International Business

Work-family role conflict has become an important issue in the determination of organizational commitment among female bankers in Nigeria. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of women engaged in the workforce and increase in the time demands on the part of the workforce, leaving less time available for them to be with their families. This study centered on striking a balance between work and family responsibilities among women in the banking industry in Nigeria with a view to promoting gender equality and women empowerment which is one of the core goals of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Subjects for this study were three hundred and sixty –one female bankers aged between 23 and 52. Three hypotheses were tested and the findings of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between work-family role conflict and organizational commitment. The result also revealed that married women will significantly experience more work-family role conflict than single women. Furthermore, the result also showed that women who have spent a long duration will experience work-family role conflict than women who have spent a short duration. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that there is a need for the government, the regulatory authorities of the banking sector, and the professional bodies to review the status, power and responsibilities of these women.

The aim of this study was to develop methodology for estimating whether existing system can perform as lean, agile, or leagile manufacturing system. We compared and identified the supply between leanness and agility, before developing leagility, by identifying the manufacturing features particularly affected by interdependent variables by preparing based on the conditions that improved solutions to manufacturing practical operations in three case studies. This study measured the available factors to build a model based on AHP, sent factories to acquire the responses. Acquiring precise results may require more tests in more highly developed conditions in improved systems with certain locations.

The determination of a company’s capital structure constitutes a difficult decision, one that involves several and antagonistic factors, such as risk and profitability. That decision becomes even more difficult, in times when the economic environment in which the company operates presents a high degree of instability. Therefore, the choice among the ideal proportion of debt and equity can affect the value of the company, as much as the return rates can. This study analyses how far the capital structure (cs) affects the Profitability (p) of corporate firms in India. The study tries to establish the hypothesized relationship as to how far the cs affect the business revenue of firms and what the interrelationship is between cs and Profitability. This study is carried out after categorizing the selected firms into three categories based on two attributes, viz. business revenue and asset size. First, firms are grouped into low, medium and high based on business revenue. Second, firms are classified into small, medium and large based on asset size to establish the hypothesized relationship that cs has significant impact on Profitability of Manufacturing firms in India. Regression Analysis in addition to descriptive statistics such as Mean, Standard Deviation, and Ratios has been used. The study proves that there has been a strong one-to-one relationship between Capital Structure variables and Profitability variables, Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) and the Capital Structure has significant influence on Profitability, and increase in use of debt fund in Capital Structure tends to minimize the net profit of the Manufacturing firms listed in Bombay Stock Exchange in India.