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Technology and persistence in global software piracy
Asongu, Simplice; Meniago, Christelle - 2018
This study examines the persistence of software piracy with internet penetration vis-à-vis of PC users, conditional on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) institutions. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 99 countries for the period 1994-2010 and the Generalised Method of Moments. The...
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Global software piracy, technology and property rights institutions
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study extends the literature on fighting software piracy by investigating how Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regimes interact with technology to mitigate software piracy when existing levels of piracy are considered. Two technology metrics (internet penetration rate and number of PC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183241
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The reconstruction of the border roads and household welfare in Nigeria : a gender study
Uchenna, Efobi - 2016
Nigeria. It starts by describing the income distribution in the Nigerian states contained in the sample. It then analyses the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499919
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Fiscal incentives and tax compliance behaviour in industrial clusters : a survey of clusters in South-East Nigeria
Nwokoye, Ebele Stella; Igbanugo, Clement Izuchukwu; … - 2022
in Nigeria. Data from 800 firms drawn from three industrial clusters in SouthEast Nigeria were collected using a …, investment incentives) significantly influence the tax compliance behaviour of firms in Nigeria's industrial clusters. Similarly …, the study finds that fiscal incentives significantly enhance firm performance in Nigeria's industrial clusters …
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Empowerment of rural young people in informal farm entrepreneurship : the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria's oil producing communities
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2021
multinational oil companies in Nigeria. Its main focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544850
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Corporate social responsibility and traditional practices recognized as violence against women in Nigeria's oil region
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
practices recognized as violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Nigeria's oil region. Results from the use of a combined …
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Does corporate social responsibility initiative dissuade the increasing electoral violence in sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from Nigeria's oil producing region
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding … Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Findings - The results from the use of a combined propensity score matching and logit model … implies that CSR interventions of MOCs play a vital role in reducing incidents of electoral violence in Nigeria's oil …
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Does agri-business/small and medium enterprise investment scheme (AGSMEIS) impact on youth entrepreneurship development in sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from Nigeria
Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Uduji, Joseph I. - 2021
(AGSMEIS) in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the AGSMEIS on youth entrepreneurship development in … Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach - This paper adopts a survey research technique, aimed at gathering information from a … total of 1,200 respondents were sampled across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Findings - The results from the use of …
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Has knowledge improved economic growth? : evidence from Nigeria and South Africa
Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This study examines whether knowledge causes economic growth in Africa's two leading economies: Nigeria and South … for Nigeria. In the short run, it is observed that knowledge unidirectionally Granger causes growth for Nigeria, whereas … the success of greater investment in education. Nigeria must increase investment in education and modern infrastructure to …
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Does public capital expenditure reduce energy poverty? : evidence from Nigeria
Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; Onuoha, Favour Chidinma; … - 2022
Purpose - Given the ever-growing fiscal commitments of Nigeria and her chequered history of electricity generation and … policies such as public capital expenditure (PCE) present a crucial option for reducing energy poverty in Nigeria, providing … Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bound test. Findings -The findings indicate that public capital spending in Nigeria …
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