Purpose This paper aims to examine the employment effect of the minimum wage in Mauritius, a country that has recently introduced an economy-wide national minimum wage. As women have low labor force participation rate and higher unemployment rate compared to men, this study sheds light on the...

Purpose Despite the noticeable consequences of disruptive financial innovations, access to finance remains a major factor inhibiting the sustainable-growth potentials of young micro-entrepreneurs in informal settings. This study examines the determinants of financing options among...

Purpose This study aimed to explore the effect of Financial Innovation (FI) on economic growth in Ghana, with a dataset spanning 1960–2019, adopting a broader conceptualization of FI as the ratio of broad money to narrow money. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a non-linear...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it intends to explore the link between internal social capital, logistics capabilities, supply chain risk management (SCRM) capabilities and supplier performance. Second, the mediating effect of logistics capabilities between internal social...

Purpose This research aims to study the economic conditions of fishermen living in the coastal area of Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan. Design/methodology/approach The method used is a descriptive analysis method supported by a participatory planning method. The importance of primary data is to...

Purpose This study empirically investigates the level of intellectual capital efficiency amongst the listed commercial banks in Nigeria and the factors influencing its efficient utilisation. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs the data envelopment analysis (DEA) to determine...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the perspective of youth employees about owner manager businesses. The owner-manager business (a one-man business) is the most common in Lagos. Hence, an inquiry into their management style and how it impacts youth employees within the...

Purpose This work aims to analyze and observe the trends in the literature on corporate governance and disclosure. The study presents bibliometric analyses from the Scopus database for the period 1991-2020. Design/methodology/approach A bibliometric analysis is conducted on 1,697 studies on...

Purpose This study investigates effects of firm-level, sector-level and business environment factors on manufacturing firms’ Research and Development (R&D) investment decisions in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach Panel Probit regression model is employed to analyse effects of the explanatory...