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Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Tackling Violent Conflicts in the Niger Delta

Global and Local Dynamics in …, 2008

... that do not work, health-centers that have never opened and schools where no lesson has ever ... more ... that do not work, health-centers that have never opened and schools where no lesson has ever been taught'(Christian Aid, 2004 ... Idemudia and Ite (2006) observe that despite the significant efforts of the oil-companies, their corporate community relations (CCR) in the Niger Delta ...

Research paper thumbnail of Corporations, CSR and Self Regulation: What Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis?

German Law Journal, 2010

The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental the... more The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental theories and assumptions, particularly the free-market theory, on which regulationofbusinessenterprises,includingmultinationalcorporations(MNCs),havebeen based.Specifically,intheareaofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR),thispaperexplores two crucial issues. The first is the implication for our understanding of the obligations of corporations to CSR in light of the scale of impacts on ordinary citizens, and their role in bailing out failed banks which owed them no direct legal obligations. The second is the continued reliance on a voluntary framework for CSR. Just as the financial crisis resulted from the largely unregulated nature of global financial institutions, this paper demonstrates, through various country examples in the resources sector, that the unregulatednatureofCSRobligationsonMNCshashaddireeffects,comparabletothatof the financial crisis, on populations. If corporations have, through personal greed and irresponsibility,evidentlyfailedtoeffectivelyregulatethemselvesevenintheircoreareas ofbusinessnecessaryfortheirownsurvival,howmuchlessdoweexpectofeffectiveself-regulationintheareaofCSR?

Research paper thumbnail of Corporations, CSR and Self Regulation: What Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis?

German Law Journal, Feb 1, 2010

The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental the... more The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental theories and assumptions, particularly the free-market theory, on which regulationofbusinessenterprises,includingmultinationalcorporations(MNCs),havebeen based.Specifically,intheareaofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR),thispaperexplores two crucial issues. The first is the implication for our understanding of the obligations of corporations to CSR in light of the scale of impacts on ordinary citizens, and their role in bailing out failed banks which owed them no direct legal obligations. The second is the continued reliance on a voluntary framework for CSR. Just as the financial crisis resulted from the largely unregulated nature of global financial institutions, this paper demonstrates, through various country examples in the resources sector, that the unregulatednatureofCSRobligationsonMNCshashaddireeffects,comparabletothatof the financial crisis, on populations. If corporations have, through personal greed and irresponsibility,evidentlyfailedtoeffectivelyregulatethemselvesevenintheircoreareas ofbusinessnecessaryfortheirownsurvival,howmuchlessdoweexpectofeffectiveself-regulationintheareaofCSR?

Research paper thumbnail of Forging peaceful relationships between oil-companies and host-communities in Nigeria's Delta region: A stakeholder's perspective to corporate social responsibility

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 2009

... that do not work, health-centres that have never opened and schools where no lesson has ever ... more ... that do not work, health-centres that have never opened and schools where no lesson has ever been taught” (Christian Aid, 2004, p ... Idemudia and Ite (2006) observe that despite the significant efforts of the oil-companies, their corporate community relations in the Niger Delta are ...

Research paper thumbnail of Capital Account Liberalisation: has it improved SMEs situation in Nigeria?

International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, 2011

... These large firms were able to manufacture and import cheaper finished products into Nigeria ... more ... These large firms were able to manufacture and import cheaper finished products into Nigeria with little or no tariffs paid on them relative to manufacturing SMEs that were faced with the problems of high interest rates, high cost of financing raw material imports and poor ...

Research paper thumbnail of Corporations, CSR and Self Regulation: What Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis?

German Law Journal, 2010

The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental the... more The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental theories and assumptions, particularly the free-market theory, on which regulationofbusinessenterprises,includingmultinationalcorporations(MNCs),havebeen based.Specifically,intheareaofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR),thispaperexplores two crucial issues. The first is the implication for our understanding of the obligations of corporations to CSR in light of the scale of impacts on ordinary citizens, and their role in bailing out failed banks which owed them no direct legal obligations. The second is the continued reliance on a voluntary framework for CSR. Just as the financial crisis resulted from the largely unregulated nature of global financial institutions, this paper demonstrates, through various country examples in the resources sector, that the unregulatednatureofCSRobligationsonMNCshashaddireeffects,comparabletothatof the financial crisis, on populations. If corporations have, through personal greed and irresponsibility,evidentlyfailedtoeffectivelyregulatethemselvesevenintheircoreareas ofbusinessnecessaryfortheirownsurvival,howmuchlessdoweexpectofeffectiveself-regulationintheareaofCSR?

