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IMPACT OF GOVERNANCE ON FAMILY BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
No full textFamily business is vital to economic growth of Nigeria. Various literatures exist on governance and family business, but little research have explored how governance impact family business sustainability in Lagos, Nigeria. To bridge this gap, this study investigated governance impact on family business sustainability in Lagos, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used, in which the study area was initially selected using judgmental sampling and respondents were subsequently chosen from the designated site using convenience sampling. SPSS was used to analyse data, specifically, multiple regression analysis was employed. Findings demonstrate that CEO Duality and Ownership Structure significantly impact the sustainability of family businesses in Lagos, Nigeria. The study drawn the conclusion that CEO duality and ownership structure consideration remain paramount in enhancing sustainability of family. It was recommended that family firms concentrate on creating a well-defined ownership structure while carefully weighing the pros and downsides of CEO duality
SPREMNOST NASLEDNIKA I ODRŽIVNOST ODABRANIH PORODIČNIH KOMPANIJA U LAGOSU, NIGERIJA
No full textFamily-owned businesses are extremely important to Nigeria's economy, creating jobs, generating income, and helping the country's GDP increase. However, the Heir Apparent's readiness to take on leadership responsibilities poses a threat to their sustainability. Myriads of research on family businesses and their sustainability exist, but little of it has looked at heir apparent as a factor of sustainability. By analyzing the relationship between heir apparent preparedness and the sustainability of selected family-owned firms in Lagos State, Nigeria, this study seeks to bridge the gap in literature. Drawing on a deductive methodology, the study employs a cross-sectional survey to gather quantitative data. Responses from 388 family-owned enterprises were obtained using a questionnaire. Data were analyzed by applying SPSS package, version 25. The findings reveal significant positive relationships between Heir Apparent Level of Education, Heir Apparent Experience, and Quality of Mentorship Received by Heir Apparent, and their joint effect with family business sustainability. It was thereby concluded that heir apparent level of preparedness impacts the sustainability of family businesses in Lagos State. The study recommends prioritizing formal education, providing diverse experiential learning opportunities, and establishing strong mentorship programs to enhance family business sustainability.Porodične kompanije su izuzetno važne u ekonomiji Nigerije, stvarajuči poslove, generišući prihode, i pomažući porast BDP-a u zemlji. Međutim, spremnost naslednika da preuzme odgovornost vođstva predstavlja pretnju njihovoj održivosti. Postoji mnoštvo istraživanja o porodičnim kompanijama i njihovoj održivosti, ali mali broj se bavi naslednicima akao faktorom održivosti. Analiziranjem odnosa između spremnosti naslednika i održivosti odabranih porodičnih kompanija u Lagosu u Nigeriji, ovo istraživanje ima za cilj da prevaziđe ovaj nedostatak u literaturi. Oslanjajući se na deduktivnu metodologiju, studija koristi anketu poprečnog preseka za prikupljanje kvantitativnih podataka. Sakupljeno je 388 odgovora od porodičnih kompanija uz pomoć upitnika. Podaci su analizirani uz pomoć SPSS paketa, verzija 25. Nalazi pokazuju značajnu pozitivnu vezu između nivoa obrazovanja naslednika, iskustva naslednika i kvaliteta mentorstva pruženog nasledniku i njihovog skupnog efekta na održivost porodičnog biznisa. Stoga je zaključeno da nivo spremnosti naslednika utiče na održivost porodičnog biznisa u Lagosu. Studija preporučuje stavljanje prioriteta na formalno obrazovanje, obezbeđivanje različitih iskustvenih prilika za učenje i uspostavljanje jakih mentorskih programa da bi se povećala održivost porodičnih kompanija
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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