307 10 3075 https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/5cf0a643e3bdc5754112f1377ca186c8.pdf 35dccc294f65dcc1202c6a1463a6e408 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MBA Finance Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Effect of Financial Innovation on Bank Liquidity; Empirical Evidence from Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ama Boadi Description An account of the resource The Ghanaian Banking industry has witnessed a revolution as a result of technological innovations that has affected structure and performance of financial institutions. The appearance of internet and telecommunication companies in Ghana present both opportunity and challenges for banks in Ghana. The test for the financial sector is how financial institutions will be able to develop products and services that will ensure their sustainability and liquidity in the global economy. This study examined the effect of financial innovation on bank liquidity between the periods 2007 to 2016. This work is a survey on ten (10) universal banks over a ten year period. The aim of the study is to provide a test for evidence of these variables by comparing the effect of financial innovation on bank liquidity and cost of deposit in Ghana. Using panel data and regression analysis, the study concluded that the various innovation in the banking sector have a positive impact on deposit mobilization and the liquidity of banks in Ghana. This indicates that innovation in the financial sector has improved the liquidity of banks to be able to grant more credit to individuals and businesses. The study also revealed that non-funded income of banks had increased due to the introduction of innovative products and services such as ATM, Mobile money, internet banking and branch networking. Subject The topic of the resource MBA FINANCE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 2018 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/e52bdf187c7eabaa379483cc17caa266.pdf bf4af5eef1345bf67e74b717b0d1c6d4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MBA Finance Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Impact of the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX) on the Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Sector in Ghana; A Case Study of IZWE Loans Limited Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Baffour Kwakye Agyarko Description An account of the resource The dissertation evaluated the impact of Ghana Alternative Exchange Market (“GAX”) on the financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises (“SMEs”) in Ghana using Izwe Loans Limited (“Izwe Loans”) as the case under study. In assessing impact of growth, the research undertook a descriptive statistics evaluation of five key financial performance indicators and interpreted the outcome. The study first and foremost described the emergence of alternative exchanges in other jurisdictions across the globe specifically in Europe, Asia and other African countries in a bid to resolve challenges SMEs or small businesses face in assessing funds from the capital market to finance their operations. Further, an overview of SMEs and the important role they play in economic development of nations was also highlighted citing access to finance as a major constraint they face. Theoretical and empirical review of literature related to this thesis were also evaluated and research gaps pointed out. To satisfy the research hypothesis of whether or not the GAX has had any effect on the growth of Izwe Loans, this study adopted both trend analysis to examine the trends in the financial performance of Izwe Loans and repeated measure multivariate analysis of variance (one-way rMANOVA) to estimate the model. From the trend analysis, it was found that, Izwe Loans recorded its lowest figures in 2014 having recorded fluctuating figures in 2012 and 2013. Three of the five performance indicators examined however began to rise steadily in 2015 and 2016. Inferring from the descriptive statistics results, only two ratios return on asset and return on equity recorded any significant improvement in financial performance post the GAX listing. The other three indicators, Net Interest Margin, Operating Profit Margin and Net Profit Margin did not post any significant improvement after the GAX listing. The conclusion of the study was that, the GAX has had some positive impact on Izwe Loans in terms of ROE and ROA but further studies on the GAX and listed SMEs need to carried when more data is available to re-assess its impact on the listed companies. Keywords: GAX, SME, Listing, Financing, Funding, Impact Subject The topic of the resource MBA FINANCE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 2018 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/863e1d8deec5154a8640c104dad2633d.pdf b4b364f359e530f09e95c00bda1ef252 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MBA Finance Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Impact of Mobile Money Services on the Activities of SMES in Ghana (A Case of the La- Nkwantanang Madina Municipality) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Akua Adjeiwah Boakye Description An account of the resource The influx of mobile money has improved financial inclusion significantly in Ghana. With the simplicity of the technology, more people, especially illiterate and uneducated, are comfortable with its use than banks. Among the users of the Mobile Money Technology are owners of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). This study was specifically conducted to assess the impact mobile money services have had on the activities of SMEs in Ghana using the