Research paper thumbnail of Heterogeneity and perception congruence of project outcomes

Research paper thumbnail of Heterogeneity and perception congruence of project outcomes

Production Planning & Control, 2015

This study examines the impact of project manager and practitioner heterogeneity on congruent per... more This study examines the impact of project manager and practitioner heterogeneity on congruent perceptions of the outcome of service operations projects. More specifically, the study focuses on congruence in the formation and subsequently revision of project outcome perceptions of service operations. Data were obtained from 1413 project management practitioners and subsequently analysed using multi-layered and combined statistical methods. The results suggest that perception congruence, that is relationships or agreements between different stakeholders, may be impacted by age and role heterogeneity of project managers and practitioners, but not gender.

Research paper thumbnail of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Development under Trade Liberalisation: A Survey of Nigerian Experience

International Journal of Business and Management, 2009

This study reviews the policies implemented by the Nigerian government over the years to assist t... more This study reviews the policies implemented by the Nigerian government over the years to assist the development of manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria following the implementation of Trade liberalisation policy in 1986. The aim of the liberalise trade policy was to encourage competition and improve efficiency in the use of local resources; yet most Nigerian SMEs still find it difficult to compete and merely struggle to survive the liberalised economic environment in Nigeria. The result of the study of a sample of 500 manufacturing SMEs operating in Lagos State reveals that despite the laudable policies, the effects are not felt by most manufacturing SMEs due to improper planning and the absence of favourable investment climate necessary for these policies to be effective.

Research paper thumbnail of Tackling youth restiveness in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria through entrepreneurship

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 2008

... Accordingly, Rotter (1966) concludes that the internal control expectation is related to lear... more ... Accordingly, Rotter (1966) concludes that the internal control expectation is related to learning and it ... the feasibility of entrepreneurship may depend on four most critical success factors identified by ... When this happens, the cycle of violence now on the increase in the region may ...

Research paper thumbnail of Examination of the Relationship between Financial Market Liberalisation and the Failures of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Nigeria

International Business Research, 2011

The paper presents the methodological process applied in arriving at the result of the impact of ... more The paper presents the methodological process applied in arriving at the result of the impact of economic liberalisation on the access to finance by SMEs and how the policy has contributed to the survival or otherwise of manufacturing SMEs following the implementation in 1992. The policy was envisaged to encourage the inflow of investible funds into Nigeria for greater SMEs access to funds by the governments' deregulation of interest rates, exchange rates and the licensing of new banks to stimulate competition for the supply of investible funds. The extent to which the policy has achieved its objectives still remains a puzzle.

Research paper thumbnail of The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Tackling Violent Conflicts in the Niger Delta

Global and Local Dynamics in …, 2008

... that do not work, health-centers that have never opened and schools where no lesson has ever ... more ... that do not work, health-centers that have never opened and schools where no lesson has ever been taught'(Christian Aid, 2004 ... Idemudia and Ite (2006) observe that despite the significant efforts of the oil-companies, their corporate community relations (CCR) in the Niger Delta ...

Research paper thumbnail of Corporations, CSR and Self Regulation: What Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis?

German Law Journal, 2010

The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental the... more The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental theories and assumptions, particularly the free-market theory, on which regulationofbusinessenterprises,includingmultinationalcorporations(MNCs),havebeen based.Specifically,intheareaofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR),thispaperexplores two crucial issues. The first is the implication for our understanding of the obligations of corporations to CSR in light of the scale of impacts on ordinary citizens, and their role in bailing out failed banks which owed them no direct legal obligations. The second is the continued reliance on a voluntary framework for CSR. Just as the financial crisis resulted from the largely unregulated nature of global financial institutions, this paper demonstrates, through various country examples in the resources sector, that the unregulatednatureofCSRobligationsonMNCshashaddireeffects,comparabletothatof the financial crisis, on populations. If corporations have, through personal greed and irresponsibility,evidentlyfailedtoeffectivelyregulatethemselvesevenintheircoreareas ofbusinessnecessaryfortheirownsurvival,howmuchlessdoweexpectofeffectiveself-regulationintheareaofCSR?

Research paper thumbnail of Corporations, CSR and Self Regulation: What Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis?

German Law Journal, Feb 1, 2010

The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental the... more The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental theories and assumptions, particularly the free-market theory, on which regulationofbusinessenterprises,includingmultinationalcorporations(MNCs),havebeen based.Specifically,intheareaofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR),thispaperexplores two crucial issues. The first is the implication for our understanding of the obligations of corporations to CSR in light of the scale of impacts on ordinary citizens, and their role in bailing out failed banks which owed them no direct legal obligations. The second is the continued reliance on a voluntary framework for CSR. Just as the financial crisis resulted from the largely unregulated nature of global financial institutions, this paper demonstrates, through various country examples in the resources sector, that the unregulatednatureofCSRobligationsonMNCshashaddireeffects,comparabletothatof the financial crisis, on populations. If corporations have, through personal greed and irresponsibility,evidentlyfailedtoeffectivelyregulatethemselvesevenintheircoreareas ofbusinessnecessaryfortheirownsurvival,howmuchlessdoweexpectofeffectiveself-regulationintheareaofCSR?

