The critical role of the educational sector in improving and reforming society and the world has ... more The critical role of the educational sector in improving and reforming society and the world has aroused the interest of governments
and agencies to exert substantial financial resources to reduce the financial burden of parents in educating children
and attaining a holistic approach to national development. This paper evaluates the impact of variables such as professional
needs, form of training, duration period, perceived impact, and feedback effect on teacher professional development (PD) in
Ghana. To facilitate the study objective, we used a survey design approach to collect data from 400 teachers in the Central
region of Ghana. This paper adopted PLS-SEM for analysis. The study concludes that: (1) The duration period of PD training
significantly affects teacher feedback effect and professional needs. (2) Feedback effect from teachers has a significant effect
on PD. (3) The form of training that teachers receive has a direct effect on PD. (4) Perceived impact influences feedback effect
and PD. (5) Teachers’ professional needs impact their feedback effect. To achieve the target goals, stakeholders, teachers, and
PD planners for SHS, must ask more specifically from teachers about what knowledge or content they would like to learn
and their prioritized mode of training and duration period needed.
Global climate change has emerged as humanity’s greatest challenge, affecting both the natural se... more Global climate change has emerged as humanity’s greatest challenge, affecting both the natural security of the earth and the long-term growth of human society. Protecting the environment and fostering long-term growth while reducing carbon emissions has become a global concern. The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are participating in the fight against climate change through the promotion of low-carbon environment (LCE). In this study, we use content analysis to discuss some of the policies, plans, and programs outlined by the various governments in the BRICS that can help them implement an LCE. The study indicates that currently Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are rated as “insufficient,” “critically insufficient,” “compatible,” “incompatible,” and “highly insufficient” respectively in their commitment to nationally determined contributions (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. The paper recommends that the BRICS countries achieve an LCE throu...
Forestry is the underpinning of economic and environmental civilization for sustainable
economic... more Forestry is the underpinning of economic and environmental civilization for sustainable
economic development. Forestry benefits ecosystems and local dwellings; thus, transforming and
advancing forest products in a civilized society is critical to building a progressive community. This
research aims to analyze the merits of forest products based on static, dynamic, and scale efficiency.
It employed the super-efficient data envelopment analysis—Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes, and
Malmquist index methods with an enhanced robustness check by applying the Stochastic Frontier
Analysis. The results show that, first, from the perspective of static efficiency, the forestry industry’s
operating performance is maintained at a relatively high level, with a minimal fluctuation range;
however, the scale efficiency is observed at a deficient level. Limited by the scale efficiency results,
the aggregate comprehensive technical efficiency was at a low standard. The average total factor
productivity of dynamic efficiency for each company reached 1.029, indicating that the resource
allocation of listed companies is relatively reasonable, operating efficiency is on the rise, and technical
level changes are a substantial source of total factor productivity growth. Furthermore, the super
efficiency DEA findings indicated that 11 of the most high-performance companies attained an
efficiency value above criterion value one after re-ranking. The comprehensive efficiency value of
Sun Paper reached 1.438 in 2019, Sophia 1.393, Hexing Packaging 1.383, Fujian Jinsen 1.326, Bunny
1.271, Meike Home Furnishing 1.235, Jingxing Paper 1.222, Zhongshun Jiezou 1.116, Meiying Sen
1.099, Chenming Paper 1.064, Da Ya Dekor 1.015. Second, the comprehensive efficiency value of
Fujian Jinsen’s company has a more significant impact on the overall average efficiency of the forestry
listed companies. After excluding Fujian Jinsen, the average comprehensive efficiency of 2018–2019
indicated an upward trend for the listed companies. This study suggests that policymakers should
strengthen the forestry industry development plan and policy implementation regulations to focus
on the forward-looking and guiding principles of industrial and technological innovation policies
Sustainable business model innovation (SBMI) introduced a unique frontier in current business ope... more Sustainable business model innovation (SBMI) introduced a unique frontier in current business operations and innovation management. Despite the numerous advantages of SBMI to contemporary business strategy, most established firms face challenges in its successful implementation. Through a systematic review process (SRP), the paper attempted to critically evaluate and analyze the previous outcome on the barriers and drivers to SBMI. The research explored 42 prior studies to identify the thematic study areas, highlight the research gaps, and outline future propositions and agendas. The research thoroughly evaluates the state-of-the-art regarding barriers and drivers to implement SBMI. The SRP approach utilized in the study sheds light on the intricacies of SBMI by highlighting six critical barriers: institutional, organizational, strategic, resource allocation, technological, and financial barriers that hinder the successful deployment of SBMI. In addition, the study’s findings indica...
Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronav... more Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This study emphasizes the relevance of citizens’ acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in assisting global recovery from the pandemic and aiding the tourism industries to return to normalcy. This study further presented the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in China. Also, the study confirmed the past performance of tourism in China to the current tourism-related COVID-19 effects from a global perspective by employing Australia’s outbound tourism data from 2008 to 2020 on top 6 destinations, including China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Methods Jeffrey’s Amazing Statistical Program (JASP) was used to analyze this study. The JASP statistical software was employed to accurately analyze the vaccines administered in China from December 15, 2020, to March 28, 2021. Results The study results demonstrate an overwhelm...
Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy
Background: Ghana was the first country to receive the coronavirus vaccination in West Africa fro... more Background: Ghana was the first country to receive the coronavirus vaccination in West Africa from AstraZeneca or Oxford. Ghana plans to vaccinate 20 million out of the 32 million population and provide the necessary doses utilizing multilateral and bilateral agreements. As Ghana begins vaccinating its citizens, there is some skepticism about administering the coronavirus vaccine (CVV). This research aimed to analyze the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics influencing vaccine hesitancy (VH) and refusal among Ghanaians. Methods: The multinomial logistics regression model was employed to investigate the relationship between respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics and VH. The research data were gathered between March to June 2021 through an online survey. Findings: The findings of this study indicated that approximately 92.75% of the 400 respondents have heard about CVV. The study suggests that less than 5% of the participants have so far received the CVV. Most of the ...
Contemporarily, depression has become a common psychiatric disorder that influences people’s life... more Contemporarily, depression has become a common psychiatric disorder that influences people’s life quality and mental state. This study presents a systematic review analysis of depression based on a hierarchical structure approach. This research provides a rich theoretical foundation for understanding the hot spots, evolutionary trends, and future related research directions and offers further guidance for practice. This investigation contributes to knowledge by combining robust methodological software for analysis, including Citespace, Ucinet, and Pajek. This paper employed the bibliometric methodology to analyze 5,000 research articles concerning depression. This current research also employed the BibExcel software to bibliometrically measure the keywords of the selected articles and further conducted a co-word matrix analysis. Additionally, Pajek software was used to conduct a co-word network analysis to obtain a co-word network diagram of depression. Further, Ucinet software was ...
Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronav... more Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This study emphasizes the relevance of citizens’ acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in assisting global recovery from the pandemic and aiding the tourism industries to return to normalcy. This study further presented the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in China. Also, the study confirmed the past performance of tourism in China to the current tourism-related COVID-19 effects from a global perspective by employing Australia’s outbound tourism data from 2008 to 2020 on top 6 destinations, including China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Methods Jeffrey’s Amazing Statistical Program (JASP) was used to analyze this study. The JASP statistical software was employed to accurately analyze the vaccines administered in China from December 15, 2020, to March 28, 2021. Results The study results demonstrate an overwhelm...
Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronav... more Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This study emphasizes the relevance of citizens’ acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in assisting global recovery from the pandemic and aiding the tourism industries to return to normalcy. This study further presented the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in China. Also, the study confirmed the past performance of tourism in China to the current tourism-related COVID-19 effects from a global perspective by employing Australia’s outbound tourism data from 2008 to 2020 on top 6 destinations, including China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Methods Jeffrey’s Amazing Statistical Program (JASP) was used to analyze this study. The JASP statistical software was employed to accurately analyze the vaccines administered in China from December 15, 2020, to March 28, 2021. Results The study results demonstrate an overwhelm...
International Journal of Scientific and Management Research
This current study examines the barriers linked to the supply of bioenergy implementation project... more This current study examines the barriers linked to the supply of bioenergy implementation projects in Ghana. This present study aims to provide an empirical analysis into the barriers to the supply of bioenergy implementation in Ghana and the stringent measures to put in place to mitigate such obstacles. This study utilizes both case study and survey approaches to achieve the research objective. We received 433 respondents from 433 high-ranking staff through questionnaires and expert interviews. Pearson correlation, as well as multiple regression analysis, were employed in this study. The empirical outcome of our research revealed that bioenergy implementation is affected by key barriers such as financial facilities, technical know-how, research data, proper legal framework, and political will. The study suggests that political decisions supporting acceptance and implementation, training and mental ability building, flexible funding mechanisms, and dissemination plans are needed if ...