La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipality, a large business hub in Ghana, as a case study. For this study, the primary data collection tool used was the structured questionnaire. A case study research design was adopted since it would be of better assistance in involving nearly all the key stakeholders in order to ascertain how impactful Mobile Money is on the business dealings of SMEs in the municipality. The findings indicate that there was 92% usage of the service among the respondents interviewed, a strong indication of the high penetration level of the technology in Ghana, with MTN Mobile Money being the leading service provider. The study concludes that, the convenience of the service, its usefulness and the transaction costs associated with its use have all in some way had a positive impact on the growth of SMEs with respect to their sales and customer base even though most of these SMEs have not paid particular attention to the impact of mobile money services on their business. The study therefore recommends that further research should be conducted to determine the specific impact the service has on SMEs in Ghana. Subject The topic of the resource MBA FINANCE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource JULY 2017 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/401190c15f3f4aa7a238000b850e9b9e.pdf dd701550c4bee7cdaca85cd4f4534611 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MBA Finance Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Analysis of the Performance of Foreign Banks and Domestic Banks in Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alethea Reynolds Description An account of the resource The main aim of this project is to evaluate and compare the financial performance of both foreign banks and domestic banks in Ghana. It does this by using the financial statements of twenty-two (22) banks in Ghana for the period (2012-2016), employing the CAMEL analysis. It uses descriptive statistics and t-statistics for the analysis. From the result, foreign banks depend less on debt when funding their operation compared to domestic banks in Ghana. The average equity to asset ratio (capital adequacy) of foreign banks is higher than domestic banks since the bank of Ghana sets high capital requirements for foreign banks than domestic banks. In terms of asset quality, the study found that domestic banks are able to recover most of their loan portfolios than foreign banks. The study found that on the average, foreign banks have higher non-performing loans than domestic banks. The results indicate that foreign banks incur more costs or pay their managers more than domestic banks. In general, foreign banks are more liquid than domestic banks. To conclude, the study found no significant difference between the average performance (profitability) of foreign banks and the average performance (profitability) domestic banks. The study recommends that domestic banks should employ effective policies that impacts positively on the overall capital adequacy ratios, asset quality, management efficiency, profitability and liquidity risk. Management of banks must review their statement and analyze periodically their performance to know the extent to which debt components are being used to finance operations compared to equity; hence managers should know how and to what extent debt and credit risk influence their performance. Subject The topic of the resource MBA FINANCE Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 2018 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/4e953b7f33030dca86eb61c0f4c6a858.pdf 9221ac08e87bab8325816d466b24be6f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MBA Finance Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Determinants of Profitability of Listed Manufacturing Firms in Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Abdul – Malik Abubakari Description An account of the resource Due to the direct impact of manufacturing firms’ performance to economic stability, there is the need for special attention to examine factors that affect the manufacturing firms’ profitability (Akbas & Karadinan 2012). According to Opondo (2004), most studies has examined the determinants of profitability of firms considering variables such as capital structure, cash liquidity, firm size, and financial leverage in other countries but however, much has not been done in the Ghanaian context. This study assesses the determinant of financial performance of listed manufacturing firms in Ghana. The study used quantitative research approach and explanatory research design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select eight manufacturing companies out of the total population of thirteen listed manufacturing firms. The study used only secondary source of data (audited financial statements) for five year period, from 2011 to 2015. Also, correlation analysis was used to assess the collinearity between the dependent variables thus Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Asset (ROA) and the independent variables such as financial leverage, cash liquidity, firm size, inflation and exchange rate, while the regression analysis indicates the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variables. The result highlighted a negative significant relationship between financial leverage and ROE and ROA. Also, cash liquidity recorded established a positive insignificant relationship of ROE and ROA. Firm size establishes a positive significant relationship of ROE and ROA, inflation establish a significant negative relationship of ROE and ROA and also, exchange rate volatility establish a significant negative relationship of ROE and ROA. Subject The topic of the resource MBA