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Papers by Isaac Aun
Journal of Research in National Development, 2013
Kardan Journal of Economics and Manangement Sciences, 2021
The relationship between corporate culture and organisational innovation has been the subject of ... more The relationship between corporate culture and organisational innovation has been the subject of debate by researchers for over four decades. The objectives of the study were to: evaluate the influence of an organization's mission as an element of organisational culture on product and service innovation; examine the effect of consistency as an element of organisational culture on process innovation; and a questionnaire was designed using structured questions to obtain data from employees in the five branches of Guarantee Trust Bank in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. A total of 150 copies of questionnaires were administered, of which 132 were properly filled out and returned. The formulated hypotheses were tested using regression analysis with the aid of SPSS version 25. The findings revealed that organisation mission has an effect on product and service innovation with an R2 value of 0.683; consistency influences process innovation with an R2 value of 0.609. Therefore, the study recommended, among other things, that organisational mission should be shared amongst employees to enable them to contribute innovatively to the achievement of organisational goals. Organizational value should also be shared amongst employees as it will enable them to act in the interest of the organisation at all times.
Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2018
Nigerian economy is regarded as one of thelargest in Africa; the nation however, is facedwith man... more Nigerian economy is regarded as one of thelargest in Africa; the nation however, is facedwith many problems of which unemployment isone of them. Youths are said to be the strengthof a nation, but many of them are unemployedand hence cannot in any way contribute to thegrowth and development of the economy.Therefore, the objective of the study was toexamine the Effect of Entrepreneurship SkillsDevelopment on Youth Employment in KwaraState, Nigeria. The population of the studycomprised of 195 students enrolled inInternational Vocational, Technical E the data were gatheredthrough a structured questionnaire. The datawere analyzed using both Pearson correlationand simple regression analysis. The results ofthe study revealed that a positive relationshipexists between entrepreneurship skills development and youth employment generation,which is significant at p-value of 0.000 (R =0.714, R2 = 0.510, (0.000) < 0.05). The studyconcluded that entrepreneurship skillsdevelopment has effect on y...
By placing too much focus on marketing activities directed at new customers, companies often expe... more By placing too much focus on marketing activities directed at new customers, companies often experience the ‘leaking basket’ effect, where customers are being lost because of insufficient marketing activity. It is believed that many firms over-emphasize identification of prospects and their conversion to customers. Hence under-emphasis on generating repeat purchase. Therefore it is the fostering of long term product loyalty through customer relationship management that leads to increase in sales. The objective of the study is the examination of customer relationship management in marketing financial services. The design of the research is a case study. Convenience sampling was used to select customer and staff samples. Primary data were used. The primary data were generated through questionnaires. Data were analyzed by the use of regression analysis. Based on the hypotheses tested, it was observed that customer relationship management is significantly related to corporate perf...
World Technopolis Review, 2014
This study is concerned with the process of technology transfer and commercialization. It is focu... more This study is concerned with the process of technology transfer and commercialization. It is focused on the entrepreneurial development through the university business incubation process of Thailand. The study analyzes the leading university business incubators (UBIs) as well as major science and technology incubators to understand the strategies for commercialization of technology. The analyses of results, based on the Triple Helix model, have shown that the incubation program is one of the major policy mechanisms to support innovation and suggested that UBIs should act as an intermediary between the spheres of university and industry to provide interactive linkages and promote effective utilization of university research. The empirical study provides theoretical and managerial implications on the government policies to support the entrepreneurial development, innovation development and diffusion.
Agriecobis : Journal of Agricultural Socioeconomics and Business
Despite the tough circumstances and competitiveness of shops with permanent structures, it is ack... more Despite the tough circumstances and competitiveness of shops with permanent structures, it is acknowledged that street enterprise could play a vital role in alleviating poverty across the globe. Formal organizations recognize this possibility and are strategically incorporating informal organizations into their selling operations. The broad objective of this study was to examine the effect of street trade on small and medium enterprises performance with a specific focus on the operators in Ilorin metropolis. Therefore, the study’s specific objectives were to: determine the relationship between street entrepreneurship transformative measures and market share of SMEs and evaluate the effect of transformative measures on the transformation of street entrepreneurship into SMEs. Since the study population was large and unknown, Cochran sample size formula was used to determining the sample size of 385. A questionnaire was designed using structured questions to obtain primary data from th...
