Abstract This study seek to find out factors affecting tax compliance behavior among SMEs in Kano Metropolis. The study adopts survey research design to source and analyze data. Simple random sample was used as the sampling technique for this study. Questionnaires were designed and distributed to the sampled SMEs within Kano metropolis. The population of the study comprises 520 registered SMEs within Kano Metropolis, out of which 500 SMES were selected as sample. Data collected were an...
Abstract: A new generalized Dagum distribution called the Dagum power series distri butions is introduced and studied. This distribution is obtained by compounding Dagum and other power series distributions. The structural properties of the new distributions are discussed, including explicit algebraic formulas for its survival and hazard functions, quantile function, moments, moment generating function, conditional moments, mean and median deviations, Bonferroni and Lorenz curves, distributi...
Abstract: Construction industry contributes significantly to the economy of many countries. It is responsible for the buildings and roads used by people in their everyday lives. However, with the amount of construction projects increasing, the need to exchange relevant documentation and sharing of information among the industry stakeholders has increased tremendously. Nevertheless, the introduction of e-procurement systems in the construction sector has addressed the aforementioned issues. I...
Abstract: This study examines the relationship between government expenditure on health and economic growth in Botswana. It seeks to test the existence of cointegration and specification of the deterministic components with special reference to the Pantula Principle. This helps to overcome the shortfall of the method by Johansen, which may lead to spurious results by omitting the presence of deterministic components in the analysis. The cointegration approach is used and tested using three m...
Abstract: This chapter introduces the concept of financial globalization and examines the factors driving financial globalization in emerging and developing market economies. The role of financial globalization in driving the development and strengthening of the financial sector, sustainable economic growth, and the nature of innovations are explored. On a broader scale, there is a need to understand the developments in global financial innovation and their implications for developing and em...
Abstract: Software-defined networking is an evolving network architecture beheading the traditional network architecture focusing its disadvantages in a limited perspective. A couple of decades before, programming and networking were viewed as different domains which today with the lights of SDN bridging themselves together. 'is is to overcome the existing challenges faced by the networking domain and an attempt to propose cost-efficient effective and feasible solutions. Changes to the exist...
Abstract: In this study, we focus on finding the possible optimal strategy where there is consump tion, stochastic income, purchasing of life insurance and investment in risky and risk-less investments are made. The stock follows a jump diffusion process and the bond is linked to inflation making the two risky and we have the investment position taken also on the money market account. The wealth process is determined by the different generations of the life of an investor, that is before the...
Abstract: We present a method to drastically reduce the required number of degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) needed for walking for each leg of bipedal robots and lower-limb exoskeletons. This approach releases more legs DOFs in the null space to do other tasks, instead of unnecessarily constraining them. It uses relative reference frames to control relative motion between the two feet, instead of the usual method of controlling foot movement with respect to fixed reference frames. In its basic form...
This study presents the development and validation of the Difficult Person Scale (DDPS-35), a 35-item questionnaire designed to measure traits associated with difficult personalities among college students. The scale assesses seven dimensions: Grandiosity, Stubbornness, Rigidity, Impulsiveness, Defensiveness, Aggressiveness, and Callousness. A sample of 102 college students from diverse backgrounds participated in the study, with 87 males and 15 females. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) reve...
Colonialism is just another paradigm shift that changed the course of gender relations in many colonialised states within Africa. It introduced new and foreign leaderships styles that where gender baised, new family relations came in, (head of family) and the overall Victorian patriarchy which undermined the power and position women held in African societies before the emergency of this colonialism.
Abstract The main objective of this study was to examine the factors affecting the performance of MSE of Addis Ababa, The Case of Arada sub city. It attempts to measure the current level of Micro and Small Enterprises performance, to investigate the relationship between determinant factors and Micro and Small Enterprises performance and to identify the effect of determinant factors on Micro and Small Enterprises performance in Arada sub city. The study was tested the current level o...
This research study examines the implications of India's involvement in global climate change debates on the dynamics of international relations and the reciprocal consequences of India's involvement on the evolving field of international relations.
The study investigates the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth in Kenya through comprehensive regression analysis and causality tests. Theoretical literature argues that FDI inflow can transfer great advantages to the host country, however, empirical studies show that the benefits of FDI vary greatly across countries. Kenya has traditionally been one of the largest recipients of FDI in Africa, foreign investors provide intangible assets to support the oper...
The paper presents an in-depth analysis of the evolution over time of Facebook and its diverse influence on several facets of human existence, encompassing social interaction, dissemination of information, commerce, politics, cultural dynamics, confidentiality, psychological well-being, and technological advancements. Mark Zuckerberg established Facebook in 2004 as a social networking tool primarily targeting university students. Over time, it has expanded into a worldwide sensation, attracti...
In the dynamic landscape of Zimbabwean business, the reluctance of firms to fully embrace digitalization for their marketing functions is multifaceted. This article explores, in brief, ten adoption theories to shed light on this skepticism. This collection of theories provides an abridged twenty-minute insight on why most firms in the developing world tend to adopt a laggard approach when considering the adoption of information technology in their marketing functions.