CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study In the aftermath of Johnson Matthey Bankers’, Enron Corporation, WorldCom incorporated failure and a good number of other corporate financial scandals, issues of corporate governance became the focus of public discussion, as poor governance practice was identified as a major contributor to most of the failures. Furthermore, the tragic event of the Russian financial scandal and Asian financial
house, housing finance companies, venture capital companies, mutual funds etc. and other modarabas, stock exchange and insurance companies. The supervisory responsibilities in case of banks, development finance institutions and micro finance banks under the prevalent legislative structure that falls within legal ambit of state bank of Pakistan while the rest
Nigeria and China officially time-honored their relations in February 1971. This was made possible with the high level of visits and the conclusion of a number of bilateral agreements between the two nations. The consensual relations progressed from political engagements to intense economic penetration of the Nigerian economy and currently energy. It is against this setting that this piece examines the nature of Nigeria’s relation with China. Background to the Study The affiliation between Nigeria
traditional channels of distribution will be considered in the marketing of broiler chickens. Generally, broilers are distributed in the market through middlemen and wholesalers. The role of middle men is to identify a farm and negotiate the pr. In some cases, the middleman provides Day Old Chicks and other farm inputs (feed, etc) to the broiler farmers and then agrees to buy back the mature birds from them. Birds will be transported to the urban market (Ojaoba along Adesida Road, Akure) and will also be
channels through which fiscal policy can affect long-run growth (Barro-Sala-i-Martin, 1991). The later models classify generally the fiscal policy instruments into: (i) distortionary taxation, which weakens the incentives' to invest in physical/human capital, hence reducing growth; (ii) non-distortionary taxation which does not affect the above incentives, therefore, growth due to the nature of the utility function assumed for the
repercussions on organizations. Indeed, Smith (2001:1) alludes to the endemic nature of fraud by contending that fraud would have been a major growth area of the economy if it were considered as an industry Olasanmi (2010:8) opined that because many fraud cases are difficult to detect, it encourages many new fraudsters to join in perpetuating the fraud because management finds it very difficult to detect it and deals with it. According to Bolton & Hand (2002:12), the growth in the rate of occurrence of frauds
The Niger Delta – the geographical heart of oil production in Nigeria has been a breeding ground for militants and ‚impoverished ethnic groups‛ for some years now. This is because the discovery of oil and its exploitation has ushered in a miserable, undisciplined, decrepit, and corrupt form of ‘petro-capitalism’ which produces conflict accelerating factors. Devastated by the ecological costs of oil spillage and the highest gas flaring rates in the world, the Niger Delta has become a centre of violence
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study. In every community in the world, there exists a uniqueness that makes one part of the world different from the world. This can be seen in the way people live, there different landform and weather/climate differences but one key element that is common to every country is what we refer to as culture. Culture has been described by various anthropologists in different ways but with common elements that have peculiarity to every definition
International Masters of Business Administration By: Johnny Mek Kolkia Thesis Supervisor: Professor Hu Biliang 15th July 2015 OUTLINE Page No. Chapter 1. Introduction……………………………………………………….1 1.2 Purpose of Study 1 1.3 Context 2 1.4 Question 3 1.5 The Gap 3 1.6 Boundaries 4 1.7 Contribution 4 1.8 Chapters 5 Chapter
available literature on concepts, theories and previous research findings pertaining to the study so as to establish the theoretical and empirical base of the study. Literature review is conducted in order to update the reader with current development on a topic and forms a base for another goal for future research in the area. It is also used to provide solid background information on the topic of the study. Literature review aims at finding the gap between what other authors have explained theoretically