Small and Medium Enterprises are well known as the building blocks of both developed and
developing economy. Understanding the growth behaviors of SMEs is quite heterogeneous. The
basic aim to constitute this research ...
The main purpose of this study is to investigate on the determinants of internal audit
effectiveness in the Hadiya zone’s public finance and economy development sector offices (in
SNNPR, Ethiopia). This investigation is ...
The financial health status of business firms and the effect of firm characteristics on it are taught
to be very important issues in the current business environment. This study empirically examines
the financial distress ...
This thesis is designed to investigate Capital structure determinants towards Ethiopian
Insurance Industry. Thus, the major aim of this research was to investigate firm specific factors
such as, Asset Tangibility, ...
This study carried out on factors that determine the determinants of loan repayment
performance of the borrowers in the case of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Jimma District using
primary and secondary data collected through ...
Microfinance promises to reduce poverty. To achieve this amazing objective
Microfinance institutions have to become strong enough in financial performance
because donor constancy is not a given. Thus the question is: In ...
Capital structure decision is one of the most crucial decisions of finance manager since it has
relation with the performance of the firm. This study examine the relationship between capital
structure and performance of ...
As noted by Sharon (2007), loans have a vital contribution towards development of economy.
However, its nonpayment also leads to incidence of huge loss on banks in particular and country
in general. Hence, this study was ...
Microfinance involves the provision of micro-credit, saving and other services to poor people
that are excluded by the commercial bank for collateral and other reasons. OCSSCO is one of
the microfinance institutions to ...
Computerized Accounting System has become the backbone of almost every organization
and Computerized Accounting System software is crucial for Accountancy. Efficient
computerized accounting system software enhances ...
Tax compliance issue is a major problem in revenue generation by government in African
countries, Ethiopia especially. Our country tax mobilization was also the lowest among subSaharan African countries and thus, this ...
Electronic banking systems are expanding due to the great economic benefits in case of reducing
banks costs and increasing their profitability. In spite of the spreading use of the e-banking as a
delivery channel in ...
This study was conducted with the aim of analyzing the factors that influence
microfinance loan repayment investigating determinants of loan repayment performance of
borrowers (beneficiaries) and identify the major factors ...
This study was focused particularly on identifying and assessing the problems in association
with the practice of VAT at Jimma Zone Revenue Authority. To achieve this objective, the
researcher used primary and secondary ...
Working capital investments are essential for daily business operations of an entity. For that
matter firms make huge amounts of investments in working capital that enables them to pay
recurring obligations. Current asset ...
A survey was administered in Jimma town SMEs to identify the financial literacy level
among SMEs owners and its impact on performance of their business. Since majority of
the respondents were male, age group between 26-45 ...
Understanding the factors affecting tax compliance has become an important topic for
increasing public levies, especially since Tax is a compulsory contribution (levy) by an economic
unit to a government without expectation ...
As noted by Muriu (2011), micro finance has attracted significant interest in recent years, both
from policy makers and in the academia, hence this study examined the determinants of
profitability of Ethiopian micro ...
The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of core bank-specific and industryspecific determinants of commercial banks total loans and advances from the period 2002-2013.
The paper examined the impact ...
This study examines the determinants of financial performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia
by using panel data of banks over the period 2002-2013. Since the data is secondary in nature,
the quantitative approach to ...