The dwindling levels of service quality in Nigerian financial institutions had resulted in abysma... more The dwindling levels of service quality in Nigerian financial institutions had resulted in abysmal performance of most banks and other financial institutions in the sector and this challenge has made it imperative for financial firms to be customer centered in all their operational activities. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of service quality of non-interest bank on customers' satisfaction using Jaiz Bank PLC, Kaduna as a case study. The study utilized convenience and snowball sampling techniques to select 147 customers who served as respondents in the study. Correlation and multiple regression analysis were employed as analytical techniques. The results show that compliance with Islamic laws is highly correlated with customer satisfaction which was followed respectively by assurance, reliability, tangibility, responsiveness and empathy dimensions. It was also discovered that the six service quality dimensions significantly influenced the satisfaction of Ja...
Today’s business environment requires companies to undergo changes almost constantly if they are ... more Today’s business environment requires companies to undergo changes almost constantly if they are to remain competitive. Factors such as globalization of markets and rapidly evolving technology force businesses to respond change in order to survive. The objective was to evaluate organizational change as it affects employees’ productivity in Access Bank Plc. The study adopted the survey design. The population of the study was 110 employees from the three (3) branches of Access Bank Plc in Ilorin (i.e. Unity, Tanke, and Surulere branch). The population of the study is a census one. Data were collected using the questionnaire research instrument. Data collected were analyzed using frequency tables and percentage and regression analysis at an alpha level set at 0.05 (i.e. p < 0.05). The result of the study shows that: Employees’ participation in decision making during change process significantly improved organizationsmarket share (p = < 0.05, r = 0.941); There is a significant pos...
By placing too much focus on marketing activities directed at new customers, companies often expe... more By placing too much focus on marketing activities directed at new customers, companies often experience the ‘leaking basket’ effect, where customers are being lost because of insufficient marketing activity. It is believed that many firms over-emphasize identification of prospects and their conversion to customers. Hence under-emphasis on generating repeat purchase. Therefore it is the fostering of long term product loyalty through customer relationship management that leads to increase in sales. The objective of the study is the examination of customer relationship management in marketing financial services. The design of the research is a case study. Convenience sampling was used to select customer and staff samples. Primary data were used. The primary data were generated through questionnaires. Data were analyzed by the use of regression analysis. Based on the hypotheses tested, it was observed that customer relationship management is significantly related to corporate perf...
The level of venture mortality rate in the Nigeria business environment is quite startling as a r... more The level of venture mortality rate in the Nigeria business environment is quite startling as a result of the immense global competition. The rate of knowledge management practice is low which is linked to low or lack of innovation. This mortality rate could be linked to lack of innovative capability. Therefore, this study is designed to evaluate the impact of knowledge management on innovation in selected banks in Nigeria. The objectives of the study are: to investigate the relationship between experience sharing and managerial innovation in the banking sector; to examine the effect of the knowledge application process on product Innovation in the banking sector. Primary data were obtained through the use of a questionnaire. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 80 respondents from the study population of 185 employees. Correlation (r) analysis was adopted to analyse the relationship between experience sharing and managerial innovation in the banking secto...