Research paper thumbnail of Forging peaceful relationships between oil-companies and host-communities in Nigeria's Delta region: A stakeholder's perspective to corporate social responsibility

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 2009

... that do not work, health-centres that have never opened and schools where no lesson has ever ... more ... that do not work, health-centres that have never opened and schools where no lesson has ever been taught” (Christian Aid, 2004, p ... Idemudia and Ite (2006) observe that despite the significant efforts of the oil-companies, their corporate community relations in the Niger Delta are ...

Research paper thumbnail of Capital Account Liberalisation: has it improved SMEs situation in Nigeria?

International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets, 2011

... These large firms were able to manufacture and import cheaper finished products into Nigeria ... more ... These large firms were able to manufacture and import cheaper finished products into Nigeria with little or no tariffs paid on them relative to manufacturing SMEs that were faced with the problems of high interest rates, high cost of financing raw material imports and poor ...

Research paper thumbnail of Corporations, CSR and Self Regulation: What Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis?

German Law Journal, 2010

The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental the... more The current global financial crisis has necessitated a questioning of some of the fundamental theories and assumptions, particularly the free-market theory, on which regulationofbusinessenterprises,includingmultinationalcorporations(MNCs),havebeen based.Specifically,intheareaofcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR),thispaperexplores two crucial issues. The first is the implication for our understanding of the obligations of corporations to CSR in light of the scale of impacts on ordinary citizens, and their role in bailing out failed banks which owed them no direct legal obligations. The second is the continued reliance on a voluntary framework for CSR. Just as the financial crisis resulted from the largely unregulated nature of global financial institutions, this paper demonstrates, through various country examples in the resources sector, that the unregulatednatureofCSRobligationsonMNCshashaddireeffects,comparabletothatof the financial crisis, on populations. If corporations have, through personal greed and irresponsibility,evidentlyfailedtoeffectivelyregulatethemselvesevenintheircoreareas ofbusinessnecessaryfortheirownsurvival,howmuchlessdoweexpectofeffectiveself-regulationintheareaofCSR?

Research paper thumbnail of Heterogeneity and perception congruence of project outcomes

Research paper thumbnail of Heterogeneity and perception congruence of project outcomes

Production Planning & Control, 2015

This study examines the impact of project manager and practitioner heterogeneity on congruent per... more This study examines the impact of project manager and practitioner heterogeneity on congruent perceptions of the outcome of service operations projects. More specifically, the study focuses on congruence in the formation and subsequently revision of project outcome perceptions of service operations. Data were obtained from 1413 project management practitioners and subsequently analysed using multi-layered and combined statistical methods. The results suggest that perception congruence, that is relationships or agreements between different stakeholders, may be impacted by age and role heterogeneity of project managers and practitioners, but not gender.

Research paper thumbnail of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Development under Trade Liberalisation: A Survey of Nigerian Experience

International Journal of Business and Management, 2009

This study reviews the policies implemented by the Nigerian government over the years to assist t... more This study reviews the policies implemented by the Nigerian government over the years to assist the development of manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria following the implementation of Trade liberalisation policy in 1986. The aim of the liberalise trade policy was to encourage competition and improve efficiency in the use of local resources; yet most Nigerian SMEs still find it difficult to compete and merely struggle to survive the liberalised economic environment in Nigeria. The result of the study of a sample of 500 manufacturing SMEs operating in Lagos State reveals that despite the laudable policies, the effects are not felt by most manufacturing SMEs due to improper planning and the absence of favourable investment climate necessary for these policies to be effective.

Research paper thumbnail of Tackling youth restiveness in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria through entrepreneurship

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 2008

... Accordingly, Rotter (1966) concludes that the internal control expectation is related to lear... more ... Accordingly, Rotter (1966) concludes that the internal control expectation is related to learning and it ... the feasibility of entrepreneurship may depend on four most critical success factors identified by ... When this happens, the cycle of violence now on the increase in the region may ...

Research paper thumbnail of Examination of the Relationship between Financial Market Liberalisation and the Failures of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Nigeria

International Business Research, 2011

The paper presents the methodological process applied in arriving at the result of the impact of ... more The paper presents the methodological process applied in arriving at the result of the impact of economic liberalisation on the access to finance by SMEs and how the policy has contributed to the survival or otherwise of manufacturing SMEs following the implementation in 1992. The policy was envisaged to encourage the inflow of investible funds into Nigeria for greater SMEs access to funds by the governments' deregulation of interest rates, exchange rates and the licensing of new banks to stimulate competition for the supply of investible funds. The extent to which the policy has achieved its objectives still remains a puzzle.