Finance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 2018 https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/202248b8af63dd8e07b3184203bd92ec.pdf 05a88d4d146f80531b2232fb10da854a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MBA Finance Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Impact of Interest Rate Risk on the Profitability of Banks in Ghana Case Study of CAL Bank Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Abdoulaye Diallo Description An account of the resource This study aimed to examine the impact of interest rate risk on the profitability of Banks in Ghana. The specific objectives of this were to assess the interest rate risk management practices of CAL Bank, to examine the relationship between the interest rate and the profitability and to examine the factors that influence the interest rate of CAL Bank. This study used the quantitative method and forty-eight (48) responses out of fifty-five (55) were collected from the primary data which was the questionnaire and another data were collected from the secondary data which was the annual report of CAL Bank from 2013-2017. Microsoft Excel 2016 and Statistical Practice for Social and Science (SPSS) V.23 were used to analyse the findings. The results revealed that CAL Bank had an interest rate risk management system which was set by the Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO) and used by the Risk Manager to monitor and controls the risk related to their interest rate in their day-to-day operations. Moreover, there was a positive relationship between the interest rate and the profitability and finally, the results concluded that the interest rate of other banks was the key factor that influenced CAL Bank’s interest rate. The study recommended that the (ALCO) and the Risk Managers should meet monthly instead of annually, since the interest rate risk management system is monitored and controlled by the risk manager in their day-to day operations and the profit made by the bank was related to its interest rate. Finally, the study outlined a topic for further researches which was based on “the examination of the credit risk management on the profitability of CAL Bank” in order to make more profit by minimizing the risk involved and to reduce the non-performing loans. Subject The topic of the resource MBA Finance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 2018 https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/44ab2fe16ad41e2a7a2239dab406c856.pdf 7fd26100f498bf94ea1ef1e6e6ef9a11 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MBA Finance Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Assessing the Effect of Brand Development on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Esther Dankwa Description An account of the resource Brand development plays an essential role in any business environment and is considered as an asset of a company. This research assessed and deepens the understanding of the effect of brand development on organizational performance. The study examined Employees knowledge on brand development as a marketing strategy, the factors that influence brand development strategies, effect of branding development on the Organizational performance and identified the challenges of brand development at Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL). The research design adopted an exploratory design method using qualitative and quantitative methods in the study. The researcher used a case study approach in assessing the impact of brand development strategies on the operations of GGBL by collecting the opinion of One Hundred and ninety- seven (197) questionnaires respondents. Descriptive analysis of findings was generated by use of SPSS and Microsoft Excel. The study revealed Brand development strategy has a significant effect on organizational performance. The findings also revealed the existence of adequate knowledge on brand development as a marketing strategy at GGBL among employees. Furthermore, majority of the respondents stated GGBL has a unique brand development strategy which has a significant effect on the organizational performance. The various factors identified as key reasons for branding supports the study conceptual framework dimensions with respect to customer-based, market-based and financial-based perspectives in determining brand development effect on organizational performance of GGBL. The study further recommends to the management of GGBL to ensure sufficient investment of resources into brand development and also find more ingenious ways of communicating their brand to all their stakeholders that does not involve spending so much money. Subject The topic of the resource Msc. Supply Chain Management Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January, 2019 https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/6f9e13e8faacaf4d23da82ecfb63f5ca.pdf f87bcef53f62ccd0a79dd2d4c0066954 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource MSc. Supply Chain Management Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Factors Impeding the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Public Procurement Delivery: A Case Study of the Ministry of Education. