N. Nur, Rosemarie Sutjiati Njotoprajitno, Bram Hadianto
{"title":"Gender, Entrepreneurial Education, Self-Efficacy, Internal Control Locus, and Entrepreneurial Intention Based on the Perspective of Students","authors":"N. Nur, Rosemarie Sutjiati Njotoprajitno, Bram Hadianto","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.513","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90387890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Felix Nkiendem, Fabien Sundjo, Ayankeng Godlove Nkemkiafu
{"title":"The Indispensability of Celebrity on Consumer’s Purchasing Behaviour in the Brewery Industry in Cameroon","authors":"Felix Nkiendem, Fabien Sundjo, Ayankeng Godlove Nkemkiafu","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.509","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135922699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating the Effect of Strategic Planning on the Financial Performance of SMEs in Namibia","authors":"Ester Twahafifwa Kafidi, T. Kaulihowa","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.505","url":null,"abstract":"Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are hypothesised to play a critical part and serve as a crucial source of income and employment creation in many economies. SMEs contribute about 12% of the Namibian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provide employment or income to about 160 000 Namibian citizens. Namibia has witnessed remarkable growth in the number of SMEs in recent decades, with over 28 000 formally registered SMEs. However, most SMEs in Namibia experience difficulties, some of which may threaten their existence. Numerous external and internal factors impact business performance: failure to develop strategic plans, lack of finance, poor financial management, and lack of suitable management skills. The literature argues that financial performance challenges faced by SMEs can be mitigated with a clear and well-articulated strategic plan. This study set out to investigate the effect of strategic planning on the financial performance of SMEs. The results confirm that strategic planning has a positive effect on the financial performance of SMEs. However, many SMEs indicated that they had never done strategic planning. The study also found that Issue-based strategic planning is a commonly used strategic planning model. Policy implications indicate that although strategic planning is found to enhance SMEs' financial performance, the majority of them lack an optimal mix of strategic planning elements. The study recommends using strategic planning to set clear financial performance targets and for relevant stakeholders to introduce policies that help equip SME owners/managers with the optimal mix of business management skills.","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"117 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79446135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online Search Frequency and Financial Performance: The Moderating Effect of Business Sector","authors":"Dwi Cahya Widiyanata, S. T., Y. Prihatiningtias","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.514","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84810354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lailah Fujianti, Nelyumna ., S. Shahimi, Sonya Kristina Natalia
{"title":"Syariah Governance and Disclosure Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility: A Comparative Study of Indonesian and Malaysian Islamic Banking","authors":"Lailah Fujianti, Nelyumna ., S. Shahimi, Sonya Kristina Natalia","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.504","url":null,"abstract":"The existence of the Sharia Supervisory Board in the Sharia banking GCG structure is a unique feature that distinguishes it from the GCG structure of conventional banks. The inconsistency of the results of previous research related to the relationship between GCG and CSR disclosure is the motivation of this study, in addition to the differences in the progress of Indonesian and Malaysian Islamic banks. The research population of Islamic banking is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and the Malaysia Stock Exchange. Research period on 2016 – 2019 before covid 19 pandemic. The research sample was determined based on purposive sampling, 12 Islamic banks in Indonesia and 14 Islamic banks in Malaysia was selected. The method of analysis is multi group using Partial Least Squares. The results of this study provide empirical evidence that the Sharia Supervisory Board, Board of Commissioners and Board of Directors have not succeeded in playing a role in increasing I-CSR disclosure except for the Independent Board of Commissioners and Independent Board of Directors. The results of the study also have not shown any differences in the influence of GCG on I-CSR in Indonesian and Malaysian Islamic banking.","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74795799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fragmented Institutions in Promoting Investment in Indonesia: Does Interactive Governance Make a Difference?","authors":"Yulianti Susilo, Eko Prasojo, Lina Miftahul Jannah","doi":"10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1992.06.02.512","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135922697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Access to finance, bureaucracy, and capital allocation efficiency","authors":"Wenbin Cao , Xiaoman Duan , Xu Niu","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106125","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>We study the degree and determinants of capital allocation efficiency across firms, using comprehensive firm-level survey data covering a broad spectrum of developing countries. As measured by the dispersion in firms’ marginal revenue product of capital, we document that capital misallocation is pervasive. Limited access to finance<span>, bureaucracy, information asymmetry<span>, and gender inequality play essential roles in impeding the most efficient capital allocation. </span></span></span>Quantile regression estimates indicate more significant effects of these factors on already highly distorted firms. The results have direct policy implications; governments could achieve a more efficient capital allocation by eliminating these distortions to enhance economic performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 106125"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49764464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multilateral exchange rates: A multivariate regression framework","authors":"Michael Kunkler","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106132","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Currencies must be priced in terms of a <em>numéraire</em> when they are included in a regression model. The numéraire can be either a single-currency numéraire or a multicurrency numéraire: a weighted basket of numéraire currencies. Pricing currencies in terms of a multicurrency numéraire results in a system of multilateral exchange rates. A no-arbitrage condition enforces the movements in the system of multilateral exchange rates associated with the numéraire currencies to be a singular system, where the covariance matrix is singular and its ordinary inverse does not exist. Singular systems pose a methodological challenge in a multivariate regression model. This paper provides a solution to overcome this methodological challenge by imposing implicit restrictions on both the explanatory variables and the regression coefficients. In addition, the generalized least squares estimator is modified by replacing the ordinary inverse with the generalized inverse. The proposed solution provides a consistent multivariate regression model to explain the observed heterogeneity in the relative currency market.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 106132"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49764476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New experimental evidence on the relationship between home bias, ambiguity aversion and familiarity heuristics","authors":"Dennis Dlugosch , Kristian Horn , Mei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106131","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We study portfolio diversification in an experimental decision task, where asset returns depend on a draw from an ambiguous urn. Holding other information constant and controlling for the level of ambiguity, we find that labeling assets as being familiar or from the homeland of subjects increases portfolio weights by around 25 %, respectively, although the return-generating process remains unaffected. Importantly, we only find these effects when the returns of assets are highly ambiguous. As a result, familiarity and home-land sympathy can lead to portfolios containing more assets with high ambiguity, i.e., bear greater downside risk. Our results disentangle the effects of familiarity and ambiguity as two prominent behavioral explanations of home bias and provide evidence for recent theoretical models on portfolio allocation under ambiguity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 106131"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49757805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arthur M. Tran , Mark D. Griffiths , Drew B. Winters
{"title":"Small bank managers are prudent: A Benford’s Law approach to analyzing loan loss allowances","authors":"Arthur M. Tran , Mark D. Griffiths , Drew B. Winters","doi":"10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2023.106128","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using an analysis of the two leading digits based on Benford’s Law, we analyze rounding patterns in loan loss allowances (LLAs) for a bank sample based on good and bad times, net income, profitability, bank size, regulatory level, and whether the banks are private or public. We find clear evidence of upward rounding during good times. Banks that are smaller, private, and subject to more lenient regulatory and supervisory levels also tend to round LLAs upward more than their larger, public, and more heavily regulated counterparts. The results are consistent with previous studies supporting non-opportunistic incentives (including signaling, reducing pro-cyclicality, and pursuing prudence and efficiency) under which bank managers increase the LLA. In addition to shedding more light on the ongoing debate about the management of provisioning for loan losses, we present an argument for why the rounding mechanism in LLAs is a rational consequence of U.S. commercial banks being subjected to opposing regulatory forces coming from bank regulators and securities regulators.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47522,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 106128"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49746093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}