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2020
Background: Although out-of-pocket (OOP) payment for health services is common, information on th... more Background: Although out-of-pocket (OOP) payment for health services is common, information on the experience in maternal health services especially caesarean delivery (CD) is limited. Aim: To compare the pregnancy events and financial transactions for CD among OOP and health-insured clients. Materials and Methods: A comparative (retrospective) study of 200 women who had CD as OOP (100 participants) or health-insured clients (100 participants) over 30 months at Anchormed Hospital, Ilorin, using multistage sampling was conducted. The data were analysed using Chi-square, t-test and regression analysis; P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Of 1246 deliveries, 410 (32.9%) had CD; of these, 186 (45.4%) were health-insured and 224 (54.6%) were OOP payers. The health-insured were mostly civil servants (60.0% vs. 40.0%; P = 0.009) of high social class (48.0% vs. 29.0%; P = 0.001). The payment for CD was higher among OOP (P = 0.001), whereas duration from hospital d...
The changing world situation that resulted from the global financial catastrophe has made it nece... more The changing world situation that resulted from the global financial catastrophe has made it necessary for financial firms to be more diversified. There has come a swift transition in the financial services in the world including Nigeria. A new mode of banking i.e. Non-interest banking services has been introduced and accepted widely in many countries of the world including Nigeria. An enabling environment suitable for such operation is essential in all their operational activities especially being an alternative banking system that offers new kinds of banking products in a developing economy. The objective of the study is to evaluate the suitability of Nigeria environment for Non-interest banking services operations conducting empirical studies using secondary data. Findings from the study show that the socio-cultural and technological environment of the area is favorable for the marketability of NIBS while the political environment is unstable. The study recommends that Banks are...
The poor performance of indigenous multinational organisations has been a concern to stakeholders... more The poor performance of indigenous multinational organisations has been a concern to stakeholders in Nigeria because it has led to loss of jobs and revenue to the nation. Therefore, policy makers are searching for means of improving their performance. One of the ways is to encourage organisations to form strategic alliance. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate factors that determine success or failure of strategic alliance among indigenous multinational manufacturing companies, ascertain the commitment of top management to strategic alliance among indigenous multinational manufacturing companies, and determine the influence of cohesiveness of ties with partners on the acquisition of resources. All seven indigenous multinational manufacturing companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange constitute the population of study. Primary data were generated through the administration of questionnaire on all 124 top managers involved in strategic alliance decisions and prac...
Journal of Research in National Development, 2013
Kardan Journal of Economics and Manangement Sciences, 2021
The relationship between corporate culture and organisational innovation has been the subject of ... more The relationship between corporate culture and organisational innovation has been the subject of debate by researchers for over four decades. The objectives of the study were to: evaluate the influence of an organization's mission as an element of organisational culture on product and service innovation; examine the effect of consistency as an element of organisational culture on process innovation; and a questionnaire was designed using structured questions to obtain data from employees in the five branches of Guarantee Trust Bank in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. A total of 150 copies of questionnaires were administered, of which 132 were properly filled out and returned. The formulated hypotheses were tested using regression analysis with the aid of SPSS version 25. The findings revealed that organisation mission has an effect on product and service innovation with an R2 value of 0.683; consistency influences process innovation with an R2 value of 0.609. Therefore, the study recommended, among other things, that organisational mission should be shared amongst employees to enable them to contribute innovatively to the achievement of organisational goals. Organizational value should also be shared amongst employees as it will enable them to act in the interest of the organisation at all times.
Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2018
Nigerian economy is regarded as one of thelargest in Africa; the nation however, is facedwith man... more Nigerian economy is regarded as one of thelargest in Africa; the nation however, is facedwith many problems of which unemployment isone of them. Youths are said to be the strengthof a nation, but many of them are unemployedand hence cannot in any way contribute to thegrowth and development of the economy.Therefore, the objective of the study was toexamine the Effect of Entrepreneurship SkillsDevelopment on Youth Employment in KwaraState, Nigeria. The population of the studycomprised of 195 students enrolled inInternational Vocational, Technical E the data were gatheredthrough a structured questionnaire. The datawere analyzed using both Pearson correlationand simple regression analysis. The results ofthe study revealed that a positive relationshipexists between entrepreneurship skills development and youth employment generation,which is significant at p-value of 0.000 (R =0.714, R2 = 0.510, (0.000) < 0.05). The studyconcluded that entrepreneurship skillsdevelopment has effect on y...