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emmanuel Kofi Aidoo Description An account of the resource Over the years, strict adherence to public procurement processes has become a major challenge in public institutions rendering them ineffective and inefficient. The aim of this study is to assess the factors impeding the effectiveness and efficiency of Public Procurement Delivery. From literature reviewed, a conceptual framework was constructed to serve as a robust model using dependent variables for Effectiveness and Efficiency of Public Procurement Delivery. A mixed method approach (qualitative and quantitative) was adopted for this research. The data collected was then analyzed using SPSS version 20 for the quantitative section and the qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews was analyzed using content analysis. The study documented that the correlation between independent variables comprising Political interference had a negative influence or outcome on all three (3) dependent variables (Fairness, Transparency & Value for Money). Social factors on the other hand had a weak influence or outcome on the Fairness and Transparency variables but had a negative influence on the Value for Money variables. However, the other independent variables comprising Economic, Environmental factors & Policy had positive influences and outcomes on the dependent variables in determining the levels of effectiveness and efficiency. The study therefore recommended that, this model be applied due to its capacity to measure and test the strengths of the objectives in determining the levels of effectiveness and efficiency. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September, 2018 https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/3e2b7b7d269d5a81083d8708679f92b5.pdf 164038a2c2b1624ac8d5f0423f714c4c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <strong>Postgraduate Theses</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Assessing the Role of Financial Inclusion on Poverty Reduction in Ghana; Empirical Evidence from Ahafo Ano North District. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Edward Adofo-Bosompem Description An account of the resource Universal access to financial services is a critical component which drives development since it includes the vulnerable such as low-income household in the society to participate in the governance of the country (Iqbal and Sami, 2017). When people get access to financial services, it transforms their production through investment which eliminates them from poverty. Studies have propounded that the basic activity of the financial service sector is to make credit available to its customers. In this way, customers can increase their economic activities (Iqbal and Sami, 2017). Other evidence has confirmed that there is no country which has succeeded in reducing poverty without the expansion of financial accessibility to its rural populace (Rewilak, 2017). When the rural poor have access to finance, they achieve a large increase in production of various primary activities such as agriculture and this enables them to produce surpluses in food, labour and even financial resources which are the basic necessity of a country’s industrialisation and urbanisation (Villarreal, 2017). However, within the short and medium terms, making finance available has its own adverse impact on the rural populace hence it is important that various measures are put in place to overcome these barriers so that the long-term convergence of productivity among the different sectors of the economy could be realised (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, 2015). When this is done, the expectation is a broad spectrum of opportunities which might arise from this progressive change and a renewed mindset of the people to take up challenges. Subject The topic of the resource MBA Finance Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September, 2017 https://repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/35dbdb59b64adc67c382d5eb93b61d14.pdf a7434a2b4cbddf0b73809f1623d92a31 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <strong>Postgraduate Theses</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Investigating Causes of Delay & Cost Escalation in Strategic Project Execution: Case Study of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dzigborfa Kwasi Edem Description An account of the resource The purpose of this study was to investigate causes of delay and cost escalation in strategic project delivery. The energy sectors most specifically the Power Industry remain the backbone of all economies. These accounts for significant injection of capital in building the infrastructure that can help the sector live up to its established function. Executions of these infrastructures are done through strategic projects that continue to experience delays and cost overruns. Delivery of Power Transmission projects in Ghana are also not left without delays and cost escalations leading to many perceived effects on operations of the only power transmission company. What therefore was lacking is the availability of empirical studies to try and document the success or otherwise of public power projects specifically within the transmission phase of the power sector to meet project execution time and cost context. The study aimed at rectifying this gap. A case study design on Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) investigated and identified 14 cause factors of project delay and cost overrun, verified effect of cause factors on operations of the organization and developed a cause effect mitigation model all through the use of a mixed method approach involving 40 participants of the organization who responded to both a close-ended and open-ended questionnaire. Hence the study believed that: capabilities of project managers and supervisors when enhanced and periodic assessment of project risk during project execution coupled with the use of modern computerized systems could help minimize or avoid project overruns. Subject The topic of the resource MSc in Engineering Project Management Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource JANUARY, 2018