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The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential opportunities and challenges of plastic products in Ethiopia. The study is qualitative in nature and a descriptive research design with the in-depth interview was used. The study... more
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential opportunities and challenges of plastic products in Ethiopia. The study is qualitative in nature and a descriptive research design with the in-depth interview was used. The study employed both primary and secondary sources of data to investigate the study on hand. More specifically purposive sampling techniques were used to select the respondents for the interview. Discourse analysis was used in the study to recognize discursive interaction as a valuable tool for determining opinions, ideas, and facts about plastic products in Ethiopia. The study developed two different storylines regarding the opportunities and challenges of plastic products. As a result, the first storyline (S1) used taxing plastic products as an alternative strategy. The second storyline (S2) used banning plastic products as opoosing strategy. The study finding implies that having a tax on plastic products could provide more opportunities for the country than banning them. More specifically, taxing plastic products will be more appropriate for the generation of revenue, employment, industrial process, construction process, and recycling in Ethiopia. On the other hand, a lack of proper collection systems, separation of the source of disposal, a properly designed operating system, clear authorities and sanitation rules, organizational capacity, and unreliable collection services were found to existing challenges of plastic products. Governments and policymakers shall play a critical role in developing the necessary legislative framework to encourage mitigation actions that contribute to the reduction of plastic waste at the source, as well as encouraging the cleanup of plastic pollution on coastlines. Public discussion on alternative packaging than the one-time use of plastic products is also needed. Public awareness is required to change customer attitudes, and separation of organic and non-organic waste across the cities.
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Green innovation is the creation of new and competitive products, services, processes, procedures and systems designed to use natural resources at a minimum level and to provide better quality of life on behalf of all that respects... more
Green innovation is the creation of new and competitive products, services, processes, procedures and systems designed to use natural resources at a minimum level and to provide better quality of life on behalf of all that respects sustainability of the nature and of the future generations. The study objective was to examine the relationship between green innovation and financial performance. The study used an explanatory research design and a quantitative research approach to achieve the study's objective. Secondary time series data collected quarterly during the study period (2014–2020) was utilized to run the regression model. Autoregressive moving average (ARIMA) was used to forecast the growing level of green financial innovation transactions, and autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) was used to examine the effect of green financial innovation transactions on financial performance. According to forecasted results, on average green financial innovation transaction is expected to grow by 11 percent each quarter, and its impact on financial performance is found positive and significant in the short run. However, the long-run estimation of ARDL shows the positive and insignificant effect of green financial innovation on financial performance. Based on the study's findings, we recommend that the banking sector focuses on adopting green financial innovations to improve financial performance by taking into account both the short-run and long-run benefits of the products. At the same time, we suggest that the sector focus on those green financial innovations which have the lowest adoption and development costs compared to others since the long-run effect affects the overall financial performance of the sector. The main contribution of this study is to provide future indication on the relationship between the two variables in order to provide proper decision making in a bid to make green innovation investment.
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The COVID-19 crisis and the war between Russia and Ukraine affects the world economy badly. The western countries’ economic sanctions on Russia and the Russian government’s reverse sanctions on western countries create pressure on the... more
The COVID-19 crisis and the war between Russia and Ukraine affects the world economy badly. The western countries’ economic sanctions on Russia and the Russian government’s reverse sanctions on western countries create pressure on the world economy. This study was conducted to investigate how the economic performance is responding to COVID-19 and the geopolitical crisis of the era. In doing so, both theoretical and numerical data reviews have been performed. The objective of the study is to investigate the short-term risks and long-term strategic challenges of the crisis. The study used a bibliometric approach with the help of RStudio software. The Web of Science database was used for extracting the resources in line with the grey literature from the Google Search engine. A total of 895 documents were utilized in this bibliometric analysis. At the same time, secondary panel data extracted from the international monetary fund (IMF) for a period of 4 years (2019–2022) were utilized fo...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential opportunities and challenges of plastic products in Ethiopia. The study is qualitative in nature and a descriptive research design with the in-depth interview was used. The study... more
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential opportunities and challenges of plastic products in Ethiopia. The study is qualitative in nature and a descriptive research design with the in-depth interview was used. The study employed both primary and secondary sources of data to investigate the study on hand. More specifically purposive sampling techniques were used to select the respondents for the interview. Discourse analysis was used in the study to recognize discursive interaction as a valuable tool for determining opinions, ideas, and facts about plastic products in Ethiopia. The study developed two different storylines regarding the opportunities and challenges of plastic products. As a result, the first storyline (S1) used taxing plastic products as an alternative strategy. The second storyline (S2) used banning plastic products as opoosing strategy. The study finding implies that having a tax on plastic products could provide more opportunities for the country t...
