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1 – 5 of 5Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, Lewis Abedi Asante and Emmanuel Kofi Gavu
In Ghana, the practice of landlords demanding that renters pay rent advance (RA) of between six months and five years is well noted. Surprisingly, renters appear divided into the…
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Purpose
In Ghana, the practice of landlords demanding that renters pay rent advance (RA) of between six months and five years is well noted. Surprisingly, renters appear divided into the benefits and drawbacks of the rent advance payment. Ahead of the 2020 general elections, the two leading political parties in Ghana promised to establish a rent assistance scheme to help renters working in the formal and informal sectors and earning regular incomes to pay their RA. This paper aims to scrutinize the differences in the demographic, employment and housing characteristics between the critics and non-critics of the RA payment in Ghana and the factors that predict the likelihood of being a critic of the RA system.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is exploratory and draws empirical data from surveys administered to 327 graduate renters from 13 regions in Ghana. It uses non-parametric and parametric tests, namely, Chi-square goodness-of-fit and T-test to explore these differences between both critics and non-critics of the RA.
Findings
There are statistically significant differences between critics and non-critics in terms of the association between their educational attainment on the one hand and their marital status, employment status and employment sector on the other hand. The research also reveals that monthly expenditures, number of bedrooms and RA period significantly predict the likelihood of being a critic of the RA payment or otherwise.
Practical implications
The study provides evidence which policymakers can draw upon to inform housing policy.
Originality/value
The study is the first to study the housing characteristics of graduate renters and to quantitatively distinguish between critics and non-critics of RA payment in Ghana.
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Pradeep Kumar Ponnamma Divakaran and Sladjana Nørskov
The purpose of this paper is to investigate two questions. First, are movie-based online community evaluations (CE) on par with film expert evaluations of new movies? Second…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate two questions. First, are movie-based online community evaluations (CE) on par with film expert evaluations of new movies? Second, which group makes more reliable and accurate predictions of movie box office revenues: film reviewers or an online community?
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from a movie-based online community Fandango for a 16-month period and included all movies released during this time (373 movies). The authors compared film reviewers’ evaluations with the online CE during the first eight weeks of the movie’s release.
Findings
The study finds that community members evaluate movies differently than film reviewers. The results also reveal that CE have more predictive power than film reviewers’ evaluations, especially during the opening week of a movie.
Research limitations/implications
The investigated online community is based in the USA, hence the findings are limited to this geographic context.
Practical implications
The main implication is that film studios and movie-goers can rely more on CE than film reviewers’ evaluation for decision making. Online CE can help film studios in negotiating with distributors, theatre owners for the number of screens. Also, community reviews rather than film reviewers’ reviews are looked upon by future movie-goers for movie choice decisions.
Originality/value
The study makes an original contribution to the motion picture performance research as well as to the growing research on online consumer communities by demonstrating the predictive potential of online communities with regards to evaluations of new movies.
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The AUKUS deal is the most costly and complex defence acquisition in Australia’s history. While some countries in South-east Asia welcome the initiative, others worry that it…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278111
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Stephen A. Greyser, John M.T. Balmer and Mats Urde
The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of corporate communications on behalf of the monarchy as a corporate brand.
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of corporate communications on behalf of the monarchy as a corporate brand.
Design/methodology/approach
Draws on the preliminary findings of a major study on monarchies.
Findings
Argues that corporate communications is an important aspect of corporate brand management (especially in relation to constitutional monarchies).
Research implications
That monarchies are analogous to organisational brands and are amenable to being managed as such.
Originality/value
Draws on a unique study relating to monarchies as corporate brands.
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