Journal of Business and Administrative Studies
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JBAS’ purpose is to provide practitioners and scholars opportunities for research based debate as well as discourse in the fields of finance, economics, marketing, and public and development management and governance and related fields, disciplines and professions, particularly, as these relate to Ethiopia. JBAS is a bi-annual journal published by St Mary University College.St. Mary's University Collegeen-USJournal of Business and Administrative Studies2077-3420Copyright belongs to St. Mary's University CollegeStructural change and economic growth in Ethiopia, 1991-2017
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<p>Ethiopia undertook far-reaching economic reforms since 1991. For the past three decades, its economy has exhibited a structural change both in terms of sectoral share of employment and their contribution to GDP. For 1991- 2017, the contribution of the agriculture sector to GDP has declined from 58.7% to 33.8% and its share to total employment from 90.1% to 68.22%. Similarly, the value- added contribution of the service sector has increased from 29.6% to 37% and its share of employment from 16% to 21.5% while the contribution of manufacturing sector to GDP remain stagnant. Therefore, this study determines whether the change in the production structure of the country affects the GDP growth rate of the country. As a result, the structural change increases GDP growth rate both in the short run and long run through the relocation of labor mainly from the agriculture and manufacturing sectors to the service sector.</p>Wondwosen Getaneh
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2024-04-192024-04-19141123Determinants of mobile payment adoption by Merchants in Ethiopia
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<p>Nowadays the world witnessed a rapid growth in mobile commerce and the widespread use of mobile devices. The growth of mobile commerce depends on widely accepted mobile payment systems. However, this trend is not well experienced in developing countries like Ethiopia. Even though merchants somehow benefited from the rapid growth in electronic commerce and the use of mobile devices in e-commerce, they still hesitate to effectively employ in their day-to-day transactions. Little research has been conducted to examine and explain the merchants' views on the new payment technology. In this paper, we explore the factors that affect merchants’ adoption of mobile payment in Ethiopia. The result suggests that relative advantage, ease of use, usefulness, attitude, trust, risk/security, and cost are factors that affect mobile payment adoption positively and significantly. Whereas, compatibility is found not significant for merchants’ adoption of mobile payment systems in the Ethiopian context. Based on the findings, the study proposes a conceptual model for mobile payment adoption to guide practice and future research in this emerging area.</p>Firehiwot AbebeLemma Lessa
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2024-04-192024-04-191412444Determinants of the monitoring and evaluations practices of development projects: the case of national Biogas program of Ethiopia
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<p>This study examines the determinants of the effectiveness of government development project monitoring and evaluation. The descriptive and explanatory research designs were used in the study, there are approximately 110 NBPE employees, and the research is conducted using a census survey method. A total of 76 respondents were chosen. 11 program managers/coordinators, 31 engineers/technicians, 28 senior staff members (private sector developer, general support officer, finance officer, promotion/value chain officer), and 2 M&E experts are surveyed for this investigation. The descriptive statistics used in the study were generated using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. Information was presented in the form of tables, figures, and graphs. The study discovered that stakeholder participation, staff handling competence, organizational leadership, budgetary allocation, and technology utilization n/development to M&E systems all have a positive and significant impact on the effectiveness of the M&E system in NBPE, and the study discovered that all variables have a positive and significant impact on the effectiveness of the M&E system in NBPE. Staff competency and organizational leadership were found to have the greatest impact on the effectiveness of NBPE M&E practice for government development organizations, followed by stakeholder participation and technology development and utilization. The study also discovered that stakeholder participation, organizational leadership, and technology development and utilization have a significant impact on the effectiveness of project monitoring and evaluation. Finally, the study suggests that orienting and training middle management for M&E functions, as well as rotating them into different jobs, should be part of the organization's human resource development policy.</p>Abiy GirmaDejene Mamo
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2024-04-192024-04-191414353Business-Government relations and firm innovation: the moderating role of informal market competition and top management Gender
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<p>This study examines the effect of business-government relations on the firm’s innovation in Ethiopia. The study further examined the moderating role of informal market competition and the gender of top management on the link between business government relations and firm innovation. The study used the latest available survey data from the 2015 World Bank Enterprise Survey for Ethiopia. A total of 552 firms from 14 industries are included in this study. The probity estimate results show that business-government relations significantly positively affect firms' innovation. Informal market competition eliminates the positive impact of business-government relations on innovation, while being a top female manager weakens the positive effect of business-government relations on innovation. Lastly, the firm’s innovation is also positively affected by firm size and R&D expenditure. The study has theoretical contributions and forwarded policy and managerial implications.</p>Misraku MollaTassew TadesseTariku Lorato
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2024-04-192024-04-191415476Management control systems and strategy: trends, gaps and opportunities for Future Research
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<p>The relationship between management control systems and strategy is widely researched with varied conceptualization of the relationship and diverse range of theories, methods, and contexts. This paper is an analytical review of literature aimed at documenting an understanding of the relationship between management control systems and strategies to comprehend existing knowledge, identify gaps, and sketch future research directions. Articles were located using keywords from the Scopus database and Google Scholar search engine for the period from 1997 to 2022. The review was conducted by classifying studies in the research context, theory, research approach with its paradigm, and understanding of the relationship between management control system and strategy. After classification, the contributions of research to the field and the lessons learned from these studies are discussed. The findings revealed that prior research mainly focused on the business sector of the developed market context, mainly illuminated by contingency and institutional theories, philosophical divides of realism and interpretive, and most of them assume a one-directional relationship between management control systems and strategy. The findings imply that further study can enhance understanding by researching in a different context, using robust alternative theories, a critical realist view of mixed methods research, and a bidirectional conceptualization of the relationship between Management control systems and Strategy.</p>Asmamaw GetiePadakanti LaxmikanthamAbebaw Kassie
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