Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED)最新文献

Effect Of Job-Related Stress on Employee Performance at Selected Banks in Ghana 加纳选定银行工作压力对员工绩效的影响

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2022-06-15 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.v10i.889

M. Segbenya, Tracy Aku Selasi Hatsu

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Is the selection of Ghanaian policy makers based on socio-cultural and ethnic reasonings relevant in today’s politics? Evidence from the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana 加纳政策制定者的选择是否基于社会文化和种族因素与当今政治相关?来自加纳海岸角大都会的证据

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.v10i.891

D. Akuffo, N. O. Owusu, S. Opoku

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Economic valuation of consumers’ preferences for bush yam attributes: Implications for breeding commercial crop in Ghana 消费者对山药属性偏好的经济评估:对加纳商业作物育种的影响

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.v10i.887

S. Dadzie, Isaac Mbroh, W. Ghartey, A. Mensah

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Analysis of Socio-Demographics of Necessity-driven Entrepreneurs in Selected Cities in Ghana 加纳选定城市必需品驱动型企业家的社会人口分析

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.v10i.890

D. Agyapong, Paul Jones, Rosemond Boohene, G. Agyapong, S. Frimpong, F. Boachie-Mensah

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Elements of Working Conditions and Retention of Course Tutors in Distance Education in Ghana 加纳远程教育课程导师的工作条件和保留要素

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.v10i.888

M. Segbenya, N. Y. Oppong, I. E. Nyieku

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Firm-Level Determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility 企业社会责任的企业层面决定因素

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.v8i0.125

Abraham Ansong

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Financial Innovation and its Governance 金融创新及其治理

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2021-02-24 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.v8i0.124

K. Arthur

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Analyzing Ghana’s Tourism Operating Environment 加纳旅游经营环境分析

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2017-09-16 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.v7i0.128

K. Boakye, I. Adams, C. Adongo

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Enhancing access to institutional financial support for small and medium enterprises in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis of Ghana 加强对加纳塞孔迪-塔科拉迪大都市中小企业的机构资金支持

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2017-07-01 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.2017.02

F. Enu-kwesi, Maria-Antoinette Adriana Quarshie, J. Mensah

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Modelling Fiscal Sustainability in the Middle East and North African Region 中东和北非地区财政可持续性建模

Journal of Business and Enterprise Development (JOBED) Pub Date : 2017-07-01 DOI: 10.47963/jobed.2017.04

George Tweneboah, Daniel Akwesi Agyapong

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