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Rural-Urban Migration and the Expansion of Youths’ Begging in Jigjiga Town, East Ethiopia
Get PDFNowadays migration has become the hot issue of the world and Africa in general and Ethiopia in Particular. However, a due attention has been given for international migration. The internal rural-urban migration has got less attention. But, currently, the internal rural-urban migration is increasing in Ethiopia in general and in Jigjiga town in particular and it has a significant impact on the socioeconomic development of the country. The main objective of this study is, therefore, to appraise the causes and course of flow of migrants from the surrounding rural area to Jigjiga town and assessing their economic activities mainly beginning at their destination, Jigjiga town. Using qualitative method, this paper has attempted to fill the gap in this regard. The data has been collected through interviews, FGD, observation and through text analyses.The findings of this study reveals that significant number youth migrants were refuge in Jigjiga town where they were tried to make a living through begging in the streets, at the gate of the mosques or going from house to house asking for food. These migrant beggars have also faced various challenges such as unwanted pregnancy, high child mortality, sexual harassment like rape and social segregation
Causals of Time-Scaled Volatility, Business Cycles and Macro-Economic Indicators: A Wavelet Analysis of Selected Islamic Countries
Get PDFThe inconsistent nature of the RBC makes necessary to understand the relationship between stock performance and economic activity. This study attempts to establish the relationship between ISI with selected macroeconomic indicators and RBC. By using 12 years’ monthly data the results has extracted after using ARCH/GARCH, wavelet analysis with MOWDT Daubechies filter of at scale 3 of symmlet 8 as well as panel ARDL for three Islamic countries. The findings confirms that ISI appears to be less volatile in expansion phase of RBC and high during recession but decreases gradually as the time scale expands . Moreover, TO, OP, CPI and BD have also significant relationship with ISI. Countrywide analysis showed that Islamic stock markets of selected countries are receptive to shrinkage and expansion of economic activities. The outcome of the study brings insight that how shock in ISI stability may affect future output and ISI is a useful variable of economic stabilit
A Descriptive Research on the Evaluation of Knowledge Management Themed Publications
Get PDFKnowledge management is an important business which has technical and social dimensions, and directs the future of organizations. However, knowledge management is often perceived as the field of information technology experts and managers. The fact that the concept cannot be clearly separated from similar ones has a negative impact on knowledge management processes. In other words, although widespread use of information systems and big data analyzes play an active role in decision-making processes; it is thought that knowledge without social dimension will be insufficient. In this context, a study has been designed to determine the focus of researches on knowledge management.
First, publications in the field of “knowledge management” were searched through the university online library (lib.ikc.edu.tr). The distribution of these studies according to the different scientific areas was determined and the studies focusing on knowledge management, in the field of business & management within the scope of social sciences, were examined. Then, to make a comparison, in all issues of the Academy of Management Journal, which have the highest impact factor in the field of business and management, publications with keyword "knowledge management" have been reached and within these publications keywords which are used together with knowledge management have been analyzed. In addition, within the scope of the study, the publications were evaluated according to their subjects and years, and the differences were explained between general literature and Academy of Management Journal. According to the findings, it is possible to say that the technical dimension of knowledge management is studied more frequently than the social dimension in general business & management literature. In the Academy of Management Journal, it is seen that the social dimension of knowledge management is studied more frequently than the technical dimension
Evaluation of Borsa İstanbul with Social Network Analysis Method
Get PDFStock markets are one of the most important markets in the financial field. Evaluating stock data in these markets is important for investors to make decisions about portfolio diversity. At this decision point, visualizing the data and presenting it in a practical and interesting way provides great convenience to investors. Social network analysis is one of the methods used effectively in the visualization of data in a short time. The purpose of this study is to reveal the relations between stocks in Borsa Istanbul 100 (BIST 100) and also to identify the stocks that have a potential role and importance in BIST 100 with social network analysis method. The centralities of degree, betweenness and pagerank of stocks were established according to their degree of correlation. According to different threshold values, stocks that are effective, strong and popular were determined in the BIST 100. And also stocks were evaluated on sectorial basis. As a result of the study, it was observed that the sequence of the stocks with different threshold values changed according to the centrality metrics. Stocks in BIST 100 are interpreted according to each centrality criterion. All findings shows, BIST 100 is not under the influence of a limited number of stocks therefore BIST 100 does not have a fragile structure
Review of fiscal decentralization in European countries