As students in university happen to be the carbon copy of the society, they equally turn out to e... more As students in university happen to be the carbon copy of the society, they equally turn out to exhibit talents that precede action and an unswerving attitude towards entrepreneurial behaviors. Nevertheless, empirical research backing their entrepreneur
intention (EI) in the emerging economies is lacking, and Ghana is no exception. This study examines entrepreneur intention (EI) among university students through the lens of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). For this purpose, we collected data from 370 students of the University of Cape Coast School of Business (UCC-SoB) by a survey study design approach. Then we analyzed the results through the PLS-SEM technique. The outcome of our study indicated that attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived social norms, perceived entrepreneurial capacity, and entrepreneurship education directly influence entrepreneurship intention. Moreover, the results revealed that entrepreneurship education mediates the relationship between attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived social norms, perceived entrepreneurial capacity, and entrepreneurship intention. We also found that perceived university support moderates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship intention. The empirical findings from our research contribute to a better understanding of underlying factors that influence student entrepreneurship intention. The study recommends that training, business model development, exchange programs, entrepreneurship clubs, entrepreneurship pitch, and business incubators be incorporated into the entrepreneurship programs offered in the various universities to help promote entrepreneurship intention among students.
The environmental repercussions of extensive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on the environment ar... more The environmental repercussions of extensive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on the environment are crucial for policymakers and scholars. The repercussions of and connection between economic growth (ECG), tourism (TOUR), and foreign direct investment (FDI) on CO2 emission mitigation have been measured and argued from empirical and theoretical perspectives by scholars. Notwithstanding, the extant body of knowledge has failed to incorporate and investigate the function of governance in decarbonizing tourism activities and FDI from CO2 emissions to attain a healthy and quality environment in Africa. Hence, this current research investigates governance’s role in the reduction processes of CO2 emissions grounded in environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) conceptual assumptions for panel data spanning 2000 through 2020 for 27 African countries. This research utilized the Westerlund panel cointegration approach for the investigation of the cointegration of the selected variables. This study appl...
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation
This study discusses the steps and initiatives the government of Ghana is adopting to incorporate... more This study discusses the steps and initiatives the government of Ghana is adopting to incorporate mechanization systems in agriculture to alleviate poverty. The relevance of mechanization and its adoption for farming systems has been the priority of the Ghanaian populace. However, few countries with high technologies are assisting the nation with their modern trend of food production and food security systems. Findings demonstrated that agribusiness accounts for 60% of Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 65% of its employment, and 50% of its exports. This study employed content analysis methodology to achieve its goal. Though, without hesitation, agricultural mechanization has immense potential for increased agricultural output and enhanced farmer standard of living. Notwithstanding, there have been a couple of issues affecting farm mechanization in Ghana. First, mechanization is hampered by farm owners' small size and dispersed holdings. Second, most local farm owners are...
Pursuing ecological sustainability while mitigating the effects of environmental pollution has be... more Pursuing ecological sustainability while mitigating the effects of environmental pollution has become a global
pursuit. Moreover, the issue of how emerging economies like Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey, and Nigeria (MINT)
economies can significantly reduce environmental pollution (EVP) remains elusive. This study sought to investigate
the interplay between economic growth, green finance, renewable energy use, natural resource rent,
energy innovation, urbanization and environmental pollution by analyzing panel data from 1990 to 2020. This
research employed the novel econometrics approach CS-ARDL to examine the short and long-term relationships
among the series. The research outcome disclosed that economic growth, natural resource rent and urbanization
increase environmental pollution. In contrast, the empirical findings of this study revealed that environmental
pollution could be neutralized through effective mechanisms such as green finance, renewable energy consumption,
and the promotion of energy innovation. This research provides a fresh insight from the MINT
economies and contributes to the existing literature by examining factors contributing to environmental pollution.
This research also provides a benchmark for policy-makers and governments to invest in environmentallyfriendly
technologies to exploit the natural resources in these countries to mitigate the effect of environmental
pollution.
