Abstract:The resource-based view of the firm (RBV) is one of the critical approach companies adopt to gain a corporate competitive advantage.  The process or RBV theory suggests that firm resources are the sole purpose for sustained competitive advantage when firm resources are heterogeneous and immobile. Although the RBV theory remains as a critical tool from which to boost overall performance about expected outcomes in a company, it has also received several notable criticisms.  The literature review explores the modern view of the RBV theory from several perspectives. 
Keywords:Resource-based view, competitive advantage, sustained competitive advantage，Firm performance.

Title:Do Resource Based View Spur Firm Performance? A Literature Review
Author:Heshan Sameera K.P
ISSN 2394-9694
International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences
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Abstract:The objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of monetary policy on Price stability in Nigeria between 1986 and 2017.  The study used quarterly Times series data sourced from secondary sources   and the Vector Autoregression (VAR) model analysis approach. The empirical model has broad monetary growth rate, monetary policy rate and exchange rate as the policy variables and price stability proxy by inflation rate as the policy variable.   Analysis of the Time series properties of the variables revealed   that they are not stationary at level. They are 1^st difference stationary and cointegrated. Estimate of the impulse response revealed that price stability variable does not respond significantly to shocks from the monetary policy intermediate variable - Broad Money Supply (MS2) growth rate. Furthermore, the result of the analysis forecast variance shows that   price stability variance due to   variations in the broad money supply growth rate were statistically insignificant and variable. The policy implication of this finding is that   targeting broad monetary growth as a strategy of monetary policy for price stability is ineffective strategy of monetary policy for price stability in Nigerian economy. The study concludes that there is need for a   change of operating strategy from monetary targeting to inflation targeting for price stability in Nigerian economy
Keywords:intermediate variable, monetary policy, price stability, money supply.
Title:MONETARY TARGETING STRATEGY AND PRICE STABILITY IN NIGERIAN ECONOMY, 1986- 2017
Author:Cookey, B. C, Tamuno, S. O., Medee, P
ISSN 2394-9694
International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences
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Abstract: Women participation in development issues has formed the global agenda ever since the first women conference held in 1975. Myriad reports however indicate low participation of women in various development projects. This has resulted into vulnerability of female gender. Thus many women are poor, cannot access adequate health, basic education, suffer from gender disparity and discrimination. Many researchers have identified a raft of factors that precipitate this kind of scenario including patriarchy, gendered ideology, gender suppression, political attitude, socio- cultural factors, economic, and infrastructure. However, not much has been done on irrigation scheme.  Therefore, this research focused on determinants influencing women participation in development projects in the scheme. The purpose of the study was to investigate determinants that influence women participation in community based development projects in Kimira-Oluch Smallholder Farm Improvement Project Homa-Bay County, Kenya. The objectives of this study were: to identify how access to finance influence women participation: to find out the extent to which the level of education and training influence women participation; to assess how the culture and traditions  influence women participation; and to establish how politics influence women participation Kimira-Oluch Smallholder Farm Improvement Project. The study would be beneficial in that it was bent to unfold the determinant influencing women participation in community based projects and that the findings therein would contribute to the existing pool of knowledge about gender, further, the findings of this study would provide important information and knowledge that would influences policy and reforms for enhancing gender mainstreaming in various community projects an d finally, that Lessons drawn from this study was vital to the communities, implementing partners, Donor and international NGOs to address the need for gender and development. Besides, the county government can find this information essential in order to rekindle its efforts towards empowering women economically so that they have a hand in the production factors. This study targets 1300 farmers who own farms and plots within Oluch-Kimira irrigation scheme project area, which is about 300ha. The project area covers parts of Rachuonyo North Sub-County and Rangwe Sub-County in Homa-Bay County. The research would employ descriptive survey. A sample of 297 of farmers drawn from the project coverage that stretches in three sub-counties of Homa-bay County would form the respondents for thisstudy. This would be through simple random sampling. A questionnaire was the research instrument to be used for data collection. The study collected primary and secondary data which was analysed by use of descriptive statistics, frequencies, cross tabulation and Chi-square. The study concludes that access to finances, level of education and training, culture and traditions, politics influence women participation in community based development projects. The national government is the major contributor of community development projects followed donors, non- government and community members respectively who meet the implementation costs. There is need for adequate finances for implementing of community development projects according to the designs and plans. The study recommends that the women should be empowered through education and training so that they fully participated in community development projects.
Keywords: Determinants of Women Participation in Community Development Projects.

Title: DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: A CASE OF KIMIRA–OLUCH SMALL HOLDERS FARM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, HOMA-BAY COUNTY, KENYA
Author:YVONNE AWUOR ABILA, JOHNBOSCO KISIMBII
ISSN 2394-9694
International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences
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Abstract:This study aims at investigating the role of social media on English Language Learning (ELL) process. In recent years, social media has become a common technology-supported learning tool for public and academic use. Students can use social networks to supplement their learning through the discussion and sharing of academic materials. The purpose of this study is to identify English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ experience in the classroom facilitated by using a social media platform. Nowadays, social media dominates the life of people, i.e. it has become noticeably widespread among the youth, and students in particular. Research has indicated that social media could be an effective platform for language learning. This study, therefore, comes to explore the impact of social media-assisted English language learning. The main problem that caused this study to be conducted is the addiction of young generation to technology in general and social media in particular. Thus, teachers, instructors, lecturers, etc. can obtain the most benefit from this phenomenon of learners' clinging to their cell phones. This review paper adopts the descriptive methodology based on literature review collected from various resources.
Keywords:technology, social media, blogs, EFL, students’ engagement, students’ academic performance.

Title:The Impact of Social Media on ELL Process
Author:Dr. MOHAMMED ABDALLA ABDALGANE MOHAMMED, Dr. ABDULGHANI EISSA TOUR MOHAMMED, Dr. KHALID ABDURRAHMAN JABIR OTHMAN
ISSN 2394-9694
International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences
Novelty Journals