By placing too much focus on marketing activities directed at new customers, companies often expe... more By placing too much focus on marketing activities directed at new customers, companies often experience the ‘leaking basket’ effect, where customers are being lost because of insufficient marketing activity. It is believed that many firms over-emphasize identification of prospects and their conversion to customers. Hence under-emphasis on generating repeat purchase. Therefore it is the fostering of long term product loyalty through customer relationship management that leads to increase in sales. The objective of the study is the examination of customer relationship management in marketing financial services. The design of the research is a case study. Convenience sampling was used to select customer and staff samples. Primary data were used. The primary data were generated through questionnaires. Data were analyzed by the use of regression analysis. Based on the hypotheses tested, it was observed that customer relationship management is significantly related to corporate perf...
World Technopolis Review, 2014
This study is concerned with the process of technology transfer and commercialization. It is focu... more This study is concerned with the process of technology transfer and commercialization. It is focused on the entrepreneurial development through the university business incubation process of Thailand. The study analyzes the leading university business incubators (UBIs) as well as major science and technology incubators to understand the strategies for commercialization of technology. The analyses of results, based on the Triple Helix model, have shown that the incubation program is one of the major policy mechanisms to support innovation and suggested that UBIs should act as an intermediary between the spheres of university and industry to provide interactive linkages and promote effective utilization of university research. The empirical study provides theoretical and managerial implications on the government policies to support the entrepreneurial development, innovation development and diffusion.
Agriecobis : Journal of Agricultural Socioeconomics and Business
Despite the tough circumstances and competitiveness of shops with permanent structures, it is ack... more Despite the tough circumstances and competitiveness of shops with permanent structures, it is acknowledged that street enterprise could play a vital role in alleviating poverty across the globe. Formal organizations recognize this possibility and are strategically incorporating informal organizations into their selling operations. The broad objective of this study was to examine the effect of street trade on small and medium enterprises performance with a specific focus on the operators in Ilorin metropolis. Therefore, the study’s specific objectives were to: determine the relationship between street entrepreneurship transformative measures and market share of SMEs and evaluate the effect of transformative measures on the transformation of street entrepreneurship into SMEs. Since the study population was large and unknown, Cochran sample size formula was used to determining the sample size of 385. A questionnaire was designed using structured questions to obtain primary data from th...
The dwindling levels of service quality in Nigerian financial institutions had resulted in abysma... more The dwindling levels of service quality in Nigerian financial institutions had resulted in abysmal performance of most banks and other financial institutions in the sector and this challenge has made it imperative for financial firms to be customer centered in all their operational activities. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of service quality of non-interest bank on customers' satisfaction using Jaiz Bank PLC, Kaduna as a case study. The study utilized convenience and snowball sampling techniques to select 147 customers who served as respondents in the study. Correlation and multiple regression analysis were employed as analytical techniques. The results show that compliance with Islamic laws is highly correlated with customer satisfaction which was followed respectively by assurance, reliability, tangibility, responsiveness and empathy dimensions. It was also discovered that the six service quality dimensions significantly influenced the satisfaction of Ja...
Today’s business environment requires companies to undergo changes almost constantly if they are ... more Today’s business environment requires companies to undergo changes almost constantly if they are to remain competitive. Factors such as globalization of markets and rapidly evolving technology force businesses to respond change in order to survive. The objective was to evaluate organizational change as it affects employees’ productivity in Access Bank Plc. The study adopted the survey design. The population of the study was 110 employees from the three (3) branches of Access Bank Plc in Ilorin (i.e. Unity, Tanke, and Surulere branch). The population of the study is a census one. Data were collected using the questionnaire research instrument. Data collected were analyzed using frequency tables and percentage and regression analysis at an alpha level set at 0.05 (i.e. p < 0.05). The result of the study shows that: Employees’ participation in decision making during change process significantly improved organizationsmarket share (p = < 0.05, r = 0.941); There is a significant pos...
