12 articles in this issue
Sheeba Kapil,Puneet Kaur Dhingra
Indian enterprises have succeeded in climbing the ladder of outward M&A transactions and out performing everyone’s expectations post 1990s. This paper aims to recalibrate the empirical literature of India’s outbound M&A by considering the impact o... see more
Janesh Sami
Despite the political coup in December 2006 and Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008, the tourism industry in Fiji has proven to be quite resilient. This article examines the response of hotel room occupancy rate in the tourism industry to domestic and e... see more
Amjad Ali,Marc Audi,Yannick Roussel
This paper has examined the effect of urbanization and economic misery on average life expectancy in selected MENA nations from 2001 to 2016. Panel ARDL has been used for reviewing the co-integration among the selected indicators. The causality of the var... see more
Mbulaheni Albert Dagume
The paper investigates the extent to which socio-demographic factors influence the job search methods used by unemployed youth when seeking jobs in South Africa. The study used cross-sectional data on a representative sample of youth in the Vhembe Distric... see more
Rachida Ben Ahmed Daho
BitCoin is a new digital currency that turned out to be quite interesting for the financial market. This digital currency has, in diverse manners, exhibited unique qualities in comparison with other financial assets, which certainly means that BitCoin inv... see more
Luca Sensini,Amit Shan,Maria Vazquez
The goal of this article was twofold. The first objective was to investigate the diffusion and use of Project Management tools and techniques by manufacturing companies in an emerging economy, such as Argentina. The second objective was to assess the impa... see more
Sakli Hniya,Ahlem Boubker,Fatma Mrad,Sawssen Nafti
This article aims to determine the impact of the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) and its volatility on Tunisian Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows for the period from 1980 to 2018. By applying the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model, we ... see more
Mela Yila Dogo,Osman Nuri Aras
We analyzed the effect of volatility in the Naira-Dollar exchange rate on the volume of imports to and exports from Nigeria between 1990 and 2019. Data for all variables, except volatility, were sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the National... see more
Safwat Alaa,Salah Ashraf,Elsherif Marwa
Poverty is an emerging issue that is being debated upon in both developed and developing countries, including South Africa. This research investigates the factors that affect poverty in South Africa, as well as the theoretical connections between poverty ... see more
Kuan-Chieh Chen
Most studies continue to analyze oil shocks. Earlier authors recognize that oil price volatility plays a critical role in the economy. There is accordingly evidence that oil price shocks negatively impact real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates and... see more
Shubhra Biswas,Arindam Gupta
The study assesses the status of financial literacy in West Bengal and finds its impact on household decision-making of 600 respondents from eight selected districts of the state. Financial literacy of female and rural respondents is found to be lower. Hi... see more