Commercialization of University’s Innovations, A systematic Literature Review

Sectorial Transition Dilemma of Smallholder Farmers to Light Manufacturing Industry in Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia; Evidence from Khat Farmers.

Exploring the Influential Marketing Mix and its Attributes in Tourists Hotel Choice: Empirical Study in South Part of Ethiopia

Talent Management Practices: Literature Review

Participation in microfinance contributes toward improving women's livelihood. This study attempts to investigate the factors affecting the participation decision of women in microfinance programs and its impact on their livelihood in the Guto Gida district using cross-sectional survey data gathered in 2019/20. The survey was conducted on 169 sample women-headed households. Descriptive statistics and econometric methods such as binary logit regression and propensity score matching were employed for the data analysis. The results of the binary logit regression revealed that participation in the program was significantly affected by age, size of family, livestock holding, cultivated land size, distance from microfinance center, initial wealth, and perception of risk. The results of the propensity score matching presented that the mean income and saving of participants was much higher than their counterparts on average by 5339.82 ETB and 404.38 ETB respectively. The findings suggest that participation was associated with a significantly higher income and savings. Microfinance institutions and other concerned bodies should give important attention to participation decisions based on enhancing income. The summary of this study by policymakers and plan designers could bring better improvement in the participation of programs.

Aim of this study is to assess determinants of procurement performance in the public sectors. To realize purpose of study, descriptive and explanatory research designs and multi-stage sampling technique were employed. The numbers of employees in selected Weredas’ were 2660 with the sample size of 348 and 320 questionnaires were returned back. Data collected by Likert scale with one to five, while analyzed by employing Statistical Package for Social Science 20.0 Version. The result of the research shown that transparent legal framework, procurement staff proficiency, anti-corruption measures, utilization of information communication technology and organizational structure has statistically significant positive effect on procurement performance. Recommended public sector to give training to fill the skill gap of procurement staff, to ensure transparency of legal framework, take anticorruption mechanisms to overcome the illegal act in the procurement procedure, utilizing ICT to integrate public procurement, ensure segregation of duties in the organization structure and review of legislations to ensure compliance with the international procurement systems.

The main objective of this study is to examine determinants of women leadership participation: The case of selected public sectors in Jimma town. The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were obtained through self-administered questionnaire distributed to female who held leadership positions at lower middle and top level in public sectors of Jimma town. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the response obtained with regard to socio-cultural factors, attitude of females towards themselves, women home responsibility and institutional factors. Inferential statics such as the correlation and regression were used to see the relationship between women leadership participation and the factors that affect it. The finding indicated that personal and social factors are the basic determining factors that affect female leadership participation. It is recommended that women have to develop positive self-image and the society as a whole has to change the attitude toward women.

This study inspected the determining factors of Micro finance profitability based on a panel data set of 12 MFIs operating in the country over the period of 2007-2016. To meet the objective, a quantitative approach was used. Firm-specific as well as macroeconomic variables were involved in the study. Portfolio quality, capital adequacy, breadth of outreach, micro finance size, age and efficiency have been included as company-specific factors. While, Inflation and GDP Growth rate were considered as external or Macroeconomic factors. ROA was used as a surrogate for profitability. Based on the regression result, breadth of outreach and age were found to be significant with a positive coefficient against ROA. Inversely, MFIs’ efficiency and portfolio quality were having significant negative correlation with ROA. The other firm-specific factors, size of microfinance and capital adequacy were found statistically insignificant. Moreover, the macroeconomic variables GDP and inflation were found statistically insignificant. Finally, the study suggested that Ethiopian MFIs should take measures to improve theirbreadth of outreach, portfolio quality, and operational efficiency.

