scholarly journals Effect of Product Attribute and Pricing Strategy on Multinational Firms Competitiveness

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-206
Author(s):  
Adeola Adetayo ◽  
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Oludayo Ariyo ◽  
Adebiyi Abosede ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
International Market ◽  
Pricing Strategy ◽  
P Value ◽  
Product Attributes ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
Product Attribute ◽  
Fast Moving Consumer Goods ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

In today‘s dynamic and turbulent environment, organizations are increasingly entering into the international market to sustain competitive advantage and explore special skills and knowledge and the need to improve their performance. This study examined how competitiveness could be achieved using product attributes and pricing strategy in Nigerian multinational firms. The survey research design was adopted. A structured questionnaire was employed in collecting data from 313 respondents in Nestle Nigeria Plc, Unilever Nigeria Plc, and P.Z. Cussons Nigeria Plc, which was obtained through Raosoft sample estimator at 95% confidence level and 5% error margin using selected multinationals in fast-moving consumer goods. Categorical regression was used to determine the effect of product attribute and pricing strategy on multinational firms‘ competitiveness in Nigeria. The study revealed that product attributes and pricing strategy have positive, significant, and joint effects on multinational firms‘ competitiveness with coefficient and p-value of β1 =0.288 (p-value<0.000) and β2 =0.289 (p-value<0.000) at F-stat=67.795 (0.000) and adj. R2 =0.381. Therefore, it is concluded that competitiveness can be achieved using product attributes and pricing strategy. It is recommended that firms place greater emphasis on their products‘ attributes and pricing to improve their competitiveness posture.

Delegation of Responsibilities: A Leadership Tool for Subordinates’ Competence Development in Selected Organisations in Ibadan Metropolis

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Ayodeji Omolawal
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
P Value ◽  
Important Ingredient ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Organisational Climate ◽  
Qualitative Approaches

Delegation of responsibilities constitutes a very important ingredient of good leadership in organisations and is critical to competence development of workers. However, experience shows that many leaders are unwilling to delegate responsibilities to their subordinates for a number of reasons. This study was therefore designed to investigate delegation of responsibilities as a tool for competence development of subordinates in selected organisations in Ibadan metropolis. The study, anchored on Elkem’s model, was descriptive and adopted survey research design with a combination of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. It was conducted on 206 respondents randomly selected from 20 public and private organisations in Ibadan. Questionnaire and IDI were instruments of data collection, while the data collected were analysed using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. The study showed that respondents perceived delegation of responsibilities as a vital tool for developing, equipping and motivating subordinates; and that it had positive effects on subordinates’ performance (X2 = 11.14, p-value = 0.001). The study also revealed that lack of confidence in subordinates (79%), level of skill and competence (66%), organisational climate (68%) and bureaucracy (58%) were barriers to delegation of responsibilities. Delegation of responsibilities is a cost-free way of enhancing competence development of subordinates in organisations, and should therefore, be encouraged among leaders irrespective of their levels.

Promoting Democracy in a Depressed Economy through Business Education for National Security in Enugu State.

2019 ◽  
pp. 201-208
Author(s):  
Emeka Promise u. ◽  
Ohagwu Gold Chiamaka
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
National Security ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Business Educators ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Enugu State ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study was carried out to determine the measures for promoting democracy in a depressed economy through business education for national security in Enugu State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were used for the study. The study adopted a survey research design. The population for the study was 41 business educators from four government owned tertiary institutions in Enugu State. There was no sampling since the population was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire developed by the researchers and validated by the experts. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha, which yielded an overall index 0.72. Mean and standard deviation were used in answering research questions while hypotheses were tested using t-test. It was found that governmental measures items promoted democracy through business education for national security. The study also revealed that lecturers‟ measures also promotes democracy through business education for national security. It was recommended that: government should make adequate budgetary provision for business education. Democrats should be involved in business teacher‟s conferences and seminars.