Get PDFFiscal decentralisation has recently emerged as a fundamental issue in the sciences literature. The issue has attracted the attention of both academics and international institutions such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (Eng. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, hereinafter - the OECD) gives it an extreme attention as well as the World Bank. Fiscal the World Bank. Fiscal decentralization is an important aspect of fiscal institutions in both developing and developed countries. The article attempts to provide an overview of the fiscal decentralization concept and analyse fiscal decentralization in different EU countries clusters. The empirical results show that, in general, the degree of fiscal decentralization is higher in high economic growth countries than in low economic growth Europe countries. Fiscal decentralization index ranges from 0,75 till 0,28 (0.75 in Sweden and 0.28 in Lithuania and Bulgaria)
AUDITOR SELECTION, CORPORATE MANAGEMENT AND CUSTOMER FIRM CHARACTERISTICS: A STUDY ON BORSA ISTANBUL
No full textThe purpose of the study was to examine the impact of firm corporate management applications and firm characteristics on independent auditor selection. For this purpose, a total of 583 firm-year observations encompassing the years 2015-2018 were used for firms from different sectors in Borsa Istanbul. Auditing firm size was used as an indication for the auditor selection in the study. The number of independent members in the executive board, ownership concentration (share of the largest shareholder, share of the largest two shareholders, share of the largest three shareholders and free float ratio) and the number of auditing committee members are used as corporate management indicators; whereas firm size, leverage and return on assets (ROA) have been used as indicators of firm characteristics. It is observed based on the results of the analysis carried out using the logistics regression model that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between auditor selection and the ownership ratio of the independent member and the largest shareholder used as corporate management indicator. Moreover, a positive and statistically significant relationship was determined between the firm size and ROA from among firm characteristics indicators and auditor selection
FIGHTING WITH THE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AMID THE PANDEMIC
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic has been the highlight of the year 2020, creating ripples of strife and tribulation across sectors and society. It is not just a global health challenge. However, it has since caused nations to go into recession, thereby disrupting lives across the globe. Although everyone, big and small, feels the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, women are the most affected. Everywhere, cases of domestic violence are radically increasing. The present paper aims to explore a vast range of literature concerning historical pandemics to observe methodologies for combating those pandemics while uncovering patterns of impacts created by the pandemics, especially in increasing diverse violent incidents. The articles used for the present study were carefully analysed, and five principal pathways subsequently developed for connecting violence against women and pandemics directly and indirectly. Through evidence collected from the study, recommendations were created to help civil society organizations, community-based agencies, international donor facilities, and governments. This will provide appropriate measures and interventions, especially for women and children, to combat gender-based violence adequately alongside preparing for possible future pandemics adequately
Is other Comprehensive Income a Form of Real Income? Evidence from the Value Relevance Analysis
Get PDFAs a part of improvements in accounting standards, other comprehensive income (OCI) has been the common income reporting practice since 2009. By considering the adaptation value of Burgstahler and Dichev (1997) and Hayn’s (1995) arguments on loss firms, this study analyzes whether OCI is a form of real income from the perspective of the value relevance research. Based on a sample of Turkish listed firms over 2009-2018, this study reports that: i) the impact of OCI on market value of equity is not significant, and ii) the impact of neither OCI nor book value of equity on market value of equity does significantly change when OCI is negative. In other words, by concluding the direct and indirect value irrelevance of OCI, this study reveals that OCI is not considered a form of real income by the market
Stacker Selection with PSI and WEDBA Methods
Get PDFMaterial handling equipment selection is of great importance for companies as it will greatly increase the efficiency and productivity of the companies and impose a large cost on the companies in case of any wrong choice. In this study, by utilizing an integrated MCDM model consisting of PSI and WEDBA, the selection of stacker, which is one of the material handling equipment, is made. In this study, PSI and WEDBA methods are used together for the first time. In addition, the use of the PSI method to obtain the weights of the criteria rarely appears in the literature. Besides, there is no study on the selection of manual stacker in the literature. Thus, this study aims to fill above-mentioned gaps in the literature. According to results of WEDBA method, the best stacker was determined as "ST5". This stacker was followed by "ST3", "ST4", "ST1" and "ST2" respectively
Social Tourism: An Analysis from The Sustainability Perspective - İzmir Case
Get PDFThe common ground where social tourism meets with sustainable tourism is their inclusionary and participative nature. The construction of socially sustainable tourism especially, is closely relying on the socio-economic dimension of sustainable tourism. Following the perspective of social tourism in Turkish Tourism Strategy 2023, a policy document handling the Turkish tourism from the sustainability perspective, the study is based on proposals for the practice of sustainable social tourism in İzmir city of Turkey. The basic reason for the sustainable social tourism policy not reaching practical value in İzmir is found out as lack or inadequacy of all the concerned stakeholders’ inclusion. Thus on the supply side, a more participative and inclusionary socially sustainable tourism structure is proposed. Additionally, on the demand side, sustainable social tourism products in accordance with the needs and expectations and ideas of the potential social tourism participants living in İzmir are suggested