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Physical Distribution Strategies and the Marketing Performance of Bottled Water Companies in Calabar, Nigeria
Full text linkThis research examined the effect of physical distribution strategies on the marketing performance of bottled water companies in Calabar. It employed a cross-sectional survey approach. Primary data were collected from 276 operational personnel of bottled water companies in Calabar through a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were applied to analyze and interpret the data, while multiple linear regression was utilized to test the hypotheses. The results unveiled significant positive impacts of order processing, transportation, inventory, and warehousing management on the marketing performance of bottled water companies in Calabar, Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommends the following, among others: bottled water companies should integrate innovative technologies into their order processing systems, such as automated order placement, and order sorting software to ensure the delivery of accurate and personalized orders to customers at all times; a robust transportation management system characterized by timely carrier scheduling, clear route planning and automated carrier tracking should be in place to enable bottled water companies achieve effective distribution of products to customers when needed; and bottled water companies should prioritize inventory management through strategic inventory planning, automated inventory control and prompt inventory replacement to ensure that inventory resources required for production and customer service are consistently available in appropriate quantities and quality
The Impact of Environmental Management Strategies on Firm's Performance in Banking Industry: A Case Study of three Selected Banks (United Bank for Africa, Heritage Bank and Lotus Bank)
Full text linkThe objective of this research is to examine the impact of Environmental Management Strategies (EMS) on the performance of Nigerian banks. The study focuses on three key components of EMS, namely green financing initiatives, environmental risk management practises, and sustainable product offers. The study employed purposive sampling to gather data from high-ranking workers of three well-established institutions, namely United Bank for Africa, Heritage Bank, and Lotus Bank. The study collected both quantitative and qualitative data from study participants. The quantitative data was analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) within the SMARTPLS3 software. On the other hand, thematic analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. Finally, the study used triangulation method to draw comprehensive conclusions. The results indicate that the implementation of green financing initiatives and environmental risk management practises have a noteworthy and favourable impact on the overall performance of banks operating in Nigeria. The inclusion of sustainable product offers has been shown to have a notable and favourable effect on performance, underscoring the strategic significance of aligning financial products with sustainability objectives. The aforementioned findings highlight the significant importance of EMS in augmenting financial performance, protecting reputations, and establishing Nigerian banks as frontrunners in the realm of sustainable banking practises. The study recommends that policy makers should develop or revise regulatory frameworks to incentivize banks to integrate effective environmental management strategies into their operations, aligning with international sustainability standards
Rice Farmers’ Perception of Climate Change and its Effects on Rice Production and Livelihoods in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria
Full text linkThis study examined the perception of rice farmers’ on climate change, its pattern of change and how it affects rice production and livelihoods in Kura Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. A survey research design was employed using semi structured questionnaire. Four hundred (400) respondents were selected randomly from the selected 10 wards based on their availability for the study. The data obtained was analyzed using descriptive statistic in the SPSS version 20.0. The study revealed that rice farmers in the area have very good knowledge on climate change, its pattern of change and effects on rice yield. The study further revealed that the existence of climate change due to its effects on rice yield in the area makes farmers in the area to have a positive perception on the changing pattern of climate change and their effects on rice production. Also the study established that the farmers’ positive perception on the presence of changing pattern of climatic variables in the area affects the growing yield of rice in the inputs and the outputs. The study recommends that Kano state government and non-governmental organizations should gear up towards motivating the farmers to actively adopt mitigating measures of climate change for sustainable rice farming system and sustenance of livelihood options in the area. The rice farmers association and the agric department of the local government in collaboration with government at both state and federal should put more efforts in providing drought resistance seedling to farmers and adopt effective mitigation measures through early warning to control loss of farm products during harvesting. Creating awareness on effects of climate change and crop management practices to control dreadful crop loss in the area was also recommended
Store Layout: An Investigative Study on Affective Evaluation and Customer Response of Hypermarkets in Nigeria
Full text linkThe study investigates the relationship between store layout, affective evaluation and customer response of hypermarkets in Nigeria. Four thousand (4000) active customers drawn from the customer care database of four hypermarkets in South-South region of Nigeria serves as the population of the study, with a sample size of three hundred and fifty two, derived through the application of krejcie and morgan technique. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from respondents. Data was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) techniques at 0.5% error levels of significance. Findings revealed that store layout positively and significantly influenced customer affective evaluation and customer response in hypermarkets. The study concluded that store layout played a significant role on how customer affectively evaluate and respond to merchandize in hypermarkets. The study recommends that operators of hypermarkets should embrace innovative store layout strategy that will enhance customers’ affective evaluation and response in their market space
Forecasting Inflation and Exchange Rates under Financial Uncertainty: New Evidence from Nigeria
Full text linkThe increasing dealing of professional exchange rate forecaster in the financial market exposes the decision of the financial investor to financial uncertainty. Thus, this paper examines the impact of financial uncertainty on professional exchange rate forecast in Nigeria using a monthly data from the period January, 2006 to June, 2022. The paper considers monetary policy and financial uncertainty to account for different dimensions of uncertainty. Based on the Bayesian liner regression utilized, it is observed that stock market activities proxied by stock price index, improves economic performance in Nigeria. The forecasting performance is evaluated by comparing two of the most common measures to judge forecasting accuracy, Root Mean Square Errors (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE). The result of the RSME, MAE and MAPE indicate a good accurate prediction of the model, hence, the model is perfect and no error. Therefore, the model has a good forecasting performance. However, interest rate and stock price are predicted to fall. The study concludes that past values of inflation rate, interest rate and stock market price are significant determinant for forecasting professional exchange rate in Nigeria. Policy implication from this result is that government should be prepared to combat high rate of inflation because of its negative impact on the welfare of the populace. The investors can take advantage of future low interest rate and stock price by planning to expand their businesses. Since stock market activities improves economic performance, increasing investment will lead to increase in demand and increase in profit. Since the exchange rate is predictable, the professionals will also take advantage of this to increase their profits