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In recent years, green finance has become a popular method for dealing with environmental issues. However, it remains to be seen whether green financing is effective in addressing current global environmental issues. In this article, we,... more
In recent years, green finance has become a popular method for dealing with environmental issues. However, it remains to be seen whether green financing is effective in addressing current global environmental issues. In this article, we, therefore, analyze the diffusion patterns of green finance publications in the Global South and Global North to identify which section of the globe is under-researched from this perspective. The study tried to highlight the overall trends of research publications on green finance, continent, most contributing authors, countries, and journals. The study used a bibliometric approach with the help of R studio software. The Scopus database was used for extracting the resources and 522 documents utilized in this bibliometric analysis. The result demonstrates that the diffusion of green finance is more common in the Global North than in the Global South. However, the number of scientific studies produced over time, the number of active authors, and affili...
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Plastic products are used for a variety of services and are then dumped into the earth after use. These dumped plastics affect our health, socioeconomic conditions, coastal and marine environments, as well as our climate. The purpose of... more
Plastic products are used for a variety of services and are then dumped into the earth after use. These dumped plastics affect our health, socioeconomic conditions, coastal and marine environments, as well as our climate. The purpose of this study is to systematically review the potential opportunities and challenges of plastic products under the umbrella of banning and taxing. The discourse analysis approach was used in this study to critically analyze and summarize 42 relevant studies. The study developed two different storylines. The first storyline (S1) used taxing plastic products as an alternative strategy. The second storyline (S2) used banning plastic products as an opposing alternative strategy. The findings of the study show that taxing plastic products is frequently observed in developed countries, whereas banning plastic products is frequently observed in developing countries. Benefits in regards to revenue generation, creating public awareness, employment opportunities,...
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Green innovation is the creation of new and competitive products, services, processes, procedures and systems designed to use natural resources at a minimum level and to provide better quality of life on behalf of all that respects... more
Green innovation is the creation of new and competitive products, services, processes, procedures and systems designed to use natural resources at a minimum level and to provide better quality of life on behalf of all that respects sustainability of the nature and of the future generations. The study objective was to examine the relationship between green innovation and financial performance. The study used an explanatory research design and a quantitative research approach to achieve the study's objective. Secondary time series data collected quarterly during the study period (2014–2020) was utilized to run the regression model. Autoregressive moving average (ARIMA) was used to forecast the growing level of green financial innovation transactions, and autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) was used to examine the effect of green financial innovation transactions on financial performance. According to forecasted results, on average green financial innovation transaction is ...
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Human resource management (HRM) practices along with appropriate leadership have a paramount role in enhancing employees’ performance. Even though there was much literature on the subject of HRM and leadership, there were still some... more
Human resource management (HRM) practices along with appropriate leadership have a paramount role in enhancing employees’ performance. Even though there was much literature on the subject of HRM and leadership, there were still some unanswered questions about the set of HR practices that most effectively contribute to improved employees’ performance through proper leadership. The primary goal of this research was to look at how leadership quality affects employee performance, as well as the function of human resource management in mediating the relationship between leadership and employee performance in manufacturing industries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study used an explanatory and descriptive research design, and a mixed research approach (qualitative and quantitative), to achieve its goal. More specifically, a multi-stage sampling technique (simple random and purposive sampling) was employed. The data was collected from both primary and secondary sources, and analysis was mad...
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Recently, green financing has become a popular technique for dealing with environmental issues. However, whether green financing is effective in addressing current global environmental issues remains to be seen since the green investment... more
Recently, green financing has become a popular technique for dealing with environmental issues. However, whether green financing is effective in addressing current global environmental issues remains to be seen since the green investment gap has been discovered to be rather sizable, with no certainty regarding how to fill it. The purpose of this study was to systematically analyze green finance in all of its forms, instruments, and measurements. Herein, we highlighted overall research trends in an effort to enhance green finance for inclusive green investment, as well as examined the progress needed to fill the green finance gap. This study also provides information on which authors, countries, publishers, and journals are contributing most to green finance. The methodological approach used in many reviewed papers was determined as a benchmark for those authors interested in green finance. Moreover, this study critically analyzes and summarizes 146 relevant studies. The results of o...
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This study aimed at detecting the existence of credit officer’s perceptions in Jordanian commercial banks towards external auditors. This research is an analytical research based on analysis of previous studies and conducting semi... more
This study aimed at detecting the existence of credit officer’s perceptions in Jordanian commercial banks towards external auditors. This research is an analytical research based on analysis of previous studies and conducting semi structured interviews. This paper focused on credit officers’ perceptions who work at commercial banks towards the external auditors. It was concluded that there are high perceptions from credit officers towards external auditors, regarding the following aspects, auditor's independence and neutrality towards the entity subject to auditing; auditor's responsibility to evaluate the entity's viability; and the effect of auditing fees and remuneration on auditing quality.
