ABSTRACT This study investigates the antecedents and consequences of board interlocks on the Ghana Stock Exchange. The study looks at how factors such as the auditor network, industry network, foreign or local ownership network, gender effect, age effect, gender homophile and age homophile could influence the formation of interlocks between firms. The study also examined the relation between interlocks and Return on Assets, Return on Equity and Profitability among the firms. Data for the stu...
ABSTRACT Studies on the impact of import duties on the spare parts industry and Abossey Okai market to be specific are limited. Most of the available studies conducted in this subject area have focused attention on the challenges of the automobile industry. It is in this regard that this study sought to evaluate the impact of import duties on the Abossey Okai spare parts dealers. The specific objectives were to evaluate the impact of import duties on the sales, employment and quantity of goo...
ABSTRACT This research examines the relationship between global governance, global public policy and Ghana's national public policy in reference to the passing of the Domestic Violence Bill. It further assesses to what extent global governance can address the trans-sovereign transnational issue of violence against women, specifically domestic violence. The independent variables in this research project are global governance and global public policy with political environment and the “secon...
ABSTRACT Healthcare is a very personalized and important service that is globally used which considerably affects economies and the quality of daily lives. In most parts of the world and Ghana, healthcare is experiencing unprecedented growth with changing cost structures and healthcare laws are also evolving. As a corollary, healthcare providers are experiencing increased competitive pressures providing consumers with a lot of options and making them active decision makers in their healthcar...
ABSTRACT The reforms introduced in the banking sector since 2006 by the central bank in Ghana has changed the sector significantly. The changes include deregulation and minimum capital requirement. These have seen an influx of foreign banks into the Ghanaian market. The influx of more banks in Ghana have paved way for consumers to have multiple choices of banks to select from. Studies have indicated that trust is a key ingredient consumers’ use in their brand selection. Meanwhile, other st...
ABSTRACT To address the challenge of health worker’s shortage, Ghana like many African countries, uses community volunteers to assist in the provision of certain health services to rural and hard-to-reach communities. However, few studies have been done in the country to ascertain the motivation for volunteering and the retention of these volunteers. Adopting the Homan’s Social Exchange Theory as its theoretical perspective, this study examines the motivation for volunteering and the ret...
ABSTRACT The research on “population pressure and social- economic development in Uganda” was conducted in Kisenyi parish Kampala central. The study was guided by three objectives which included; to examine how high birthrates affect economic development in Kampala city, to find out the causes of high birthrates in Kisenyi Kampala city and to establish ways of curbing high birthrates in Kampala city. This study employed the descriptive survey design. Descriptive studies are no experiment...
ABSTRACT The research presents the impact of sales promotion on the productivity of the organization in particular Century Bottling Company Limited. The research that was undertaken was conducted to identify sales promotion activities use din Century Bottling Company Limited. The research was also conducted to examine the relationship that exists between sales promotion and productivity. It was also conducted to establish other factors other than sales promotion that leads to productivity in...
ABSTRACT The analysis of food insecurity and coping strategies of rural people during food insecurity in Endebess division , Tranzoia district was examined between May and October 2012. The ultimate objectives ofthe study were to: (i) Examine the causes of food shortages in rural households of Endebess division (ii) document the coping strategies of the people during food shot1ages; (iii) to examine people's opinions on the mitigation of food shortage in their area. The data were collected us...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................ i APPROVAL. ............. : ................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................ iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................... i APPROVAL ..................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................ iii ACKNOWLEDGMENT ...................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ i APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................. ii DEDICATION .............. ............................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..........................................
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at examining the relationship between capital intensive technology and output in Katon Manufacturers Limited, Nalukolongo kampala. The objectives of the study were to; assess the relevance of capital intensive technology on output in KML, the challenges hindering the effective use of capital intensive towards output in KML and to the possible ways of improving effective use of capital intensive technology towards output in KML. The study was carried out using bot...
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Pages Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. m Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
ABSTRACT This report is a result of an academic research titled outsourcing and service delivery of commercial banks in Uganda with a case study of Equity bank Mubende branch. The objectives of the study were: to assess the relationship between outsourcing and service delivery at equity bank Mubende branch, to find out how outsourcing improve efficiency at Equity Bank Mubende branch, to examine the different outsourcing strategies used by Equity bank Mubende branch. To answer research questi...