Identification of Barrier for Development of the Sri Lankan Small- and Medium-scale Gem Mining Enterprises: A Case Study Based on Ratnapura District

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-88
Author(s):  
S.W.S.B. Dasanayaka ◽  
W. Jayaratne ◽  
D.G.T. Rangajeewa ◽  
G.D. Sardana
Keyword(s):  
Mining Industry ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Marketing Technology ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
Critical Segment ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Research Endeavour

Small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) have been recognized as a critical segment and lifeline to push development and social improvement in Sri Lanka. Several studies have pointed out that people involved in some informal sector SME activities are opposing to develop that sector due to many reasons. Further, it will be same for the gem mining sector too. Along these lines, this examination may be directed towards recognizing those essential trademarks of gem mining SMEs. This study discusses the primary issues which thwart those improvements in this industry and will suggest necessary arrangements. Methodology should also overcome these imperatives. This study is composed of an investigation in Ratnapura locale with organized questionnaire surveys and meetings with magic stakeholders. Furthermore, this creates far-reaching expositive expression audit. The vicious cycle of the SME model may be utilized to study the prevailing barriers in this industry. Discoveries of the exploration demonstrate that this business is male-dominated. Different ages are also included. Marketing, technology, data and administration and administrative issues are identified as main barriers and basic problems in gem mining industry. Furthermore, gems prices are kept at falsely low level toward those purchasers who come for repeat buys. This is the major barrier in the development of lifestyle of the gem mining people who spend a miserable life, while cunning gem buyers are living a luxurious life on the shoulders of poor. This research endeavour will be directed towards a situational examination.

State legitimacy and tax compliance among small and medium scale enterprises: a case study of Dodowa district, Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Gyamfi Ababio ◽  
Arthur Gnonsio Mangueye
Keyword(s):  
Sample Selection ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
State Legitimacy ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Sizable Proportion

Purpose Improving tax compliance would drive the needed development in Ghana. Small and medium scale enterprises (SME) constitute a sizable proportion of the Ghanaian economy but its contribution to tax revenue is below expectation. This study aims to determine whether SME's perception of state legitimacy affects tax compliance. Design/methodology/approach A structured questionnaire was administered to 200 SMEs randomly drawn from Dodowa in the Shai-Osudoku District of Greater Accra Region. Descriptive statistics and the Probit model with sample selection were used to analyse the data. Findings The study found that SME's perception of government legitimacy exerts a significant negative effect on reducing profit to avoid tax liability (ß = −0.0305, p < 0.05). Other factors such as education and fear of fines and penalties were also found to reduce the likelihood that the firm would reduce profit to avoid high tax liability. Still, tax knowledge had a positive effect on this behaviour. Practical implications This study would help deepen policymakers' knowledge of how to improve tax compliance among SMEs in Ghana. Originality/value The originality of this work is that it explicitly models the role of fiscal exchange theory in explaining tax compliance among SMEs in Ghana by using robust methodology.

scholarly journals UniverCity: The Vicious Cycle of Studentification in a Peripheral City

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1248-1269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nufar Avni ◽  
Nurit Alfasi
Keyword(s):  
Social Impacts ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Central Location ◽  
The City ◽  
Economic And Social Impacts

Research on studentification has unpacked the spatial, economic, and social impacts that are associated with the growing presence of students in cities. Nonetheless, considerably less attention has been paid to the broader regional and national contexts that shape studentification. Using the case study of Ben–Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, we argue that the studentification of the city should be understood within its context as the periphery of the country. Despite the university's central location and its involvement in revitalization efforts in the region, Ben–Gurion University is surrounded by marginalized neighborhoods which have turned into a “student bubble”. We show that the segregation between the campus and the city results from a vicious cycle that reproduces the city's poor image and disrupts the university's attempts to advance the city and region. Although overlooked by policy–makers, the implications of this cycle reach far beyond the campus' surrounding and affect the city and to some extent the whole region.

scholarly journals RE-ENGINEERING PROSES PEMBELIAN BARANG AKTIVA DALAM MENCAPAI PEMBELANJAAN YANG OPTIMUM DALAM BISNIS MIDDLE MARKET

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heri Mulyanto
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Engineering Process ◽  
Optimum Model ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The Right ◽  
Middle Market

This research is a case study of retail companies, namely PT. Midi Utama Indonesia Tbk / Alfamidi related ordinances in order to meet the four right purchase is the right price, time, quantity and quality and how to get the optimum model of purchasing goods. The research method in the form of descriptive analysis through questionnaire surveys and interviews with employees of the company that as many as 153 employees with a sample of 111 respondents. Data processed by Multiple Linear Regression Analysis which are of significant value is the standard total purchase the total purchase 0.061 and 0.000, and results of SWOT states need to do a strategy that focuses on process improvement purchases. The results that the process of re-engineering process involves the purchase of goods with the GA department to better ensure the availability of goods to be ordered, so the purchase is really controlled.

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