IOSR-JBM   Volume-23 ~ Issue-10 ~ Oct. 2021

Abstract: Background: Jakarta Composite Index (JKSE) is the stock index comprised of all stocks traded in the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) that represents Indonesia overall stock market. The long-term trend of JKSE is impacted not only by domestic (Indonesia) but also foreign (international) macroeconomic mainly through foreign investors in IDX. However, the existing researches on JKSE have been done with focus to domestic macroeconomic only while foreign macroeconomics impacts have not been adequately studied. Therefore, this research analyzes the impact of both domestic and foreign macroeconomics to JKSE through foreign investor ownership in IDX as an intervening variable.......

Key words: GDP Growth, Exchange Rate, Interest Rate, Foreign Investor Ownership and JKSE

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Abstract: Background: The Development of information technology has brought changes to the payment system, from a cash payment system to a cashless payment system. Bank Indonesia showed an increase in cashless transactions in 2021 amounting to 470,811,351. This increase is likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indonesian government issued several regulations to prevent COVID-19 such as online learning, large-scale social restrictions, and small-scale social restrictions so that many students prefer to return to their respective areas of origin. In response to this condition, universities are trying to innovate the tuition payment system to facilitate payments and recording......

Keywords: Virtual Account; UTAUT; Computer Self Efficacy; Initial Trust

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Abstract: Upon our observations and interviews, most of the companies depend on administrative control in the process of advice, control and forecasting, and it is considered to be the most important tool to support the decisions taken by them. Regarding its location, it depends on the size and status of the company, from which we can distinguish two situations:
For small and medium-sized enterprises, administrative control is an important function and its effective role at all levels is that it has an advisory and supervisory role on the one hand and it has a predictive role on the other hand, and we cannot forget its role of managing costs and streamlining them efficiently, which helps the company to make profit......

Key Word: SME; competitiveness; management control; cost; profit; accountant; performance; Lebanon.

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Abstract: New digital technologies continue to influence sectors that are affected at all levels, in particular banking activity.This is strongly impacted by their emergence as the blockchain which will be the subject of our study.This system changing technology constitutes a database which contains the history of all the exchanges carried out between its users since its creation. This database is structured and secure thanks to its developed encryption techniques and a peer-to-peer network model. It is shared by its various users, without an intermediary, which allows everyone to check the validity of the string.
This article aims to study the blockchain, its applications......

Keywords:"blockchain; prospects; Moroccan banking system; performance ".

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Abstract: The learning methods in higher education has been changed from time to time all over the world. This is a remarkable change which the higher education system in the world is compelled to adopt due to COVID 19. In this context, the teaching & learning method in Sri Lankan higher education system has been changed from traditional method to on line method. The main objective of this study to identify the factors affecting the student satisfaction in online learning method in Eastern University, Sri Lanka during the during the lasttwo years. Accordingly, an Online questionnaire was prepared and sent to around 400 students by email and whatsapp. The statistical population of this study includes all four years students including first, second, third and fourth years of Faculty of Commerce and Management, Eastern University, Sri Lanka. In total, 400 questionnaires were distributed, of which 329 questionnaires were returned and analyzed using univariateand bivariate analyses in SPSS 22.0.Univariate......

Keywords –Students Satisfaction, Online Learning

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Abstract: This study examined the impact of corporate governance on capital structure of listed consumer goods companies in Nigeria for the period of 2010-2019. The study hinged on the agency theory in explaining corporate governance and capital structure as a principal and agent concept. Expost facto research design was adopted for the study and quantitative data. A panel data form was used which includes cross sectional and times series data. The data was sourced from audited annual reports of ten (10) listed consumer's goods companies in Nigeria as published by the Nigerian stock exchange. Hausman test was carried out after which random effect simple linearregression was.........

Keywords: Capital Structure, Board size, Audit committee, Ownership structure

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Abstract: Before 1935 Indian Banking sector was completely dominated by private players and were managed and organized by individual people or industrial houses, which collected deposits from individuals and used them for their personal purposes. As there was no governing authority and regulatory framework, these private owners of banks have monopoly to use the funds in any manner which has resulted into bank failures. Intention of nationalizing banks was to make banking services to have mass effects that can be attributed as "first- banking revolution". Commercial banks acted as an instrument for undertaking speedy branch expansion, deposits mobilization and credit creation. Therefore, 14 banks were nationalized in 1969 and further 6 more commercial banks were nationalized in 1980, so as to manage the economy in compliance with national objectives and strategies.....

Keywords: Merger and Acquisition, Synergies, Financial Synergies, Success and Failure of Mergers and Acquisitions

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