Corruption and Public Sector Auditing: A Review of Related Literature
Full text linkIn both industry and academics, there has been a lot of discussion on how auditing might lessen corruption. The current study's goal is to evaluate the most recent developments and knowledge gaps on the relationship between public sector auditing and corruption. It is based on assessments of the academic literature we thus make broad generalizations about the state of the most recent discoveries. The earlier writing on corruption emphasized political and economic viewpoints. There is still a significant knowledge vacuum in this field, particularly with regard to the practical role of public sector auditing in corruption detection and deterrent in developing countries, despite the fact that data suggests that it aids in the fight against corruption. Furthermore, there is a paucity of literature that explains in detail how audit types conducted by the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) may contribute to a reduction in corruption, as well as which audit types are more effective. There is also very little in-depth discussion of the difficulties that public sector auditing faces in detecting and preventing corruption. The study therefore recommends that the role of auditing should be given much attention on how to combat corruption; auditors’ independence should be strengthen and sustained in public sectors, most especially in developing nations which is certain to provide the liberty and lack of restrictions the auditors need from undue influence and interference from any party and to remain unbiased in discharging their audit obligations
Effect of Diversity Management on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: The Moderating Role of Perceived Organisational Justice
Full text linkRecord has established that there is issue of organisational citizenship behaviour in public health service sector in Taraba State which has affected the functionality of the sector. It is on this note that this study examined the moderating role of perceived organisational justice on the relationship between diversity management and organisational citizenship behavior in public hospital. The study used cross sectional research design and the instrument for collecting data is via questionnaires with the help of research assistants, the population of the study is 1900 and the actual sample for data analysis is 315. The result of the analysis has proven that, individual diversity management has no significant effect on employee organisational citizenship behavior both on direct and on an interacting relationship. However, organisation diversity management has a positive and significant effect on citizenship behaviour both on direct and indirect relationship respectively. Base on the findings of the study it was recommended that management and stakeholders of public health care sector should take both individual and organisation diversity into due consideration at all levels of health sector, so as to motivate employee of this sector to engage on positive behavior such as organisational citizenship behavior which will in turn improve the performance of this sector as a whole
Women Entrepreneurship, Employment and Income nexus: A Study on Women Entrepreneurs in Dutsin-Ma Town, Katsina State
Full text linkWomen have been participating in economic activities informally through ownership of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMES) with less recognition in the society. This study intends to examine the link among women enterpreneurship, employment and income nexus in Dutsin-Ma town of Katsina State. The data used in the study were collected among 100 women enterpreneurs in Dutsin-Ma through self-designed questionnaire based on systematic probability sampling. ANCOVA regression is applied based on the Keynesian theory of income, output and employment. Based on the regression results, it reveals that women entrepreneurs in Dutsin-Ma town of Katsina State are dominantly married and Muslim, possessing non-formal education with more than 10 person family size. The result indicated that the mean daily earning of average woman entrepreneur in Dutsin-Ma town is N50 increases daily by N10 with employment of an additional worker. Also, daily earning of average woman entrepreneur increases by N0.25 as entrepreneurial skills increases with an additional training. Lastly, the study recommends for the government commitment to motivate women entrepreneurs on more employment of women workers by relieving their cost of production via tax reduction
Inflation Dynamics and Food Prices in Nigeria
Full text linkIn Nigeria, inflation dynamics and food prices have been a major concern for policymakers and the public alike. In recent years, the country has experienced a surge in food prices, which has contributed to the rise in inflation. This study employs the linear autoregressive distributive lag model to investigate inflation dynamics and food prices in Nigeria, with a specific focus on identifying the fundamental factors driving the increase in food prices. Using annual data from 1990 to 2021, the study examines the relationships between oil price, exchange rate, money supply, and government expenditure, and their varying long- and short-term effects on inflation and food prices in Nigeria. The Bound test cointegration results confirm that the variables are cointegrated, highlighting the presence of a long-term relationship among them. Our findings reveal that higher oil prices exert a short-term large positive influence on food prices, but their long-term impact is negligible. Conversely, increased money supply significantly impacts food prices in both the short and long term. Additionally, an increased exchange rate inversely impacts food prices in the long-term. These results highlight crucial policy implications for curbing food price increases, reducing the welfare effects while, maintaining lower prices and ensuring its sustainability
Assessing the Efficacy of Marijuana Prevention Initiatives for Promoting Students' Well-Being at Lagos State University
Full text linkThis study assessed the efficacy of marijuana prevention initiatives for a drug-free university campus with a focus on Lagos State University. The study used the descriptive survey research design. With the aid of the convenience sampling technique, out of a population of 500 sampled students, responses were obtained from 432 respondents and were used for final analysis. Using the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a theoretical framework, descriptive statistics and content analysis were adopted to analyse the collected and collated data. Results showed that there exists a notable lack of awareness among the majority of the respondents (62.3%) regarding marijuana prevention programs or initiatives at Lagos State University. Also, the study highlights the potential health and social risks associated with marijuana use, emphasizing the importance of proactive prevention efforts. These risks include impaired cognitive function, mental health issues, strained interpersonal relationships, and legal consequences. As a result of these findings, the study concluded by noting the pressing need for enhanced and consistent educational efforts, particularly through awareness campaigns during student orientation programs and the utilization of diverse communication channels. It is recommended amongst others, that Lagos State University implement regular awareness campaigns using diverse communication channels such as social media, workshops, seminars, and posters as well as enhance and promote the services of the university’s counselling unit to ensure that students are aware of the available support for substance use issues