetary models of equilibrium prices have received a very wide and varied application. In this paper it is proved that the application of the currently existing monetary models of the intersectoral balance is associated with significant methodical errors. It is shown that price models based on the input balance provides such a balance ... Show More
  • Labour Productivity and Structural Transformation: A Tale of 3 African Economies

    Taruna Shalini Ramessur

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 139-151
    Received: 6 September 2021
    Accepted: 19 October 2021
    Published: 27 November 2021
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    Abstract: Structural transformation is hypothesized by growth accounting to be at the core of the process of economic development and a crucial source of labour productivity growth. Despite the key importance of structural transformation in driving economic performance, investigations on the impacts of structural change on labour productivity growth in Sub-S... Show More
  • Adaptation of the Principles of Classical Dynamics to Microeconomic

    Levin Boris Arkadievich, Levin Arkadij Isaakovich

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 152-163
    Received: 17 August 2021
    Accepted: 11 September 2021
    Published: 2 December 2021
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    Abstract: The principles of classical dynamics are applied to economic processes. The author successfully overcame the main difficulty of the basic requirement for dynamics: a description of any process should be made in real (four-dimensional) «space-time». The economic meaning for all four coordinate axes is stated that allows to introduce the concept of f... Show More
  • Cost Efficiency of the Banking Industry in Malawi

    Happy Phiri, Ben Kaluwa, Jacob Mazalale

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 164-174
    Received: 2 December 2021
    Accepted: 22 December 2021
    Published: 29 December 2021
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    Abstract: Sustainable economic growth requires efficiency in the banking sector because of the vital role financial markets play in allocating resources. This study seeks to contribute to the discourse on banks' cost-efficiency performance in the context of market upheavals, evolving customer preferences, and industry and institutional reforms. The study exa... Show More
  • The Entrepreneurial University and Its Influence on the Business Ecosystem

    Oumaima ElBouzidi, Si Mohamed Ben Massou

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 175-184
    Received: 9 December 2021
    Accepted: 24 December 2021
    Published: 29 December 2021
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    Abstract: Like the ideological evolutions that have long marked the history of scientific research, it goes without saying that the university, the center of all academic progress, does not fail to illustrate, in its turn, a scope in the missions it seeks to fulfill. Faced with this reality, the concept of university entrepreneurship has been expanded to inc... Show More