Jornal of Management, Economics and Industrial Organization

1-17

Authors: Irfan Djedovic, Ugur Ergun

This paper analyzes the volatility spillover between Dow Jones UK conventional index (GBDOW) and Dow Jones UK Islamic index. Monthly observations spanning in a period from January 2010 until June 2017 are obtained from Investing.com database. Vector Auto-regression analysis (VAR) and Impulse response functions are used in order to estimate the impact. The results show that there is a significant impact of Dow Jones UK index volatility on Dow Jones UK Islamic index volatility.

41-61

Authors: Gylych Jelilov, Kemal Ozden, Sotonye Orinaemi Briggs

This paper examines the relevant issue of insecurity in Nigeria and its implication for socio-economic development, with the available data on the level and magnitude of insecurity in Nigeria exposes an increase over time, which constitutes serious threat to lives and properties, obstructs commercial activities and discourages local and foreign investors, all which suppresses Nigeria’s socio-economic growth. This rising wave of insecurity has not subsided but has assumed an unsafe facet which is threatening the communal existence of the country as one geographical entity. In the light of the above, the paper recommends that government must be pre-emptive in dealing with security issues and threats, in view of managing security challenges. The real solution lies in government accelerating the pace of economic growth by creating an economy with a relevant social, economic and physical infrastructure to support business and industrial growth. This research paper carries out empirical research on the effect of insecurity and investment on the economy of Nigeria from 2007 to 2017, using three variables as input Nigeria Terrorism Index, Foreign Direct Investment [Inflow], Oil Prices. The study employed the use of correlation and regression techniques to analyse the collected data. Using Nigeria Terrorism Index as a proxy for insecurity and Foreign Direct Investment [Inflow] as a proxy for investment.

76-99

Authors: Mehmet Turker

Social business networking is a socioeconomic activity of like-minded entrepreneurs who share the same goals and social concerns. Participating in the social business networks at international level is an option for small businesses to penetrate and develop competitiveness in export markets. Social business networks are instrumental in overcoming the export barriers especially for inexperienced entrepreneurs since participating networks provide them with opportunities and enhance the performance of their enterprises through penetrating and developing competitiveness in overseas markets. Business networking relations of entrepreneurs provides valuable and specialized knowledge and competencies for entrepreneurs to overcome export barriers arising mainly from lack of prior knowledge of external markets and experience. The studies on export performance have addressed these barriers as impediments or limitations on the export performance of companies in general and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular. Most of the empirical studies in export literature mainly focus on internal or controllable factors such as managerial factors, company characteristics and competencies, and export marketing strategic capabilities, since they are significant determinants in overcoming the export barriers.This study attempts to assess the impact of engaging in the networking activities on export performance of SMEs referring these firm-level controllable determinants of export performance. The survey data collected from 248 Turkish SMEs were analyzed with SPSS AMOS 23 employing structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the validity of the hypothesized model. The findings of the study point out the positive correlation between engaging social business networks and the export performance of the enterprises. The findings also provide valuable information about the influence of firm level factors, such as the degree of internationalization, the education level of the manager, export marketing competency, size and export experience, on the relationship between engaging in the networking activities and export performance.