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    A bibliometric analysis of green financing and renewable energy research for 2000-2023
    (2024-12-08) Saidu Musa
    This bibliometric analysis examines the research on green financing and renewable energy from 2000 to 2023. The study analyses the publication trends, most productive countries and institutions, frequently occurring concepts, and active and cited authors in this field. The findings reveal a significant increase in publications on green financing and renewable energy in recent years which highlights the increasing interest and investment in these fields, with China being the most productive country. The analysis of keywords highlights the focus on renewable energy, sustainability, and climate change. The study also identifies the most active and cited authors, as well as the top journals in this research area. Overall, the analysis underscores the growing interest and importance of green financing and renewable energy in addressing climate change and promoting sustainable development. The analysis presents future opportunities for research in the areas of green financing and renewable energy, as well as the development of sustainable finance and renewable energy solutions.
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    Influence of Board Members’ Education Level and Industrial Experience on Sustainability Reporting of Listed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria
    (2024-11-12) Saidu Musa
    The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between board members’ education level and industrial experience on sustainability reporting of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria from the period of 2013-2020. Secondary data was collected from annual reports and account of listed deposit money banks from the Nigeria Stock Exchange website. Results from the panel least squares regression revealed that board members’ industrial experience positively influences sustainability reporting of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria. Whereas, the study found no evidence on the relationship between board members’ education level and sustainability reporting. The study concludes that board members’ industrial experience improves the extent of sustainability reporting of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria and thus recommends that shareholders and management of deposit money banks in Nigeria should consider board members’ industrial experience when constituting the board. Keywords: Board education level, deposit money banks, Industrial experience, social responsibility, Sustainability reporting
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    IMPACT OF FIRM AND OWNER CHARACTERISTICS ON ACCESS TO FORMAL EXTERNAL FINANCING AMONG SMEs IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA
    (ProQuest, 2019) Lukman Adebayo Oke
    The paucity of finance to SMEs, widely reported in the literature has continued to undermine the contribution of the sector to economic growth. This scourge has partly been blamed on the SMEs’ observable characteristics which include firm factors and owner’s profile. However, the dearth of comprehensive research in this area portends the need for further studies especially in the North Central Nigeria where the problem is reportedly endemic. Against this backdrop, the study examined, from both SMEs and banks’ perspectives, the impact of firm and owner characteristics on access to formal external financing in the North Central Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to: (i) examine the nature of access to finance among SMEs in the North Central Nigeria; (ii) evaluate impact of firm specific characteristics on access to bank finance among SMEs in the North Central Nigeria; (iii) investigate if owner characteristics influence access to bank finance among SMEs in the North Central Nigeria; (iv) examine the firm specific factors influencing credit status of SMEs in the North Central Nigeria; (v) assess the owner factors determining credit status of SMEs in the North Central Nigeria; and (vi) determine the firm and owner characteristics influencing banks’ credit approval for SMEs in the North central Nigeria. Data were drawn from the primary source through the adaption of World Bank and OECD Financial literacy questionnaires to elicit responses from the sampled SMEs owners/ managers and bank loan officers in study area. A sample of 280 SMEs and 207 loan officers were drawn from the population of 1030 SMEs and 448 banks respectively. Descriptive statistics, binary logit regression model with Marginal effect, ordered logit with average partial effect and Kruskal Wallis H were employed in analyzing the data. The findings of the study were: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) external credits are relatively less utilized for startup, working capital and acquisition of non-current asset due to the risk averse behaviour of banks in North central Nigeria; firm size, firm age, incorporation status, industry, financial information, firm location and firm collateral which are significant at 0.1,0.1,0.05,0.05, 0.01, 0.1 and 0.1 respectively, are the firm specific characteristics impacting on access to bank finance among SMEs. Whereas financial stability is insignificant at 0.01; owner’s gender, owner’s networking and relationship with bank are the owner characteristics influencing access to bank finance among SMEs, significant at 0.05, 0.1 and 0.1 respectively, and that owner’s age, education, experience, financial literacy and personal wealth do not have significant influence on access to bank finance among SMEs in the region; firm size, industry, financial information, firm collateral and financial stability which are significant at 0.01,0.01,0.01,0.0, 0.01and 0.1 respectively, are the firm specific characteristics influencing the probability of not being credit constrained among SMEs in the region. Whereas firm age, incorporation status and firm location are insignificant; owner’s gender, owner’s age, education, financial literacy, owner’s networking and relationship with bank are the owner characteristics influencing the probability of not being credit constrained among SMEs in the region, significant at 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01, 0.01 and 0.05 respectively, and that owner’s experience and personal wealth do not have significant influence on probability of not being credit constrained among SMEs in the region; and all the study’s firm and owner’s characteristics, which are all significant at 0.01, are the factors influencing banks’ credit approval for SMEs in the North Central Nigeria The study concluded that SMEs in the North Central Nigeria encounter serious paucity of finance as they are virtually oblivious of, or not fully exploring all firm and owner related factors influencing their access to formal external finance from financial institutions. The study recommended that SMEs should fully explore all firm and owner factors, at individual level, for improved access to financial market. Also, they should synergise by forming strong alliance and solicit credits as a consortium rather than as individual units to facilitate better access and at relatively cheaper costs.
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    Revisiting macroeconomic news and exhange rate yield: An empirical analysis from Nigeria
    (Coal City University, 2022-06) Adekunle Ahmed Oluwatobi
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    Impact of Intellectual Capital Components on Performance of Listed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria
    (Faculty of Arts, Management and Social Science Journal, Edo University, Iyamho., 2019-12-20) Sanni, Mubaraq; Usman, Muhammed Kamaldeen
    The financial crisis and earlier recapitalization of Nigerian banks has been so challenging that merger and acquisitions have become survival strategies adopted by DMBs, this is caused by the mismanagement of their intellectual capital. Based on this, the study examined the impact of intellectual capital components on performance of listed DMBs in Nigeria, to achieve this, three (3) in components of intellectual capital were identified viz: Structural capital, Relational capital and Human capital while the performance was measured using VAIC model. The study used Ex post facto research design with the of the research design with the population consisting of the twenty-two licensed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria, due to unavailability of data, nineteen (19) DMBs were chosen as the sample size. Using generalized least square (GLS) regression, the study found a positive significant relationship between structural capital and performance of DMBs apital and performance of DMBs as evidenced by the P-value of 0.000 at 1% level of significance. This implies that, if structural capital is well managed, it will influence the financial performance of the firm. The study also found a a not significant positive relationship between human capital, relational capital and performance of DMBs. The study therefore concluded that only structural capital out of the three identified components of intellectual capital influences the financial performance of DMBs in Nigeria while others are not significant. The study recommends that business executives and the entire stakeholders in the Nigerian Banking sector should begin to realize and treat intellectual capital as very important business resource