The critical role of the educational sector in improving and reforming society and the world has ... more The critical role of the educational sector in improving and reforming society and the world has aroused the interest of governments
and agencies to exert substantial financial resources to reduce the financial burden of parents in educating children
and attaining a holistic approach to national development. This paper evaluates the impact of variables such as professional
needs, form of training, duration period, perceived impact, and feedback effect on teacher professional development (PD) in
Ghana. To facilitate the study objective, we used a survey design approach to collect data from 400 teachers in the Central
region of Ghana. This paper adopted PLS-SEM for analysis. The study concludes that: (1) The duration period of PD training
significantly affects teacher feedback effect and professional needs. (2) Feedback effect from teachers has a significant effect
on PD. (3) The form of training that teachers receive has a direct effect on PD. (4) Perceived impact influences feedback effect
and PD. (5) Teachers’ professional needs impact their feedback effect. To achieve the target goals, stakeholders, teachers, and
PD planners for SHS, must ask more specifically from teachers about what knowledge or content they would like to learn
and their prioritized mode of training and duration period needed.
Global climate change has emerged as humanity’s greatest challenge, affecting both the natural se... more Global climate change has emerged as humanity’s greatest challenge, affecting both the natural security of the earth and the long-term growth of human society. Protecting the environment and fostering long-term growth while reducing carbon emissions has become a global concern. The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are participating in the fight against climate change through the promotion of low-carbon environment (LCE). In this study, we use content analysis to discuss some of the policies, plans, and programs outlined by the various governments in the BRICS that can help them implement an LCE. The study indicates that currently Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are rated as “insufficient,” “critically insufficient,” “compatible,” “incompatible,” and “highly insufficient” respectively in their commitment to nationally determined contributions (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. The paper recommends that the BRICS countries achieve an LCE throu...
Forestry is the underpinning of economic and environmental civilization for sustainable
economic... more Forestry is the underpinning of economic and environmental civilization for sustainable
economic development. Forestry benefits ecosystems and local dwellings; thus, transforming and
advancing forest products in a civilized society is critical to building a progressive community. This
research aims to analyze the merits of forest products based on static, dynamic, and scale efficiency.
It employed the super-efficient data envelopment analysis—Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes, and
Malmquist index methods with an enhanced robustness check by applying the Stochastic Frontier
Analysis. The results show that, first, from the perspective of static efficiency, the forestry industry’s
operating performance is maintained at a relatively high level, with a minimal fluctuation range;
however, the scale efficiency is observed at a deficient level. Limited by the scale efficiency results,
the aggregate comprehensive technical efficiency was at a low standard. The average total factor
productivity of dynamic efficiency for each company reached 1.029, indicating that the resource
allocation of listed companies is relatively reasonable, operating efficiency is on the rise, and technical
level changes are a substantial source of total factor productivity growth. Furthermore, the super
efficiency DEA findings indicated that 11 of the most high-performance companies attained an
efficiency value above criterion value one after re-ranking. The comprehensive efficiency value of
Sun Paper reached 1.438 in 2019, Sophia 1.393, Hexing Packaging 1.383, Fujian Jinsen 1.326, Bunny
1.271, Meike Home Furnishing 1.235, Jingxing Paper 1.222, Zhongshun Jiezou 1.116, Meiying Sen
1.099, Chenming Paper 1.064, Da Ya Dekor 1.015. Second, the comprehensive efficiency value of
Fujian Jinsen’s company has a more significant impact on the overall average efficiency of the forestry
listed companies. After excluding Fujian Jinsen, the average comprehensive efficiency of 2018–2019
indicated an upward trend for the listed companies. This study suggests that policymakers should
strengthen the forestry industry development plan and policy implementation regulations to focus
on the forward-looking and guiding principles of industrial and technological innovation policies
Sustainable business model innovation (SBMI) introduced a unique frontier in current business ope... more Sustainable business model innovation (SBMI) introduced a unique frontier in current business operations and innovation management. Despite the numerous advantages of SBMI to contemporary business strategy, most established firms face challenges in its successful implementation. Through a systematic review process (SRP), the paper attempted to critically evaluate and analyze the previous outcome on the barriers and drivers to SBMI. The research explored 42 prior studies to identify the thematic study areas, highlight the research gaps, and outline future propositions and agendas. The research thoroughly evaluates the state-of-the-art regarding barriers and drivers to implement SBMI. The SRP approach utilized in the study sheds light on the intricacies of SBMI by highlighting six critical barriers: institutional, organizational, strategic, resource allocation, technological, and financial barriers that hinder the successful deployment of SBMI. In addition, the study’s findings indica...
Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronav... more Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This study emphasizes the relevance of citizens’ acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in assisting global recovery from the pandemic and aiding the tourism industries to return to normalcy. This study further presented the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in China. Also, the study confirmed the past performance of tourism in China to the current tourism-related COVID-19 effects from a global perspective by employing Australia’s outbound tourism data from 2008 to 2020 on top 6 destinations, including China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Methods Jeffrey’s Amazing Statistical Program (JASP) was used to analyze this study. The JASP statistical software was employed to accurately analyze the vaccines administered in China from December 15, 2020, to March 28, 2021. Results The study results demonstrate an overwhelm...
Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy
Background: Ghana was the first country to receive the coronavirus vaccination in West Africa fro... more Background: Ghana was the first country to receive the coronavirus vaccination in West Africa from AstraZeneca or Oxford. Ghana plans to vaccinate 20 million out of the 32 million population and provide the necessary doses utilizing multilateral and bilateral agreements. As Ghana begins vaccinating its citizens, there is some skepticism about administering the coronavirus vaccine (CVV). This research aimed to analyze the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics influencing vaccine hesitancy (VH) and refusal among Ghanaians. Methods: The multinomial logistics regression model was employed to investigate the relationship between respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics and VH. The research data were gathered between March to June 2021 through an online survey. Findings: The findings of this study indicated that approximately 92.75% of the 400 respondents have heard about CVV. The study suggests that less than 5% of the participants have so far received the CVV. Most of the ...
Contemporarily, depression has become a common psychiatric disorder that influences people’s life... more Contemporarily, depression has become a common psychiatric disorder that influences people’s life quality and mental state. This study presents a systematic review analysis of depression based on a hierarchical structure approach. This research provides a rich theoretical foundation for understanding the hot spots, evolutionary trends, and future related research directions and offers further guidance for practice. This investigation contributes to knowledge by combining robust methodological software for analysis, including Citespace, Ucinet, and Pajek. This paper employed the bibliometric methodology to analyze 5,000 research articles concerning depression. This current research also employed the BibExcel software to bibliometrically measure the keywords of the selected articles and further conducted a co-word matrix analysis. Additionally, Pajek software was used to conduct a co-word network analysis to obtain a co-word network diagram of depression. Further, Ucinet software was ...
Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronav... more Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This study emphasizes the relevance of citizens’ acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in assisting global recovery from the pandemic and aiding the tourism industries to return to normalcy. This study further presented the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in China. Also, the study confirmed the past performance of tourism in China to the current tourism-related COVID-19 effects from a global perspective by employing Australia’s outbound tourism data from 2008 to 2020 on top 6 destinations, including China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Methods Jeffrey’s Amazing Statistical Program (JASP) was used to analyze this study. The JASP statistical software was employed to accurately analyze the vaccines administered in China from December 15, 2020, to March 28, 2021. Results The study results demonstrate an overwhelm...
Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronav... more Background Vaccination is indeed one of the interventional strategies available to combat coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This study emphasizes the relevance of citizens’ acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in assisting global recovery from the pandemic and aiding the tourism industries to return to normalcy. This study further presented the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism industry in China. Also, the study confirmed the past performance of tourism in China to the current tourism-related COVID-19 effects from a global perspective by employing Australia’s outbound tourism data from 2008 to 2020 on top 6 destinations, including China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Methods Jeffrey’s Amazing Statistical Program (JASP) was used to analyze this study. The JASP statistical software was employed to accurately analyze the vaccines administered in China from December 15, 2020, to March 28, 2021. Results The study results demonstrate an overwhelm...
International Journal of Scientific and Management Research
This current study examines the barriers linked to the supply of bioenergy implementation project... more This current study examines the barriers linked to the supply of bioenergy implementation projects in Ghana. This present study aims to provide an empirical analysis into the barriers to the supply of bioenergy implementation in Ghana and the stringent measures to put in place to mitigate such obstacles. This study utilizes both case study and survey approaches to achieve the research objective. We received 433 respondents from 433 high-ranking staff through questionnaires and expert interviews. Pearson correlation, as well as multiple regression analysis, were employed in this study. The empirical outcome of our research revealed that bioenergy implementation is affected by key barriers such as financial facilities, technical know-how, research data, proper legal framework, and political will. The study suggests that political decisions supporting acceptance and implementation, training and mental ability building, flexible funding mechanisms, and dissemination plans are needed if ...
