Effects of terrorism on the international business in Nigeria

Authors

  • Khakan Najaf Department of Accounting & Finance, University of Lahore, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
  • Rabia Najaf Department of Accounting & Finance, University of Lahore, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan

Keywords:

Terrorism, Pearsons product moment, Random sampling, Balance of payment, International business

Abstract

In this paper, we are exploring that terrorism has influenced on the international business. We are showing that day by day business is become vulnerable due to terrorist activates to carry out this research we have used the Random sampling method for checking the reliability of the test we have used the Pearson s product moment. The results is showing that 73% balance of payment, 0.69 foreign exchange rate, 67.13% foreign investors, 84 % financial market. We have formulated the four hypotheses which are proving that there is significant relationship between terrorism and international business. We have provided the some recommendations that there must be very public enlightenment and opportunity of jobs. There should be proper laws against the terrorism activities.

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Published

2016-04-25

How to Cite

Najaf, K. ., & Najaf, R. . (2016). Effects of terrorism on the international business in Nigeria. Scientific Journal of Review, 5(4), 416-422. Retrieved from http://sjournals.com/index.php/sjr/article/view/82

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Section

Economics