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Capital structure decisions are the most crucial decisions taken by corporate organizations, as these decisions have massive impact on the overall cost of capital weighted average and the resultant profitability and market value of shares. Most of…

This paper discusses the development of a software simulator to predict the optimum drying conditions of a bed of cocoa beans in a convective dryer. To achieve this, a suitable mathematical drying model based on the Luikov’s model of heat and mass…

This study empirically examines the effect of foreign banks entry on banking efficiency scores, using the truncated regression data envelopment analysis model for 25s banks in Ghana, over a 6‐year period (2010–2015). We decompose the efficiency…

Increasing use of high-bandwidth applications (such as streaming video) drives a continued desire for higher throughput and better coverage from wireless networks. This has rapidly increased the demand for mobile broadband traffic and driven the need…

Purpose
This study aims to examine the quantitative effect and direction of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic growth in Africa using a sample of 20 African countries from 2003 to 2012 with data obtained from United Nations…

Although information technology has positively influenced operations in the Ghanaian financial sector, there is still a high operational cost in performing KYC procedures due to duplication of efforts during clients' onboarding. The decentralized…

Thermal treatment processes such as roasting and drying are very energy intensive
and considering the ever-increasing cost of energy, there is the need for continuous process
improvement in order to reduce operational cost, while maintaining or…

Women's economic empowerment is a technique meant to give them more authority over decisions, increase their income, and own assets. Since empowering women is essential to achieving the goals of development and reducing poverty, numerous attempts…

In this article, we considered the hardware and software of the grinding process control system. To increase the productivity of cement clinker grinding units operating in a closed cycle, an automated control optimization system was created using a…

The novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is recognized as a global pandemic, affecting more than 530 million individuals worldwide. The COVID contagion presents an exclusive challenge to education. Due to the restrictions recommended by the World…