scholarly journals Ethics and the Prospect of E-Commerce Platforms in Doing Business in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngozi Okpara
Keyword(s):  
Communication Channels ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Turnaround Time ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Brand Promise ◽  
The Status ◽  
Customer Orders

Following the outbreak of the pandemic, more Nigerians became liberal towards accepting and engaging e-commerce platforms for their purchases. However, there is a surging scepticism about the ability of e-commerce platforms in Nigeria to meet the demands of consumers. Nigerians have accused e-commerce platforms of uncompetitive turnaround time, discrepancy between customer orders and deliveries and failure to and deliver on brand promise. This chapter explores the ethical remedy to the unethical concerns expressed by Nigerian consumers when engaging ecommerce platforms. The study purposively gathered selected data on customers’ feedback from Jumia Nigeria’s website between April 1st and July 31st 2020 when lockdown measures were enforced in Nigeria. The study found that consumers’ mistrust and complaints about e-commerce platforms can be attributed to the absence of transparency on the part of e-commerce platforms to effectively use communication in keeping their customers abreast of the status of their order. Based on the findings, it was recommended that effective communication channels should be deployed to keep customers abreast of circumstances resulting in the delay or cancelling of their orders.

Doing Business Abroad: The Problem of Training for Cultural Differences in Communication

1983 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-347
Author(s):  
John P. Daniels ◽  
Hugh M. Shane ◽  
Jerry L. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Sociological Factors ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Foreign Culture ◽  
Time Space

Effective communication is essential for efficient management. Yet, the problem of communication is exacerbated when the manager is required to function in a foreign culture. Communication in a foreign country is often complicated by such cultural influences as the importance of time, space, relationships, and numerous other subtle psychological and sociological factors. Merely learning the language of a host country is not sufficient to effectively conduct business abroad. To be truly effective, a manager must not only understand the language of the host country but must also “have a feel” for its culture. The present article suggests that managers preparing for overseas assignments be familiarized not only with the language of the host country but also with the psychological and sociological norms inherent in that particular culture.

scholarly journals In Business with God: The Role of Religion in the Private Sector of Apia, Samoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gabriel Bush
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Financial Gain ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Disproportionate Number ◽  
Positive Outlook ◽  
Role Of Religion

<p>Religion, in particular Christianity, has a large impact on Business in Samoa. Through surveys and interviews, this research was able to ascertain areas in which Christianity and business intersect to determine its daily function and the broader implications of doing business in a highly Christian nation. Christianity has taken on its own form of ‘Samoan Christianity’ through the merging of religion and fa’aSamoa which allows business owners facilitate the practice of religion, primarily for their staff members, while not being deeply religious themselves. This ‘Samoan Christianity’ is influenced by the disproportionate number of Catholics represented in the private sector who face fewer practical and financial demands than other denominations along with the assistance of historical privileges gained the status of the Catholic Marist Brothers. Businesses in Apia are heavily impacted by staff loans, theft and cultural demands, but owners maintain a positive outlook on the spiritual benefits that religion brings to their lives. Business owners are heavily critical of organised religion in Samoa, particularly the church and priests, believing fewer financial demands on staff members would ease the negative impacts of religion on business. However, interested in preserving the culture and religion of their unique homeland, business owners have opted to observe religiously motivated practises such as closing on Sundays as they believe this to be more important than financial gain.</p>

scholarly journals International Conference on Strategic Communication (ICSC)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Amaresh Jha
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
Global Communication ◽  
International Conference ◽  
The Way

It is evident from the ongoing developments in the area of communication that those with the most extensive and strongest communication bridges will command power in the global communication. Technology has changed the way we communicate. If organizations want to reach their target audiences, they must be prepared to use the most effective communication channels to get their messages across to the various stakeholders.

scholarly journals Methodological Aspects Concerning Evaluation of the Financial Stability of Companies in the Crisis Economy Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (16) ◽  
pp. 513-527
Author(s):  
Elena V Levkina ◽  
Zhanna I Lyalina ◽  
Ekaterina A Kurasova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Current Period ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
A Company

The financial stability of a company is one of the most important criteria for assessing the situation of enterprises both for the current period and for subsequent periods of functioning. Of course, every enterprise wants to have business liquidity, otherwise the basis of entrepreneurship collapses; however, the purpose of doing business is to make a profit. An enterprise can make good profits, but at the same time have large liabilities, that is, debts. In this case, it is difficult to call the company financially stable. The onset of the economic crisis in the Russian Federation only prompts the conduct of such studies. Firstly, because it is necessary to understand how the situation in the country's economy as a whole affects a single enterprise, and secondly, what the prerequisites for this influence can be noticed in advance and how to try to prevent them. The relevance of this study lies in the fact that today in Russia there are a number of difficulties with assessing the status of organizations and their adequate comparison with reality. There are many different methods for assessing the financial condition and, in particular, the financial stability of a company. However, when choosing one of them, it is necessary to consider them in order to identify the shortcomings of their application to certain market conditions. Identification of these disadvantages of different theories will allow us to competently and reliably analyse the financial condition of various companies. It is also worth noting that this topic is relevant not only for the companies themselves. The presence of positive dynamics of financial stability indicators as an integral part of the financial condition of the enterprise is one of the most important bases of investment attractiveness. Therefore, not only a company itself is interested in such studies in the inside, but also other market entities from the outside.

Enercon India v. Enercon GmbH: Concluded Contract, Arbitration and Intellectual Property

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Anurag K. Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Resolution Method ◽  
Commercial Arbitration ◽  
International Commercial Arbitration ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Status ◽  
Court Proceedings

The case deals with the issues of technology transfer and protection of intellectual property in an international contract, with the International commercial arbitration as the dispute resolution method. The case highlights the distrust between parties when they do not want to continue doing business together and the use of legal technicalities to delay the matter from settling and utter confusion due to international nature of contract, multiple court proceedings in different countries and even questioning the status of the contract – whether a concluded contract or not.