As students in university happen to be the carbon copy of the society, they equally turn out to e... more As students in university happen to be the carbon copy of the society, they equally turn out to exhibit talents that precede action and an unswerving attitude towards entrepreneurial behaviors. Nevertheless, empirical research backing their entrepreneur
intention (EI) in the emerging economies is lacking, and Ghana is no exception. This study examines entrepreneur intention (EI) among university students through the lens of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). For this purpose, we collected data from 370 students of the University of Cape Coast School of Business (UCC-SoB) by a survey study design approach. Then we analyzed the results through the PLS-SEM technique. The outcome of our study indicated that attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived social norms, perceived entrepreneurial capacity, and entrepreneurship education directly influence entrepreneurship intention. Moreover, the results revealed that entrepreneurship education mediates the relationship between attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived social norms, perceived entrepreneurial capacity, and entrepreneurship intention. We also found that perceived university support moderates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship intention. The empirical findings from our research contribute to a better understanding of underlying factors that influence student entrepreneurship intention. The study recommends that training, business model development, exchange programs, entrepreneurship clubs, entrepreneurship pitch, and business incubators be incorporated into the entrepreneurship programs offered in the various universities to help promote entrepreneurship intention among students.
The environmental repercussions of extensive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on the environment ar... more The environmental repercussions of extensive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions on the environment are crucial for policymakers and scholars. The repercussions of and connection between economic growth (ECG), tourism (TOUR), and foreign direct investment (FDI) on CO2 emission mitigation have been measured and argued from empirical and theoretical perspectives by scholars. Notwithstanding, the extant body of knowledge has failed to incorporate and investigate the function of governance in decarbonizing tourism activities and FDI from CO2 emissions to attain a healthy and quality environment in Africa. Hence, this current research investigates governance’s role in the reduction processes of CO2 emissions grounded in environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) conceptual assumptions for panel data spanning 2000 through 2020 for 27 African countries. This research utilized the Westerlund panel cointegration approach for the investigation of the cointegration of the selected variables. This study appl...
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Growth Evaluation
This study discusses the steps and initiatives the government of Ghana is adopting to incorporate... more This study discusses the steps and initiatives the government of Ghana is adopting to incorporate mechanization systems in agriculture to alleviate poverty. The relevance of mechanization and its adoption for farming systems has been the priority of the Ghanaian populace. However, few countries with high technologies are assisting the nation with their modern trend of food production and food security systems. Findings demonstrated that agribusiness accounts for 60% of Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 65% of its employment, and 50% of its exports. This study employed content analysis methodology to achieve its goal. Though, without hesitation, agricultural mechanization has immense potential for increased agricultural output and enhanced farmer standard of living. Notwithstanding, there have been a couple of issues affecting farm mechanization in Ghana. First, mechanization is hampered by farm owners' small size and dispersed holdings. Second, most local farm owners are...
Pursuing ecological sustainability while mitigating the effects of environmental pollution has be... more Pursuing ecological sustainability while mitigating the effects of environmental pollution has become a global
pursuit. Moreover, the issue of how emerging economies like Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey, and Nigeria (MINT)
economies can significantly reduce environmental pollution (EVP) remains elusive. This study sought to investigate
the interplay between economic growth, green finance, renewable energy use, natural resource rent,
energy innovation, urbanization and environmental pollution by analyzing panel data from 1990 to 2020. This
research employed the novel econometrics approach CS-ARDL to examine the short and long-term relationships
among the series. The research outcome disclosed that economic growth, natural resource rent and urbanization
increase environmental pollution. In contrast, the empirical findings of this study revealed that environmental
pollution could be neutralized through effective mechanisms such as green finance, renewable energy consumption,
and the promotion of energy innovation. This research provides a fresh insight from the MINT
economies and contributes to the existing literature by examining factors contributing to environmental pollution.
This research also provides a benchmark for policy-makers and governments to invest in environmentallyfriendly
technologies to exploit the natural resources in these countries to mitigate the effect of environmental
pollution.
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and agencies to exert substantial financial resources to reduce the financial burden of parents in educating children
and attaining a holistic approach to national development. This paper evaluates the impact of variables such as professional
needs, form of training, duration period, perceived impact, and feedback effect on teacher professional development (PD) in
Ghana. To facilitate the study objective, we used a survey design approach to collect data from 400 teachers in the Central
region of Ghana. This paper adopted PLS-SEM for analysis. The study concludes that: (1) The duration period of PD training
significantly affects teacher feedback effect and professional needs. (2) Feedback effect from teachers has a significant effect
on PD. (3) The form of training that teachers receive has a direct effect on PD. (4) Perceived impact influences feedback effect
and PD. (5) Teachers’ professional needs impact their feedback effect. To achieve the target goals, stakeholders, teachers, and
PD planners for SHS, must ask more specifically from teachers about what knowledge or content they would like to learn
and their prioritized mode of training and duration period needed.
economic development. Forestry benefits ecosystems and local dwellings; thus, transforming and
advancing forest products in a civilized society is critical to building a progressive community. This
research aims to analyze the merits of forest products based on static, dynamic, and scale efficiency.