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The case study shows the re-optimization of an initial new factory layout design with Value Stream Design (VSD). The VSD is a quantitative method and its’ final goal is to make a waste free optimized material flow. The primary goal of... more
The case study shows the re-optimization of an initial new factory layout design with Value Stream Design (VSD). The VSD is a quantitative method and its’ final goal is to make a waste free optimized material flow. The primary goal of arrangement is to reduce transportation distances and frequencies, optimize human load. Initially the whole factory shop floor layout design was already made in push concept. The plans were made by production management, logistics, engineering department at the headquarter of the multinational automotive company with based on VDI2870 holistic concept linking strategy on tactics and operation. On the layout (v1.) the hundreds of machines were placed and arranged by CAD (Computer Design) engineers to fit the space. The factory building has 15,000 m2 with empty shop floor waiting for the final decisions for equipment. The factory production area was shared into six main production areas (P1-P6), which correlates with their product complexity of the produc...
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This study was carried out to investigate the impact of the Ethiopian exchange rate and its volatility on international trade. Trade openness was used as a proxy for international trade in the study. The study’s general objective was to... more
This study was carried out to investigate the impact of the Ethiopian exchange rate and its volatility on international trade. Trade openness was used as a proxy for international trade in the study. The study’s general objective was to investigate how international trade responds to exchange rate levels and volatility. The study relied solely on secondary time-series data spanning the years 1992 to 2019. The Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) model was used in the study to investigate the long-term relationship between exchange rate level, volatility, and international trade performance. An error correction model was used to estimate the variables in the short term. To conduct the regression analysis, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and inflation were used as control variables. The finding of the study implies that: in the short term, the exchange rate level was found to negatively and significantly influence international trade. However, exchange...
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The Standardized Work (SW) means to create wasteless process as much as possible and create the document of the current best practice to maintain the developed status. SW is the baseline for KAIZEN. As the standard is improved, the new... more
The Standardized Work (SW) means to create wasteless process as much as possible and create the document of the current best practice to maintain the developed status. SW is the baseline for KAIZEN. As the standard is improved, the new standard becomes the baseline for further improvements, and so on. Improving standardized work is a never-ending process. In this Our research shows how can be combined the 5S and standard work. By the parallel implementation of the 5S and Standard Work, the economic benefits are coming earlier.
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International economic integration has been taking place more and more deeply in many aspects, including the integration of accounting. The integration of accounting has created much useful information for investors as well as managers,... more
International economic integration has been taking place more and more deeply in many aspects, including the integration of accounting. The integration of accounting has created much useful information for investors as well as managers, which has been widely recognized in many countries in the world. Nowadays, Vietnam is in the process of international economic integration and is reforming their economic structure; therefore, the government’s direction is to apply International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium-Sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). However, many factors affect to implement IFRS for SMEs in Vietnam successfully; hence, the Vietnamese government wants to have a set of Vietnam Accounting Standards for Small and Medium Enterprises (VAS for SMEs) before IFRS for SMEs standards is applied wholly in the near future. This article focuses on discussing some issues related to VAS for SMEs created based o...
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Many companies risk millions of dollars on technical developments and improvements without the guarantee of these investments' sustainability. This means that development of strategic management has failed somewhere. Value Stream... more
Many companies risk millions of dollars on technical developments and improvements without the guarantee of these investments' sustainability. This means that development of strategic management has failed somewhere. Value Stream Management (VSM), implementing Value Stream Costing (VSC) is proving to be an effective strategic management philosophy, leadership structure, and set of tools to foster companies' strategic sustainability. This article will discuss the whole practical approach to develop an eight-step strategic Value Stream Management System. The true value of the system consists in identifying 26 different transactional wastes, many more than are identified by the traditional lean approach, which identifies 7 main lean wastes in transactional processes. Using Value Stream Mapping in production and in the office can set up the full company operational strategy. The first step is the real current state. The next step is to analyze the data and the next major step is to setup the new Value Stream Analysis and Design (VSD) for all processes. This system can instantly react to the internal and external business environment changes. The system can eliminate the internal process’s wastes and can increase the company's output and effectiveness. This leads to increased control of the drive of the company’s Quality Cost and Delivery. VSM is a modern lean management approach as well as the next opportunity in strategic and operational development for companies and the accounting system. Keywords: VSC, VSM, KAIZEN, Management system, TPM, 5S, PDCA, Controlling
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Human resource management (HRM) practices along with appropriate leadership have a paramount role in enhancing employees’ performance. Even though there was much literature on the subject of HRM and leadership, there were still some... more
Human resource management (HRM) practices along with appropriate leadership have a paramount role in enhancing employees’ performance. Even though there was much literature on the subject of HRM and leadership, there were still some unanswered questions about the set of HR practices that most effectively contribute to improved employees’ performance through proper leadership. The primary goal of this research was to look at how leadership quality affects employee performance, as well as the function of human resource management in mediating the relationship between leadership and employee performance in manufacturing industries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The study used an explanatory and descriptive research design, and a mixed research approach (qualitative and quantitative), to achieve its goal. More specifically, a multi-stage sampling technique (simple random and purposive sampling) was employed. The data was collected from both primary and secondary sources, and analysis was mad...