2009 Uganda Proceeding Papers

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Track 01: Accounting, Banking, Finance and Investment

Financial Reporting on the Internet by Quoted Companies in Nigeria
Authors Name: Rafiu Oyesola Salawu |

Value Relevance of Accounting Information in Emerging Stock Market: The Case of Nigeria
Authors Name: Dorcas Titilayo Oyerinde |

Nascent Technology Companies: Planning for Success and Safeguarding Intellectual Capital
Authors Name: Sanjoy Bose | Robert W. McGee |

Track 02: Africa and International Partners / Multilateral Organizations

Chinese Development Aid and Agribusiness Entrepreneurs in Africa
Authors Name: Anita Spring |

AGOA and FOCAC: Competing for African Markets Through Multilateral Trade Agreements
Authors Name: Emmanuel E. Obuah |

Track 03: Agricultural Development, Agribusiness/economics, Ecology and Environment

Sustainable Intensive Farming and Climate Change in Africa
Authors Name: A. Obot | I. Obot | T. Umoh |

The Chemist and Environmental Sustainability
Authors Name: Eneh Onyenekenwa Cyprian |

The Chemist and Environmental Sustainability
Authors Name: K. I. Oshisanya |

Contents of Heavy Metals of two Edible Fish Pseudotolithus Senegalensis and Arius heudeloti from Three Different Geographical Locations of Lagos State
Authors Name: T. K. Oshisanya |

Track 04: Clusters, Relationships, Networks and Inter-firm Linkages

Characterizing African immigrant entrepreneurship in Finland
Authors Name: Evariste Habiyakare | Richard A Owusu | Otieno Mbare | Fidelis Landy |

Conceptualising Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Investment: The South African Context
Authors Name: Tidings P. Ndhlovu |

Knowledge Ecology and Knowledge Ecosystems at a South African University
Authors Name: Richard Shambare | Bleming Nekati |

Track 05: Economic Development Policies and Strategies

Globalization and Development: A Critical View of a Spectator
Authors Name: Otieno Mbare |

Linking Infrastructure with Future FDI, Income, and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors Name: Gordon G. Mosley | David K. Amponsah |

Track 07: Entrepreneurship, Small Business and the Informal Sector

Entrepreneurial Characteristics Among Small Business Owners and Non-Business Owners in the Dakar Area
Authors Name: Italo Trevisan |

Environmental Constraints on Small Enterprises in Tanzania: A Case Study of the Retail Electrical, Retail Clothing, and Travel Industries in Dar Es Salaam
Authors Name: Victor Egan |

An Overview of Financial Macro Business Environment in East Africa
Authors Name: Stephen Isabalija Robert | Aloyce R. Kaliba | Victor Mbarika | Damien Ejigiri |

Microfinance and Enterprises Performance in Tanzania: Does Gender Matter?
Authors Name: Severine Kessy |

The Importance of Mentors, Networks and Partnerships in Enterprise Development -Tales from Jinja, Uganda
Authors Name: Bob Gibbs | Jamie Simpson | Jared Taylor |

What Impact do Economic Issues Have on the Survival of SMEs Entrepreneurs?
Authors Name: D.B. Tshabalala | EM Rankhumise |

Competence and Critical Success Factor Development as an Avenue for Achieving Sustainable Micro and Small Enterprises in Africa
Authors Name: Allan Mulengani Katwalo | Fredah G. Mwiti |

Firm Emergence: The Importance of Embeddedness to Firm Founders in Resource- Poor Situations
Authors Name: Warren Byabashaija |

Nigerian Content Policy in the Oil and Gas Industry: Implications for Small to Medium-Sized Oil-Service Companies
Authors Name: Ugwushi Bellema | Chris Ajayi | Kamdi Nnanna Eloji |

Livestock Entrepreneurs from Northern Ghana: Their Motivations and Challenges
Authors Name: Kojo Saffu | R.O. Apori | A. Elijah-Mensah | Kwame Oppong-Anane |

Government Expenditure and Income inequality in Tanzania: A Policy Dimension
Authors Name: Benjamin Mutagwaba |