It employed the super-efficient data envelopment analysis—Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes, and
Malmquist index methods with an enhanced robustness check by applying the Stochastic Frontier
Analysis. The results show that, first, from the perspective of static efficiency, the forestry industry’s
operating performance is maintained at a relatively high level, with a minimal fluctuation range;
however, the scale efficiency is observed at a deficient level. Limited by the scale efficiency results,
the aggregate comprehensive technical efficiency was at a low standard. The average total factor
productivity of dynamic efficiency for each company reached 1.029, indicating that the resource
allocation of listed companies is relatively reasonable, operating efficiency is on the rise, and technical
level changes are a substantial source of total factor productivity growth. Furthermore, the super
efficiency DEA findings indicated that 11 of the most high-performance companies attained an
efficiency value above criterion value one after re-ranking. The comprehensive efficiency value of
Sun Paper reached 1.438 in 2019, Sophia 1.393, Hexing Packaging 1.383, Fujian Jinsen 1.326, Bunny
1.271, Meike Home Furnishing 1.235, Jingxing Paper 1.222, Zhongshun Jiezou 1.116, Meiying Sen
1.099, Chenming Paper 1.064, Da Ya Dekor 1.015. Second, the comprehensive efficiency value of
Fujian Jinsen’s company has a more significant impact on the overall average efficiency of the forestry
listed companies. After excluding Fujian Jinsen, the average comprehensive efficiency of 2018–2019
indicated an upward trend for the listed companies. This study suggests that policymakers should
strengthen the forestry industry development plan and policy implementation regulations to focus
on the forward-looking and guiding principles of industrial and technological innovation policies
intention (EI) in the emerging economies is lacking, and Ghana is no exception. This study examines entrepreneur intention (EI) among university students through the lens of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). For this purpose, we collected data from 370 students of the University of Cape Coast School of Business (UCC-SoB) by a survey study design approach. Then we analyzed the results through the PLS-SEM technique. The outcome of our study indicated that attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived social norms, perceived entrepreneurial capacity, and entrepreneurship education directly influence entrepreneurship intention. Moreover, the results revealed that entrepreneurship education mediates the relationship between attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived social norms, perceived entrepreneurial capacity, and entrepreneurship intention. We also found that perceived university support moderates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship intention. The empirical findings from our research contribute to a better understanding of underlying factors that influence student entrepreneurship intention. The study recommends that training, business model development, exchange programs, entrepreneurship clubs, entrepreneurship pitch, and business incubators be incorporated into the entrepreneurship programs offered in the various universities to help promote entrepreneurship intention among students.
pursuit. Moreover, the issue of how emerging economies like Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey, and Nigeria (MINT)
economies can significantly reduce environmental pollution (EVP) remains elusive. This study sought to investigate
the interplay between economic growth, green finance, renewable energy use, natural resource rent,
energy innovation, urbanization and environmental pollution by analyzing panel data from 1990 to 2020. This
research employed the novel econometrics approach CS-ARDL to examine the short and long-term relationships
among the series. The research outcome disclosed that economic growth, natural resource rent and urbanization
increase environmental pollution. In contrast, the empirical findings of this study revealed that environmental
pollution could be neutralized through effective mechanisms such as green finance, renewable energy consumption,
and the promotion of energy innovation. This research provides a fresh insight from the MINT
economies and contributes to the existing literature by examining factors contributing to environmental pollution.
