January 2018

Determinant of financial performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia: Special emphasis on private commercial banks

This study aims at examining the determinants of the financial performance of private commercial banks in Ethiopia. The study uses secondary data for eight private banks which are in the industry for more than ten years. These banks are chosen from sixteen private commercial banks which are currently functional in Ethiopia banking industry. The data for this study is obtained from annual reports of the banks, minutes...

Author(s): Elshaday Teshome Kenenisa Debela and Mohammed Sultan

January 2018

Business development and sustainability of selected petrol stations in Anambra state of Nigeria

The essence of most investments is quality return. Continuous quality returns are guaranteed by patronages enjoyed by the investment, this therefore sustains the business. Hardly has this been achieved by most patrol stations that litter the roads of Anambra state of Nigeria due to the location of such businesses. Pursuant to the aforementioned problem, the study seeks to ascertain the extent to which business...

Author(s): Onyeizugbe C. Uzochukwu, Orogbu O. Lilian, Onyilofor T. Uchenna and Ugbomhe O. Ugbomhe

January 2018

Expected cost of financial distress in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): A German-Italian comparison

This study aims to identify a number of qualitative and quantitative elements that affect financial distress costs between Italian and German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We propose a model that interprets “expected costs” as the product between “expected financial distress likelihood” and “total amount of financial distress costs due to insolvency”. The model is...

Author(s): Andrea Quintiliani