POLA ASUH ORANGTUA TERHADAP TINGKAT KEMANDIRIAN PERSONAL HYGIENE CUCI TANGAN DAN GOSOK GIGI PADA ANAK PRASEKOLAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-205
Author(s):  
Dina Dewi Anggraini
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT   The study aims todetermine the relationship between parenting style and the level of independence of Personal Hygiene Hand Wasting and Tooth Brush in Preschoolers in Kindergarten Negeri Pembina Blora in 2019. The study is a quantitative study, based on the research location including the type of field reseaerch, based on the ansence of the treatment of subjects including survey research, based on time is a cross sectional study, and based on objectives includin correlation analytics. The population in this study were all parents in Kindergarten Negeri Pembina Blora as many as 85 respondents. Based on the sample calculation, the sample obtained in this study that most parent in Kindergarten Negeri Pembina Blora amounted to 70 respondents. Srearmen’s rho test analysis results parenting parents with the level of independence of personal hygiene hand wasting result obtained p value = 0,000 < α (0,05), and parenting patters with the independence of personal hygiene tooth brush obtained results p value = 0,000 < α (0,05). So it can be concluded that were is a significant relationship between parenting parents with the level of independence of personal hygiene washing hands and brushing their tooth at preschoolers in Kindergarten Negeri Pembina Blora in 2019. Keywords: parenting; personal hygiene, preschool ABSTRAK   Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui Hubungan Pola Asuh Orangtua Terhadap Tingkat Kemandirian Personal Hygiene Cuci Tangan dan Gogok Gigi pada Anak Prasekolah di TK Negeri Pembina Blora Tahun 2019. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif, berdasarkan tempat penelitian termasuk jenis penelitian lapangan, berdasarkan tidak adanya perlakuan terhadap subjek termasuk penelitian survey, berdasarkan waktu merupakan penelitian cross sectional, dan berdasarkan tujuan termasuk analitik korelasi. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh orangtua di TK Negeri Pembina Blora sebanyak 85 responden. Berdasarkan perhitungan sampel  maka diperoleh sampel pada penelitian ini adalah sebagian orangtua di TK Negeri Pembina Blora sebanyak 70 responden. Hasil analisis uji spearmen’s rho pola asuh orangtua dengan tingkat kemandirian personal hygiene cuci tangan didapatkan hasil p value = 0,000 < α (0,05), dan pola asuh orangtua dengan kemandirian personal hygiene gosok gigi didapatkan hasil p value = 0,000 < α (0,05). Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara pola asuh orang tua dengan tingkat kemandirian personal hygiene cuci tangan dan gosok gigi pada anak prasekolah di TK Negeri Pembina Blora Tahun 2019. Kata kunci: pola asuh; personal hygiene; prasekolah

The Prevalence of Insecticide Treated Net/malaria :cross section study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chanda Chalela
Keyword(s):  
Study Design ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Malaria Prevalence ◽  
Malaria Patient ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Itn Use ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

BACKGROUND ABSTRACT Introduction a study on prevalence of ITN use was carried out in Buchi community Kitwe Zambia from August to October 2019 OBJECTIVE Prevalence of ITN in BUchi METHODS Methodology: This was a cross sectional study design. A structured questionnaire was used to ascertain ownership and utilization and oral interviews, 200 households were targeted 844 individual covered across the 200 households. Data was analyzed with SPSS version 23. RESULTS ABSTRACT Introduction a study on prevalence of ITN use was carried out in Buchi community Kitwe Zambia from August to October 2019 Methodology: This was a cross sectional study design. A structured questionnaire was used to ascertain ownership and utilization and oral interviews, 200 households were targeted 844 individual covered across the 200 households. Data was analyzed with SPSS version 23. Findings: household ownership of at least an ITN was 52% and individual utilization at 37.6%, with 0.825 ITN/households and 0.195ITN /individual. Malaria prevalence of 52.4% /household and a 12.4% of the population. With 47.6% malaria patient coming from households with ITN and 60% of households with ITN have insufficient coverage.61% of malaria patient were female and 31 % male. however there was no significant relation between Gender and malaria prevalence in study area (p value was >0.05). Malaria cases distribution with age groups, 0-15yrs old represented 49.5%, 16-30 yrs., was at 27.6% and the over 30 yrs. case were at 22.9% .use of other preventive measures 23% used mosquito repellent ,others methods 1% with those not using any other methods 76%. CONCLUSIONS Conclusion The study showed clearly that malaria still poses a problem .the prevalence rate of malaria was still high 12.4% of the population and 52.4% of households. With high prevalence of malaria of 49.5% for 0-15yrs.the difference between ownership 52% and Utilization 37.6% showed that even household with ITN, the ITN were not sufficient.60% of households with ITN, the ITN were not sufficient for all occupants