This research also provides a benchmark for policy-makers and governments to invest in environmentallyfriendly
technologies to exploit the natural resources in these countries to mitigate the effect of environmental
pollution.
and agencies to exert substantial financial resources to reduce the financial burden of parents in educating children
and attaining a holistic approach to national development. This paper evaluates the impact of variables such as professional
needs, form of training, duration period, perceived impact, and feedback effect on teacher professional development (PD) in
Ghana. To facilitate the study objective, we used a survey design approach to collect data from 400 teachers in the Central
region of Ghana. This paper adopted PLS-SEM for analysis. The study concludes that: (1) The duration period of PD training
significantly affects teacher feedback effect and professional needs. (2) Feedback effect from teachers has a significant effect
on PD. (3) The form of training that teachers receive has a direct effect on PD. (4) Perceived impact influences feedback effect
and PD. (5) Teachers’ professional needs impact their feedback effect. To achieve the target goals, stakeholders, teachers, and
PD planners for SHS, must ask more specifically from teachers about what knowledge or content they would like to learn
and their prioritized mode of training and duration period needed.
economic development. Forestry benefits ecosystems and local dwellings; thus, transforming and
advancing forest products in a civilized society is critical to building a progressive community. This
research aims to analyze the merits of forest products based on static, dynamic, and scale efficiency.
It employed the super-efficient data envelopment analysis—Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes, and
Malmquist index methods with an enhanced robustness check by applying the Stochastic Frontier
Analysis. The results show that, first, from the perspective of static efficiency, the forestry industry’s
operating performance is maintained at a relatively high level, with a minimal fluctuation range;
however, the scale efficiency is observed at a deficient level. Limited by the scale efficiency results,
the aggregate comprehensive technical efficiency was at a low standard. The average total factor
productivity of dynamic efficiency for each company reached 1.029, indicating that the resource
allocation of listed companies is relatively reasonable, operating efficiency is on the rise, and technical
level changes are a substantial source of total factor productivity growth. Furthermore, the super
efficiency DEA findings indicated that 11 of the most high-performance companies attained an
efficiency value above criterion value one after re-ranking. The comprehensive efficiency value of
Sun Paper reached 1.438 in 2019, Sophia 1.393, Hexing Packaging 1.383, Fujian Jinsen 1.326, Bunny
1.271, Meike Home Furnishing 1.235, Jingxing Paper 1.222, Zhongshun Jiezou 1.116, Meiying Sen
1.099, Chenming Paper 1.064, Da Ya Dekor 1.015. Second, the comprehensive efficiency value of
Fujian Jinsen’s company has a more significant impact on the overall average efficiency of the forestry
listed companies. After excluding Fujian Jinsen, the average comprehensive efficiency of 2018–2019
indicated an upward trend for the listed companies. This study suggests that policymakers should
strengthen the forestry industry development plan and policy implementation regulations to focus
on the forward-looking and guiding principles of industrial and technological innovation policies
intention (EI) in the emerging economies is lacking, and Ghana is no exception. This study examines entrepreneur intention (EI) among university students through the lens of the theory of planned behavior (TPB). For this purpose, we collected data from 370 students of the University of Cape Coast School of Business (UCC-SoB) by a survey study design approach. Then we analyzed the results through the PLS-SEM technique. The outcome of our study indicated that attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived social norms, perceived entrepreneurial capacity, and entrepreneurship education directly influence entrepreneurship intention. Moreover, the results revealed that entrepreneurship education mediates the relationship between attitude towards entrepreneurship, perceived social norms, perceived entrepreneurial capacity, and entrepreneurship intention. We also found that perceived university support moderates the relationship between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship intention. The empirical findings from our research contribute to a better understanding of underlying factors that influence student entrepreneurship intention. The study recommends that training, business model development, exchange programs, entrepreneurship clubs, entrepreneurship pitch, and business incubators be incorporated into the entrepreneurship programs offered in the various universities to help promote entrepreneurship intention among students.
pursuit. Moreover, the issue of how emerging economies like Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey, and Nigeria (MINT)
economies can significantly reduce environmental pollution (EVP) remains elusive. This study sought to investigate
the interplay between economic growth, green finance, renewable energy use, natural resource rent,
energy innovation, urbanization and environmental pollution by analyzing panel data from 1990 to 2020. This
research employed the novel econometrics approach CS-ARDL to examine the short and long-term relationships
among the series. The research outcome disclosed that economic growth, natural resource rent and urbanization
increase environmental pollution. In contrast, the empirical findings of this study revealed that environmental
pollution could be neutralized through effective mechanisms such as green finance, renewable energy consumption,
and the promotion of energy innovation. This research provides a fresh insight from the MINT
economies and contributes to the existing literature by examining factors contributing to environmental pollution.
This research also provides a benchmark for policy-makers and governments to invest in environmentallyfriendly
technologies to exploit the natural resources in these countries to mitigate the effect of environmental
pollution.