The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of service quality on customer satisfaction at Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) Jimma District. To meet the objective, Data for this study was collected from 627 respondents through the survey from Ethiopian Electric utility customers of four purposely selected towns, these include Jimma, Agaro, Sokoru and Limmu Genet towns. In addition to survey questionnaire, semi structured interview and different types of secondary data were utilized. .SERVQUAL model with seven dimensions were used to measure service quality of the company. Accordingly, Tangibility, Reliability, Empathy, Security and stability measures were found to significantly determine customer satisfaction but Responsiveness and Assurance were not found to be significantly affecting customer satisfaction. Finally, by identifying the strengths and weaknesses pertaining to the dimensions of service quality, EEU should better allocate resources to provide better service and ultimately bring better satisfaction to its customers. Moreover, since customers’ expectations change over time, it is necessary to contact customers regularly and assess their service experiences.

The study aims to measure the role of OCSSCO’s credit program in the socio-economic conditions of women clients found in East Shoa zone of Oromia region. The population of the study covers women households who have been using microcredit for at least one year and currently lives in East Shoa zone. Accordingly, a total of 400 OCSSCO’s active clients as well as 200 incoming clients were selected using systematic sampling. The data required to meet the objectives were mainly gathered from primary source through clients’ interview schedule. The data have been analyzed through various statistical tools, viz., Chi-square test, ANOVA, t-test. Thus, the results show that current clients’ unveiled better household and enterprise income; acquire enterprise skills & savings habit;, more and better household diet; education for children;, and better healthcare services compared to the non-client comparison group. Though statistically not significant, current clients have better decision power with respect to the overall management of household and enterprise income compared to the non-client comparison group. Finally, considering the positive impact that micro financial services has on women headed households, it is commended that the management of OCSSCO to concoct means to further improve access to financial services to rural women households and contribute to gender equalization by facilitating their participation in socio-economic activities.

The purpose of this study is to assess the variations of consumer demand and consumer expenditure structure using the ELES model in Zambia. It evaluates expenditure elasticity, price elasticity and household demand consumption patterns. The study used 2019 household survey data, conducted in two provinces of Zambia, that is, Southern and Northern Provinces. The results indicate that all estimated commodities are price inelastic as the minimum required quantity is positive. This entails that the estimated commodities have no effective substitutes. Thus, the rate of variation in the quantity demanded is less than that of a change in the price. The demand for food, health expenses, education, clothes, and housing are relatively inelastic and these commodities are gross complement. Therefore, these commodities are ideal in the consumer’s budget share and their consumption is legitimately subtle to income variations. These findings are suitable for developing countries like Zambia in understanding the effect of price and income variations on consumer expenditure structure.

Horn of Africa Journal of Business and Economics (HAJBE),EDITORS’ NOTEDear Readers,HAJBE is a biannual peer-reviewed publication of Business and Economics College, JimmaUniversity established in 2017. The Journal is aimed at providing an appropriate forum tostimulate publication in the areas of Business, Economics and Public Administration. The journalhas published five regular issues till June 2020 excluding this special issue. The regular VolumeIII Issue II of the journal will be published in the coming December 2020. In addition to itsregular issues, the journal has a policy of publishing special issues and this is the first in thehistory of HAJBE.This Special issue is totally dedicated to the Socio-Economic effect of COVID-19 in Ethiopia.Currently COVID-19 is highly affecting every aspect of our country including our Socio-economy. In order to combat the negative effect of this pandemic, academic staffs need to playtheir role by undertaking research and indicate the way forward to decision makers. As a result, ateam consisting of 11 members from all the departments in the College of Business andEconomics, Jimma University was established to study the Socio-economic effect of COVID-19in Ethiopian. The output of the research was published in this special issue of HAJBE. Thepurpose is to facilitate communication of the output of the study to interested individuals andinstitutions in the country or abroad.This special issue consists of about eight research articles in diverse topics including the effect ofCOVID-19 on Tourism Sector; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Industry Sector; bankingsector; Insurance sector; Tax administration; Unemployment and service sectors. Although, mostof the findings are based on descriptive desk research, we believe that decision makers can getvaluable information for combating the pandemic.Further, the studies can serve as a springboard for making further detail researches on the topics.Happy Readinghttp://journals.ju.edu.et1June 2020Published: 2020-06-19

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