Profile of Food Truck Consumers and their intent to visit Food Trucks

2021 ◽  
pp. 301-309
Author(s):  
Ajay Jamnani ◽  
Jyoti Jamnani
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Purchase Intent ◽  
P Value ◽  
Demographic Analysis ◽  
Food Trucks ◽  
Intent To Purchase ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
Customer Intent ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The purpose of this paper is to develop the content and analyze the factors that impact the intent to purchase of customers from a food truck. The study was carried out in Belagavi, Karnataka, India, the study was carried out using a structured questionnaire to collect the data, the data was checked for normality and reliability, further one sample t test was applied to check the impact of selected factors on purchase intent of customers from food trucks. Demographic analysis of the respondents was also a part of the study. The impact of selected factors/variables on customer intent to purchase from food trucks was analyzed and it was observed that prize, taste, hygiene, Variety, service quality and exteriors had significant impact on the customer’s intent to purchase as the p-value = 0.000 (is < 0.05). The factors or variables were not borrowed from a single proven model in the literature, the factors were selected on the basic understanding of the researchers. The study was the first to analyze the impact of the factors impacting the customer intent to purchase from food truck in a non-metro city, and the results can be used by professionals working in the area.

scholarly journals Risk Factors of HIV among Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centers Clients, Elgenina Town, West Darfur, Sudan.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-70
Author(s):  
Ahmed, M. Hussein ◽  
Ahmed Mokhtar Osman Mohammed ◽  
Dawria, Adam
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
P Value ◽  
Unsafe Sex ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Voluntary Counseling And Testing ◽  
Counseling And Testing ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Nonprobability Sample ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study was conducted in two (VCTs) at Elgenina town, the capital of West Darfur State in Sudan in period from November 2010 to February 2011, the study included all people attending VCTs in Elgeniena town for voluntary checking one hundred and fifty clients who visited the (VCT) centers and volunteered were included in this study, nonprobability sample, 150 volunteers was taken and covered all ages, One ml of blood was taken from each of the study sample and tested by rapid Immune Chromatographic (ICT) for HIV, a structured questionnaire was designed and the interviewed after a written consent to participate in the study was signed, data was analyzed using the SPSS statistical programmer and for possible association between study variables, the Chi square test was used, the study showed that 35 volunteers (23.33%) were positives, of whom 54.3% 19 were males. People having more than one sex partner were high 63.6% with statistically significant factor of getting infection (P.value = 0.00). Also, practicing unsafe sex were 5.2% another major risky (P.value = 0.00). Among the HIV positive cases 34.3% were drug users, compared to 20.9% from the HIV negatives (p. value = 0.10). There is no relation between education level and infection with HIV (p .value = 0.154). Forty two percent of the participants were single, 30% married, 10% divorced, 7.3% widows and 10.7% were separate

scholarly journals Organizational Leadership Styles and Employees’ Performance in Nigerian Deposit Money Banks