Building Sustainable Business Development Services: Empirical Evidence from Kenya
Authors Name: Hellen Otieno | Olomi Donath R | Kiraka Ruth |

Government Support for Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMME?s) as a venture for Business and Economic Development in South Africa
Authors Name: Abel J. Diale |

Equilibrium Concepts and Entrepreneur
Authors Name: Pierre Le Roux | Ronney Ncwadi |

Track 08: Exporting, Internationalization and Foreign Direct Investment

Labour As an Export: Estimating Uganda?s Exportable Labour Using a New Pro-poor Index of Unemployment
Authors Name: Geoffrey Bakunda |

Strategies of Qatari Family Businesses to Face Globalization
Authors Name: Mohamed Zain | Norizan M. Kassim | Fatima Al-Mohannadi |

Uganda?s Supply Side Constraints and Performance of Exportable Products in the Global Market
Authors Name: Matama Rogers | Byarugaba Pontius |

The Eclectic Paradigm and Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors Name: Emmanuel Cleeve |

Innovation and performance improvement among exporters in the Uganda floriculture industry
Authors Name: Timothy Esemu | Eric Wood |

Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Nigeria
Authors Name: Folorunso Sunday Ayadi |

Consequences of Host Country Threshold Regimes on Small Businesses
Authors Name: Samuel Yaw Akomea |

Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment Location in the Petrochemicals Industry: The case of Saudi Arabia
Authors Name: Frederick Mmieh | Fawaz BinSaeed |

Using a Joint Venture Entry Mode to Penetrate the Chinese Construction Industry: The Case of Atkins Construction Consultancy
Authors Name: Cheewen Wang |

Plowing the Last Frontier of Globalization: Management Implications for Africa?s Development
Authors Name: Nanda R. Shrestha | Wilbur I. Smith |

Track 09: Gender and Economic Development

The ?American Baby? Syndrome and the Migration of Ghanaian Women
Authors Name: Peace Mamle Tetteh |

Track 10: Global Political Economy, Human Rights, & Criminology

Failed Development Vision, Political Leadership and Nigeria?s Underdevelopment ? A Critique
Authors Name: Eneh Onyenekenwa |

Migrant, Trafficked and Bonded Workers: Rights Abuse or Human Resource Mis-Management?
Authors Name: Amos Owen Thomas |

Track 11: Government Procurement and Public Sector Management

Mean Reversion And Revenue Forecasting In A Mono Product Nigeria
Authors Name: Felix O. Ayadi | Johnnie Williams | Ladelle M. Hyman |

Track 12: Health Care, social work and the Human Condition in Africa

Do Public Hospitals Respond to the Needs of All Patients in the New South Africa?
Authors Name: Femi Ayadi | Johan de Jager | T. du Plooy |

Landmines, Human Conditions and International Businesses
Authors Name: Satyendra Singh |

Track 13: Human Resources, Management and Organization

Altruistic Love Culture and Workers? Commitment in the Nigerian Manufacturing Industry: A Study in Workplace Spirituality
Authors Name: Augustine Ahiauzu | Soye P. Asawo |

Human Factor, Organizational Justice and Perceived Organizational Effectiveness: An Empirical Analysis from Ghana and Uganda
Authors Name: Moses Acquaah | Eddy K. Tukamushaba |

The Decent Work Agenda in Kenya
Authors Name: Brenda L. Geren |

Performance poverty or poverty of performance leadership? The centrality of performance management leadership and procedural justice in Africa?s quest for development
Authors Name: Isaac Wanzige Magoola |

Emerging from performance poverty in Africa ? towards a performance literacy (performeracy) model
Authors Name: Isaac Wanzige Magoola |

The Effect of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices on Performance of Manufacturing Multinational Companies in Kenya: A Moderating Role of Employee Cultural Orientations
Authors Name: Beatrice Dimba | Peter K?Obonyo |

An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Training and Development Function in Public Service Management Office in Tanzania
Authors Name: Theresia Dominic | Severine Kessy |

Exploring the Abilene Paradox in Uganda: Pretended Agreement in Decision Making
Authors Name: Vincent Amooti Bagire |

Leadership Crises and Nation Building in a Politically Turbulent Environment: The Case of Eritrea
Authors Name: Desalegn Abraha |