By placing too much focus on marketing activities directed at new customers, companies often expe... more By placing too much focus on marketing activities directed at new customers, companies often experience the ‘leaking basket’ effect, where customers are being lost because of insufficient marketing activity. It is believed that many firms over-emphasize identification of prospects and their conversion to customers. Hence under-emphasis on generating repeat purchase. Therefore it is the fostering of long term product loyalty through customer relationship management that leads to increase in sales. The objective of the study is the examination of customer relationship management in marketing financial services. The design of the research is a case study. Convenience sampling was used to select customer and staff samples. Primary data were used. The primary data were generated through questionnaires. Data were analyzed by the use of regression analysis. Based on the hypotheses tested, it was observed that customer relationship management is significantly related to corporate perf...
The level of venture mortality rate in the Nigeria business environment is quite startling as a r... more The level of venture mortality rate in the Nigeria business environment is quite startling as a result of the immense global competition. The rate of knowledge management practice is low which is linked to low or lack of innovation. This mortality rate could be linked to lack of innovative capability. Therefore, this study is designed to evaluate the impact of knowledge management on innovation in selected banks in Nigeria. The objectives of the study are: to investigate the relationship between experience sharing and managerial innovation in the banking sector; to examine the effect of the knowledge application process on product Innovation in the banking sector. Primary data were obtained through the use of a questionnaire. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 80 respondents from the study population of 185 employees. Correlation (r) analysis was adopted to analyse the relationship between experience sharing and managerial innovation in the banking secto...
Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2020
Background: Although out-of-pocket (OOP) payment for health services is common, information on th... more Background: Although out-of-pocket (OOP) payment for health services is common, information on the experience in maternal health services especially caesarean delivery (CD) is limited. Aim: To compare the pregnancy events and financial transactions for CD among OOP and health-insured clients. Materials and Methods: A comparative (retrospective) study of 200 women who had CD as OOP (100 participants) or health-insured clients (100 participants) over 30 months at Anchormed Hospital, Ilorin, using multistage sampling was conducted. The data were analysed using Chi-square, t-test and regression analysis; P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Of 1246 deliveries, 410 (32.9%) had CD; of these, 186 (45.4%) were health-insured and 224 (54.6%) were OOP payers. The health-insured were mostly civil servants (60.0% vs. 40.0%; P = 0.009) of high social class (48.0% vs. 29.0%; P = 0.001). The payment for CD was higher among OOP (P = 0.001), whereas duration from hospital d...
The changing world situation that resulted from the global financial catastrophe has made it nece... more The changing world situation that resulted from the global financial catastrophe has made it necessary for financial firms to be more diversified. There has come a swift transition in the financial services in the world including Nigeria. A new mode of banking i.e. Non-interest banking services has been introduced and accepted widely in many countries of the world including Nigeria. An enabling environment suitable for such operation is essential in all their operational activities especially being an alternative banking system that offers new kinds of banking products in a developing economy. The objective of the study is to evaluate the suitability of Nigeria environment for Non-interest banking services operations conducting empirical studies using secondary data. Findings from the study show that the socio-cultural and technological environment of the area is favorable for the marketability of NIBS while the political environment is unstable. The study recommends that Banks are...
The poor performance of indigenous multinational organisations has been a concern to stakeholders... more The poor performance of indigenous multinational organisations has been a concern to stakeholders in Nigeria because it has led to loss of jobs and revenue to the nation. Therefore, policy makers are searching for means of improving their performance. One of the ways is to encourage organisations to form strategic alliance. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate factors that determine success or failure of strategic alliance among indigenous multinational manufacturing companies, ascertain the commitment of top management to strategic alliance among indigenous multinational manufacturing companies, and determine the influence of cohesiveness of ties with partners on the acquisition of resources. All seven indigenous multinational manufacturing companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange constitute the population of study. Primary data were generated through the administration of questionnaire on all 124 top managers involved in strategic alliance decisions and prac...