International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences

Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014

  • The Role of Credit as a Financial Tool on Financing Touristic Consumption and Application in Turkey

    Kudret GUL

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014
    Pages: 231-239
    Received: 26 June 2014
    Accepted: 11 July 2014
    Published: 30 July 2014
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    Abstract: Turkish tourism has managed to be able to enter the top 10 countries in the world tourism with the fastest growth rate in recent years. One of the main factors of this rapid growth in tourism industry is quantitative and qualitative increase in the tourism demand. Turkish tourism has grown depending on international tourism until the 2000s, but in ... Show More
  • Ordering Decision Research on Perishable Goods Under Consumer Strategy Behaviour Condition

    Li Zhou, Jing Li

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014
    Pages: 240-244
    Received: 23 July 2014
    Accepted: 26 July 2014
    Published: 30 July 2014
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    Abstract: It considers the retailer's optimal ordering policy under the deterministic demand and uncertainty demand two circumstances. Based on the consumers’ purchase analysis, establish the reasonable ordering decision to influence corporate inventory, compare the consumers’ waiting cost and losing goods cost, aim at coping with the consumer's strategic be... Show More
  • Foreign Direct Investment and SME Growth: Highlighting the Need for Absorptive Capacity to Support Linkages between Transnational Corporations and SMEs in Developing Countries

    Peter Lugemwa

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014
    Pages: 245-256
    Received: 29 May 2014
    Accepted: 05 August 2014
    Published: 20 August 2014
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    Abstract: FDI has always been thought to affect the growth of local firms through technological spillovers and as such many developing countries have invested a lot to attract FDI. These spillovers can happen through FDI having backward, forward and horizontal linkages with local firms. Though in many countries FDI has contributed to the development of local... Show More
  • Does Government Policy and Company Size Influenced Stakeholders Perception on the Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Nigeria

    Augustine Ayuba, Benjamin Kumai Gugong

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014
    Pages: 257-262
    Received: 27 April 2014
    Accepted: 09 May 2014
    Published: 20 August 2014
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    Abstract: This study examines some factors influencing the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) among the various stakeholders in Nigeria. A research model was developed to indicate the relationship between government policy and company size that were argued to have a positive significant relationship on the adoption of IFRS. This s... Show More
  • Willingness to Pay for Community Based Health Insurance among Households in the Rural Community of Fogera District, North West Ethiopia

    Adane Kebede, Measho Gebreslassie, Mezgebu Yitayal

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2014
    Pages: 263-269
    Received: 19 August 2014
    Accepted: 04 September 2014
    Published: 20 September 2014
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    Abstract: Introduction: Community-based health insurance schemes are becoming increasingly recognized as a tool to finance health care in developing countries. The Ethiopian government is now implementing community-based health insurance for citizens in the informal and agriculture sectors as a pilot basis. Objective: This study was conducted to assess the w... Show More