IOSR-JBM   Volume-18 ~ Issue-6 ~ June-2016

Abstract: Today's businesses must have the right people in the right jobs at the right times. They cannot afford to be without either enough people or the right people who can quickly fill a key role that could become vacant. It sounds like common sense. Yet it still isn't happening as effectively as it must. It is within this context that organizations, and more importantly leaders and managers, need to look with increased scrutiny at the need to manage employee succession effectively to ensure they have the right person in right place, future leadership, management and technical capacity to deliver government business.............

Keywords: Family Business, MSMEs, Strategic Goals, Succession, Succession Planning

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Abstract: The recent shock in crude oil prices which started in July 2014 has adversely affected Nigeria, especially in the areas of foreign reserves, currencies crisis, declining government revenue, and ultimately, threat in terms of ability to meet financial obligations as at when due. Oil price changes, volatility have been a very controversial topic among different scholars. The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of crude oil price volatility on economic growth of Nigeria.............

Keywords: Corporate Governance, Export Diversification, Shocks, Volatility

[1]. Yuan, Y; Zhaung, X; Liu, Z. and Huang, W. (2014), Analysis of the Temporal Properties of Price Shock Sequences in Crude Oil Markets; Physical A, 394: 235-24[2]
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Abstract: The advent of Islamic finance has created a significant change in global financial setup and with the introduction of Islamic banking system. The objective of this study is to examine the influence of macroeconomic factors on the financing of Islamic banks. The study used FGLS regression method to analyze the unbalanced panel data of 172 Islamic banks from 48 Muslim and Non-Muslim countries that met the selection criteria and had at least three years' financial data obtainable for the period spanning from 2004 to 2013. The results found that GDP growth rate and inflation rate have significant positive relationship with Islamic bank financing..............

Keywords: Islamic Banking, Macroeconomic Factors, Islamic bank financing, Bank Credits, Panel data.

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