Powers shortages is rampant in Africa of which Nigeria is not an exception and solar technology as a viable alternative source of electricity which would mitigate this problem has meted slow adoption. This study aimed to explore the impact of mindset/attitude from Theory of planned behavior (TPB), Disruptive Innovation Theory (DIA), awareness-knowledge, opportunity and barrier over managers (owners) of MSMEs intention to adopt solar technology for their businesses. A questionnaire was administrated to collect data from a sample of 400 managers (owners) of MSMEs respondents’ in Lagos State, Nigeria. A multivariate technique was applied to test the hypotheses using Structural Equation Modeling (AMOS-23). The findings showed that mindset/attitude, (DIA) and opportunity have a significant impact on solar technology intention, however, awareness-knowledge and barrier were not significant. These independent variables explained 71% variance of the dependent variable intention. In addition, DIA was found to have a significant impact on opportunity, barrier and mindset/attitude however, barrier on mindset/attitude was not significant. These findings not only provide evidence for MSMEs strategic planning to ensure sustainable business growth for their businesses but also provide new knowledge to policy and decision makers, the manufacturing & installation (suppliers) companies and other stakeholders for renewable energy as a part of long term sustainable development.

This study explored the factors that motivates the youth’s interest (intention) to become entrepreneurs by incorporating the personality attributes from the “Theory of planned behavior” and environmental factors, with some selected “control variables” (experience, gender, and age). A multivariate statistical technique was used to test the relationship between the variables using “Structural Equation Modeling” AMOS Package version 23. A sample of 400 students from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu university in Anambra State, Nigeria was used to analyze the data. The results of the study indicated that attitude, self-efficacy, and subjective norms have a statistically significant effects on student’s entrepreneurial interest. The findings also indicated that entrepreneurial education has an impact on students’ attitude but has no obvious effect on intention. Apart from government support policy which was found to have statistical negative effect on intention, other external barriers have no effect on attitude and intention. Understanding these factors is important to make recommendations to the government and other relevant stakeholders to promote youths’ entrepreneurship in Nigeria. The importance of entrepreneurship is not only vital for economic growth but also for long term sustainable development. Through the vital information gained from investigating these motivating factors of youth’s interest to engage in entrepreneurship, the government and other important stakeholders can formulate effective policies to improve macroeconomic conditions to encourage university students to become entrepreneurs.

At the end of the year 2019, a viral and deadly pandemic hit the world, referred to as the COVID-19 crisis. Healthcare professionals recommend that wearing face masks diminishes the prevalence of COVID-19 at the population level, resulting in a slower pandemic spread. In the COVID 19 situation there is everyday requirement of face mask and other precautionary products in order to prevent the spread of virus in Bangkok, Thailand. The study examined the factors influencing the Repurchase intention of face mask from 401 valid respondents. Inferential analysis to analyse the strength of influence of the independent variables and intervening variable on Repurchase intention of facemask was also performed through multiple linear regression and simple linear regression. The findings showed that other than Perceived Ease of use, all other variables Perceived usefulness, Satisfaction, Perceived website Quality, Privacy, System Availability, Trust has a statistically significant influence on Repurchase intention.