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Application of the Elements of Marketing Mix by Business Start-Ups during Incubation: A Case of Makerere University in Uganda
(Academic Journal, 2019-01)Firm incubation and marketing mix are not new concepts in the business world. They have been existing for decades and their meaning has been explained in real business sense. Despite being in existence for long, little is ... -
Assessing the institutional capacity of external agencies in holding Local Governments Accountable in Uganda
(UTS ePRESS, 2012)The Government of Uganda established external agencies as part of the control mechanisms aimed at promoting accountability in the public sector in general and local governments (LGs) in particular. The two cardinal control ... -
Assessing the role and capacity of civil society organisations in holding local government accountable in Uganda
(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2011-09)Decentralised local government is arguably the most direct mechanism of ensuring that the local leaders are accountable to the citizens, in form of downward accountability. Civil society participation is thus seen as a ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility Activities that Influence Customer Loyalty of SMEs
(The Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE), 2018)Abstract Businesses are increasingly required to address the demands of key stakeholders, in addition to those of shareholders. There is an increasing role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to large businesses and ... -
Does Size Matter? Scale, Corruption and Uncertainty
(2012)We study the role of the size of the economy in mitigating the impact of public sector corruption on economic development. The analysis is based on a dynamic general equilibrium model in which growth occurs endogenously ... -
E-Commerce adoption and growth of SMEs in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2019)Information and communication technologies (ICT), particularly e-Commerce, are considered very important to the growth and competitiveness of businesses globally. SMEs too need to embrace innovative e-commerce strategies ... -
Ethical Practices of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises In Developing Countries: Literature Analysis
(AOSIS Publishing, 2018)Background: There is increasing pressure on business organisations to behave ethically, in addition to running their operations in the most economical, efficient and effective manner possible to increase performance. ... -
Impact of stigma on the HIV care cascade among older persons living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa : protocol for a systematic review
(BMJ Group, 2025)Introduction: Data are limited on the impact of stigma (stigma associated with HIV and/or stigma related to old age (ageism) or both) on linkage to the HIV care cascade among older persons (aged 50 years and older) in ... -
Imported Inputs and Exporting in the Africa’s Manufacturing Sector
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate both direct and indirect channels through which imported inputs spur exporting in the African manufacturing sector. Design/methodology/approach – The authors estimated ... -
Innovation and employment growth: evidence from manufacturing firms in Africa
(Springer open, 2019-02)This paper estimates the association between innovation and employment growth among manufacturing firms in Africa. The paper uses a cross-sectional World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset in which innovation is categorised ... -
The key to stopping refugee crisis in Africa is in our hands
(2020-03)Refugee Convention of 1951 in Geneva, defined a Refugee as “well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion and who, on account ... -
Labour productivity among small-and medium-scale enterprises in Uganda: the role of innovation
(Springer, 2018)Using the 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey data for Uganda, this paper employs the quintile estimation technique to explain the relationship between labour productivity and innovation among SMEs. Innovation involves the ... -
Mental health among adolescents in Uganda and the underlying issues
(2022-09)World Health Organization defines mental health as “a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community” ... -
Policy and institutional mechanisms to address climate change and human development issues in Uganda
(African Consortium of Public Administration (ACPA), 2013-03)Uganda has established numerous policy and institutional frameworks to counteract the negative impact of Climate Change (CC), since the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in ... -
Socioeconomic Determinants of Primary School Dropout: The Logistic Model Analysis
(Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), 2008-02)This paper describes the socioeconomic determinants of primary school dropout in Uganda with the aid of a logistic model analysis using the 2004 National Service Delivery Survey data. The Objectives were to establish the; ... -
Stillbirths in Uganda : counting down to 2030
(Makerere University, 2021-08-12)UNICEF defines stillbirth as a baby born with no signs of life at 28 weeks of completed gestation (UNICEF, 2020). World Health Organization (WHO) reports an estimated 2.6 million stillbirths occurring each year and majority ... -
Tax evasion and the business environment in Uganda
(Economic Policy Research Centre, 2014)We provide some empirical evidence of how a poor business environment may incentivise tax evasion. In particular, we examine the roles that specific components of the business environment that include: bribery, efficiency ... -
Technical and vocational education and training in Uganda: A critical analysis
(Wiley, 2018-10)This article undertakes a diagnostic study of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) subsector with the rationale of characterizing the subsector and identifying the areas of potential strengths and ... -
Wages and Labour Productivity in African Manufacturing
(Wiley, 2018-12)We examine the relationship between labour productivity and wages using a sample of manufacturing firms in 39 African countries. The analysis is based on the World Bank’s enterprise survey data. Controlling for regressor ... -
Where you search determines what you find : the effects of bibliographic databases on systematic reviews
(Taylor & Francis group, 2021)Systematic literature reviews are common in social research for integrating and synthesising existing research. This paper argues that the outcomes of such reviews are affected by the choice of bibliographic databases. It ...