DETERMINANTS OF PROFITABILITY OF INSURANCE FIRMS IN GHANA Eric Kofi Boadi Koforidua Polytechnic, Koforidua, Ghana Samuel Antwi Koforidua Polytechnic, Koforidua, Ghana School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, P.R. China Victor Curtis Lartey Koforidua Polytechnic, Koforidua, Ghana ABSTRACT The general objective of the study is to find out the determinants of the profitability of insurance firms in Ghana. Secondary data on financial reports were collected from sixteen insurance
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Writing Tips For Economics Research Papers∗ Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University † June 10, 2013 1 General Tips about Writing Style When I read your term papers, I look for your ability to motivate your question using economic logic, your ability to critically analyze the past literature, and your ability to recognize empirical problems as they arise. In particular, it is important that your term paper demonstrates that you are more knowledgeable, analytic, and sophisticated about the
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EFFECT OF TAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY AKOR EMMANUEL NSU/ADM//MSC/BUS/946/12/13 NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSIRTY KEFFI M.Sc Business administration emmisis2000@yahoo.com 08036200664 Abstract In the dynamics of today business world, for any organization to be successful, it depends on quality of its employees. If employees are taken good
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Research Proposal: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON THE IMPLICATIONS AND EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY AND HOW IT CAN BE MANAGED About the writer: Tyson Thamsanqa Sibanda Rosebank College South Africa: Bachelor of Business Administration 3 (2015) Contact details; Tyson.msimanga@gmail.com 0027786500000 / 0027815993434 BACKGROUND AND ORIGIN Corruption in South Africa has been so widespread that, unless it is decisively tackled in this presidential term, there is a real danger that it
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independent private values, adapted OLS is a specialization of the method of moments strategy of Laffont, Ossard and Vuong (1995). In contrast to their estimator, here simulation is not required, leading to a computationally simpler procedure. The paper also discusses using estimation results for inference on the shape of the valuation distribution, and applicability outside the symmetric independent private values framework. Copyright 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Received 15 September 2006; Revised
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LV, NO. 6 • DEC. 2000 Hostility in Takeovers: In the Eyes of the Beholder? G. WILLIAM SCHWERT* ABSTRACT This paper examines whether hostile takeovers can be distinguished from friendly takeovers, empirically, based on accounting and stock performance data. Much has been made of this distinction in both the popular and the academic literature, where gains from hostile takeovers result from replacing incumbent managers and gains from friendly takeovers result from
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TI 2011-061/3 Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper Entrepreneurship and Role Models Niels BosmaA Jolanda HesselsB,C Veronique SchutjensA Mirjam van PraagD Ingrid VerheulE Utrecht University; B EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer; C Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam; D Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam; E Rotterdam School of Economics; all in the Netherlands. A Tinbergen Institute is the graduate school and research institute in economics of
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Descriptive research plays an important role in educational research because it has greatly increased our knowledge about what happens in the classroom. What is descriptive research? Descriptive research can involve collecting quantitative information, or it can describe categories of information such as patterns of interaction when using technology in the classroom. Although it may employ fundamentals of both quantitative and qualitative research, descriptive research does not fit neatly into the
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2014 Teun Roks (360676) Jessica Pfeiffer (416452) Florine Van Den Biggelaar (333587) Babette Oostveen (333036) [RESEARCH REPORT] Can the decoy effect influence consumers to make healthier decisions? Research Report 2014 Table of Contents Abstract ................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................
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Technique………………………………………………10 Target Population…………………………………………………..11 Sample Size…………………………………………………………12 Questionnaire………………………………………………………13 Results……………………………………………………………….14 Conclusion…………………………………………………………22 Limitations………………………………………………………….22 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS “ALL PRAISES TO ALLAH WHO CREATED THIS UNIVERSE FOR THE EXPLORATION OF MAN.” DAROOD & SALAAM ON HAZRAT MUHAMMAD (S.A.W) who enlightened the torch of knowledge for mankind. One of his (S.A.W) sayings is “SEEK KNOWLEDGE FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE
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