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The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter because of distinctive socio-cultural traits, or whether...
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This essay has explored the validity of Marxist dependency theories in the context of the emerging China-Africa trade … patterns, this discussion has shown that the China-Africa economic links represent a distinct south-south dialectic occurring … the idea that China’s involvement in Africa is of a conventional center-periphery type; which suggests the existence of …
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evidence consistent with the idea that reticent managers lie. First, it shows that reticent managers in Nigeria report that … is, reticent managers in Nigeria report paying higher wages but they are not doing so. …
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supporting evidence from the Egba of Nigeria. I use early colonial court records to show that Egba institutions fit the theory …
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Since the mid 1900’s, economist have come to recognize the role of innovative activity in firms productivity growth, particularly in the competitive market economies. However, the most conducive market environment for innovative activity has also become a subject of interest. Thus, a major...
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the Benin region of colonial Nigeria. Planters initially obtained land by traditional methods. Mature plantations were …
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Nigeria with specific focus on natural gas and crude oil in Niger Delta region. The model of Granger causality tests was used … the environmental pollution in Nigeria. The study finds a long-run uni-directional causal relationship flowing from …
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of Nigeria. The evidence suggests that liquidity factors are relevant only for financial and basic materials sector …
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-level data with a newly constructed dataset on mission stations in Nigeria, we find that individuals whose ancestors were exposed …
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Northern Nigeria is meant to provide both a better qualitative and quantitative idea of this interrelation. After an analysis …
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