Infrastructure Development Index

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Leyeka Lufumpa ◽  
Nirina Letsara ◽  
Slaheddine Saidi
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Status ◽  
African Development Bank ◽  
Infrastructure Investments ◽  
Economic Growth Rates

Despite robust recent economic growth rates, Africa remains the least competitive global region. Inadequate infrastructure is a serious constraint on doing business in the continent. This demonstrates the close linkage between infrastructure and the region’s competitiveness. Moreover, the Africa Progress Panel has ranked infrastructure development as a key priority for the advancement of the continent, and has urged the G20 leadership to continue to give it their highest support. It is against this background that the African Development Bank developed the Africa Infrastructure Development Index (AIDI) to monitor the status and progress of infrastructure development across the continent. This effort is to enhance evidence based policy making in Africa – especially with specific reference to infrastructure. The Index provides countries with the framework to assess their position and related changes with respect to the requisite infrastructure investments.

scholarly journals Audience Perception of Effective Communication in Nigerian Paintings

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Johnson Adelani Abodunrin
Keyword(s):  
Effective Communication ◽  
Interval Data ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Stylistic Development ◽  
The Status ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Parametric Testing ◽  
Gender Factor ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Professional Artist

<p>Artists in Nigeria perceived effective communication differently irrespective of the socio-economic status.Communication effectiveness depends largely on the understanding of the message being passed between a sender and a receiver. Painting has been used over time to express emotion and feeling to the perceiving audience. The study is audience’s perception of communication in Nigeria painting and how it varies with the socio-economic characteristics such as age, education, gender, and being professional artist or art lovers. Questionnaires were distributed and administered to examine how the status of the art audience makes or mars effective communication in painting. The inferential statistics that were employed include “chi-square test” to test the relationship between different variables. The data were taken in ordinal form using Likert’s scale, and transformed into interval data. This was done by attaching statistical weights to the responses in the order of importance which were summed up for the parametric testing. Findings show that gender factor has nothing to do with the understanding of paintings. Also, the level of education obtained by the audience does not have much to do with understanding of contemporary Nigerian painting but a better exposure to the issue concerning the stylistic development of Nigerian painting. Art practitioners must adequately be guided on stylistic trend in painting, art education should be more intensified in educational curriculum in Nigeria. The paper concludes that audience requires a better exposure to the issues concerning the stylistic development of Nigerian painting for effective communication to take place.</p>

Greenhouse: Coping with Climate Change

1996 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Cycle ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
General Interest ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Status ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Selection Of

Consideration of climate change deals increasingly with impacts and responses, and therefore involves a wide range of technical issues and a diverse community of experts. One of the challenges faced is that of ensuring effective communication between these different areas of expertise. For example, climate change studies require new types of collaboration between carbon cycle modellers and economists, and between meteorologists and coastal geomorphologists. Furthermore, there is a need to distil balanced assessments ranging across many disciplines for the benefit of all policymakers.Greenhouse: Coping with Climate Change brings together the contributions of many experts to the climate change debate. This book is a landmark publication summarising our understanding of climate change issues as they affect Oceania. It contains review papers that report on the status of knowledge, methodologies and developments; and a selection of focused papers that expand on specific issues and present significant new developments of wide general interest and relevance to the region.

Quality in Surgical Pathology Communication and Reporting

2011 ◽  
Vol 135 (11) ◽  
pp. 1394-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raouf E. Nakhleh
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Turnaround Time ◽  
Surgical Pathology ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Final Report

Context.—Communication in surgical pathology is complex and includes multiple facets. Objective.—To discuss different aspects of pathology practice that represent quality communication in surgical pathology. Data Sources.—Literature review. Conclusions.—Achieving quality communication in surgical pathology is dependent on pathologists addressing multiple situations including managing physicians' expectations for turnaround time and ancillary testing, understanding what information is needed to manage the patient at intraoperative consultation and in the final report, assuring adequate report content with the use of synoptic checklist reports, and using report formatting suggestions that aid report comprehension. Finally, the pathologists' availability to answer questions and discuss cases is an important factor in effective communication, including their willingness to verbally report urgent and significant unexpected diagnoses to ensure that important diagnoses are not overlooked.

Surveys on the use of cardiac markers in the UK

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wing Man Tsang ◽  
Avril M. Owen ◽  
Paul O. Collinson ◽  
Julian H. Barth
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Turnaround Time ◽  
Cardiac Markers ◽  
Testing Strategies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Coronary Syndromes ◽  
Prognostic Outcome ◽  
The Uk

Background: Troponin measurements are now central to the diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes and for the stratification of the severity of cardiac disease. Some laboratories have quickly adopted the new testing strategies, which include troponin measurement for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, while others are still developing appropriate protocols for cardiac testing that they can support financially. However, it is not known how widespread is the adoption of these new strategies across the UK. Methods: The National Audit Committee of the Association of Clinical Biochemists commissioned two surveys in 1999 and 2001 to assess the status of cardiac markers currently being offered by laboratories in the UK and how this service might develop in the future. Results: The results show that many laboratories are continuously adapting and improving their cardiac marker testing in line with current recommendations for acute myocardial infarction. Although most laboratories are confident in the use of troponin measurement in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction, they are less confident in the use of biochemical markers in assessing prognostic outcome in the other cardiac conditions. Conclusions: Finance, staffing and equipment constraints may offer significant impediments to troponin testing with a 1-h turnaround time.

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