Divided Labour and divided in-firm markets in the Nigerian Petroleum sector
Authors Name: Chima Mordi | Frederick Mmieh |

The Strides made by Private Sector in the Advancement of People with Disabilities: A case of South Africa
Authors Name: E.M. Rankhumise |

Learning and Transferring Knowledge in and between Organizational Projects
Authors Name: Richard Boateng | Isabalija Robert Stephen | Robert Hinson |

Track 14: Information/Communication Technology and E-Business

E-Procurement and Marketing Performance in Corporate Organisations in Nigeria
Authors Name: N. Gladson Nwoka | Henry Ozuru | Elizabeth Ugoji |

Evaluating Information Technology Investments - A Survey of Kenyan Commercial Banks
Authors Name: Elsie Khakasa |

Track 16: Law, Social Responsibility and Ethics

Advertising to Children in Nigeria: Improving the status Quo for Enhanced Ethical Marketing Practices
Authors Name: Ayantunji Gbadamosi |

The Proposed Computer Laws of Uganda: Moving Toward Secure E-Commerce Transactions and Cyber-Crime Control
Authors Name: Stephen E. Blythe |

International Rules Applicable to Contracts of International Transport of Goods: Are Shippers Better Off?
Authors Name: Jean Claude Mutiganda |

Indigenous Resource and Institutional Capital: Understanding its Role in Private Sector Sustainable Development
Authors Name: Mike Valente |

The Law on Property Grabbing 3: Property and Inheritance Rights of HIV/AIDS Widows and Orphans ? The Law of Mozambique and the Standards of International Law
Authors Name: Peter W. Schroth | Lucy Martinez |

Track 17: Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Management & Urban Planning

The Effect of Healthcare Supply Chain Logistics Expenditures on Economic Growth
Authors Name: James O. Bukenya | Chris Enyinda |

Quantification of Risk Mitigation in Ghanaian Pharmaceutical Industry Supply Chain
Authors Name: Chris I. Enyinda | Chris H.N Mba | Franklyn Manu | Stephen K. Adase |

Track 18: Marketing and Consumer Behavior

The Changing Nature of Contemporary Marketing Practices (CMP) in Ghana: A Test of The Miles And Snow Strategic Typology
Authors Name: Robert Hinson | Kofi Dadzie | Evelyn Winston |

The Role of Trust in Developing Business Relations between Fish Suppliers and Export Firms in Eritrea
Authors Name: Mesfin Habtom | Nana Owusu-Frimpong | Clemens Lutz |

Utilizing information in non-traditional export firm management in Ghana
Authors Name: Nana Owusu-Frimpong | Julius Dasah | Robert Hinson |

Bank Products and Services Importance Through Multidimensional Scaling: A Study of Indian Small Enterprise Customers
Authors Name: Ganesan P. | Augustine Rutamu | Malimba Musafiri Papias |

Customers? Perception of Relationship Marketing As a Strategic Tool in The Nigerian Food And Beverages Industry.
Authors Name: Bolajoko Nkemdinim Dixon-Ogbechi | Elizabeth M. Haran | Joseph Aiyeku |

Factors that influence Youth in Nairobi in their evaluation of controversial advertisements
Authors Name: Irene Ngunjiri |

Political Party Brand and Consumer Choice in Ghana
Authors Name: E. Yaw Tweneboah-Koduah | Mathias Akotia | Charity S. Akotia |

Misplaced Marketing: Guerrilla Marketing of Tobacco/ Cigarettes to Children in Africa
Authors Name: Nnamdi O. Madichie | Satyendra Singh |

Marketing Culture, Psychology Wellness, Ethical Climate, Service Performance and Loyalty
Authors Name: Andrew Musiime | Joseph Ntayi | Musigire Samuel |

Track 20: Tourism and Sustainable Development

Determining Service Quality improvement priorities in selected Hotels in Kampala city
Authors Name: Tukamushaba Kurobuza Eddy | Katongole Celestine |

Track 22: Graduate Students

Determinants of using Voluntary Counselling and Testing for HIV/AIDS in Kenya
Authors Name: Julie Namazzi |

 

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