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Saidi Adedeji Adelekan ◽  
Patience Erigbe
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Organizational Leadership ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Validity Index ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The concept of organizational leadership has engendered a lot of arguments. This is because the effect of leadership on every human endeavor cannot be over emphasized. This study examines the effect of organizational leadership styles, particularly transformational and servant leadership styles on deposit money banks (DMBs) employees’ performance in Nigeria. The study employs survey research design, through the administration of structured questionnaire on some selected employees of Guaranty Trust Bank, United Bank for Africa and First Bank. The research instrument was validated through content validity index, while test-retest method was employed in ascertaining the reliability of the research instrument. The findings revealed that transformational leadership and servant leadership styles have positive and significant combined effect on deposit money banks employees’ performance (F-stat= 58.02 *0.000). The adjusted coefficient of determination (adjusted R2) suggested that, 39.4% variation in employees’ performance is accounted for by transformational leadership and servant leadership styles. The t-value revealed that when the two variables (transformational leadership and servant leadership styles) are combined, they both have positive and significant effect on deposit money banks employees’ performance. Therefore, it can be concluded that transformational leadership and servant leadership styles both have individual as well as combined positive and significant effect on deposit money banks employees’ performance.

Mentoring Culture as Employees’ Career Success Factor in Polish Organizations

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-0
Author(s):  
Izabela Marzec
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Employee Development ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
Employment Relationships ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Subjective Success ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Subjective Career Success

Changes in employment relationships and the spread of flexible forms of employment call for the search for such methods of employee development that would better fit the needs of both employees and Polish organizations in a turbulent environment. Studies of litera‑ ture on the subject point out the importance of mentoring culture for the development of employees’ competences and their career success. This paper tries to answer the question: in what way creating the culture of mentoring can contribute to employee objective and subjective career success in organizations? This goal will be achieved by presenting the results of a survey research carried out in 155 organizations operating in southern Poland. Generally, the findings suggest that mentoring culture is positively related to subjective success but it is not connected with objective success of employees.

Identifying international market opportunities: the case of Italian companies in Egypt

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 665-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Caiazza
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Difference ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
International Market ◽  
Internationalization Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
Southern Mediterranean ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the differences and relations between Italy and Egypt and to identify main risks and opportunities for Italian firms that aim to operate in Egypt. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a qualitative analysis realized through some semi-structured questionnaire and a case study. Findings – High cultural difference, legal uncertainty and administrative instability are main problems in internationalization process of Italian firms in Egypt. Despite these problems, Italian firms still invest in Egypt because of economic opportunities and possible interactions. Originality/value – While interest towards Southern Mediterranean countries is increasing, there is little written on this topic. This article aims to fill the gap in literature on internationalization in emerging markets.

scholarly journals 898 Awareness Regarding the Use of Topical Vancomycin in Cranial and Spinal Surgeries in Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_6) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Garg ◽  
J Wellington ◽  
S Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Topical Administration ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
P Value ◽  
South American ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Orthopaedic Surgeons ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Abstract Introduction Surgical site infections (SSI’s) remain a worrisome complication of any procedure requiring invasive intervention, consequences varying from suture abscesses to sepsis. Topical vancomycin administration has become popular in developed countries for SSI prevention, subsequent publications, and clinical experience supporting the practice as an effective strategy against SSI development. Yet, little information is available regarding the current practices and awareness of surgeons working in developing countries topically applying vancomycin for SSI prevention. Method An online anonymous validated survey comprising a structured questionnaire targeted at gaining an insight into current surgical practice and awareness in developing countries regarding topical administration of vancomycin for SSI prevention was conducted. Results 243 responses were recorded, with respondents from publicly and privately funded institutions evenly distributed. Increased awareness concerning topical administration of vancomycin was apparent amongst orthopaedic surgeons compared to neurosurgeons (p-value = 0.59) and South American respondents compared to Asia and Africa (p-value = 0.04). No difference in topical vancomycin usage awareness was found as per annual number of surgeries performed or respondents’ experience. Neurosurgeons administered topical vancomycin less frequently than orthopaedic respondents (p-value = 0.014), most frequent usage found in South America compared to Africa, which had the least (p-value = 0.051). Neurosurgeon respondents obtained information regarding topical vancomycin administration during residency, while orthopaedic respondents from journal articles. Conclusions 75% of respondents were aware topical vancomycin administration led to postoperative SSI risk reduction. Neurosurgeons were less familiar than orthopaedic surgeons, with South American respondents more likely to administer topical vancomycin than respondents practicing in other continents.

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