Worried by the seemingly unending plight of retirees after years of active service to their father land, the Federal Government of Nigeria began tinkering on elderly entrepreneurship as a sure way out. Certain critical factors, worth empirical investigation are important to successfully transit from a retiree to entrepreneur state. Adopting the survey design, this study ascertained the major precursors of successful transition from paid employment to selfemployment in Nigeria. Relevant primary data were obtained through the use of structured questionnaire. This was administered on one thousand three hundred and twenty-two (1,322) civil service retirees during their annual pension claim verification exercise. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and multiple regression were used to delineate the precursory factors and analyse their relationship with retiree entrepreneurial success. We found statistical evidence that post-retirement entrepreneurship success is significantly influenced by seven out of the twelve success factors evaluated. These included gratuity payment, positive peer attitude, and family size. The study has policy implication.

The seeming lack of attention paid to educating customers through their mobile devices on how to do transactions electronically necessitated this study. The essence of paying particular attention on mobile devices stems from the fact that they are more handy and flexible. In view of the above, this study examined the relationship that exists between electronic learning and performance of selected Banks in Awka Metropolis. The work was anchored on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Correlation Survey Research Design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was infinite and sample size was 384 arrived at using Z score formula for infinite population. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient was adopted in analyzing the data. A coefficient of correlation (r) value of 0.950 was got which revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between M-learning and Flexibility in Service Delivery of the selected Commercial Banks in Awka Metropolis. Sequel to the findings, the study concluded that organization will perform better in delivering quality services to their customers if they focused more on training customers via their more handy devices. It was recommended among other things that management should pay more attention to training customers via their more handy devices as it provides more flexibility and convenience to the customers and this will positively affect the service delivery capacity of the banks.

This study was aimed to examine the influence of innovation toward business performance and competitive advantage as a mediator. To test the empirical models, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used. Among the software used to assist the analysis in this study were AMOS 21.0, SPSS 16.0 and Microsoft Excel 2007. The sample size of this research was 125 owners-managers of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Purwokerto Province, Indonesia. The result showed that innovation has positive effect on business performance, innovation has positive effects on competitive advantage, competitive advantage has a positive effect on business performance, and competitive advantage doesn’t mediate the influence of innovation to business performance.

Big data is currently a hot topic in HRM and academic research. It is undeniable fact that now a days as more and more data is being accumulated and stored, therefore analyzing and using data is becoming more and more reasonable. Big data technology use in Talent management is very under researched topic and the discussion mostly spins around the usefulness of Dig data in TM field like talent management. In this paper, we have focused on the operational side of TM and how to implement big data for Smart E-HRM in Talent management. In this paper we have proposed a model for Smart TM system and also reviewed that how Big data may be implemented for a Smart TM system and how this system can benefit Talent management in terms of recruitment, promotions and assessment of the employees. In this paper we have proposed a Smart TM system in a telecom organization that will consists of several offices belonging to the same organization and will be linked through a common server and by using big data technology all the employees progress will be analyzed, and by using this data changes will be done immediately in order to solve the crucial issues of talent management. We also performed quantitative analysis about this system with the help of unstructured interviews from employees working in a telecom organization.

The study introduces HCD Practices as the main alternative for interventions that improve the efficacy of individuals working in the Ghanaian Banking Industry. HCD Practices are lasting practices such as training and continuous education designed to improve the competencies and skill set of employees to enable them perform tasks required of them. The study was conducted using qualitative and quantitative approach. A sample of (155) respondents from eight private owned banks in Ghana constituted the sample size unit for the study. Stratified sampling procedure was used to reach the participants in their workplace for data collection and analysis. Three factors were deduced from the study. Results of the study identified significant difference in the challenges associated with using intervention amongst the selected Private Banks in Ghana. In the light of this Private Banks should provide career planning and training opportunities for their staff as effective employees will result in effective groups and intergroup which could eventually lead to total organizational effectiveness necessary for sustainable growth.

The Digital India drive is a dream project of the Indian Government which was launched on 1 July 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remodel India into a knowledgeable economy and digitally empowered society, along with good governance for citizens with an objective of providing participative, transparent and responsive government. Digital India imagines, universal digital literacy and approachability for all digital resources for citizens by ensuring that the resources and services are accessible in regional languages and providing digital scaffold to participatory governance ensuring convenience, like making all government certificates and documents available on the Cloud with portability. The objective of this paper is to know the impact, challenges of digital India on all aspects of governance and improvement in the quality of life of citizens. The research methodology is descriptive cum analytical in nature and the data for this study is collected through secondary sources such as websites, research journals, newspapers, magazines etc. The study gives an optimistic thought of providing more employment prospects for the youth which will boost the nation’s economy if it comes into reality.