Brand promotion cost outlay on financial performance of telecommunications industry in Nigeria

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    • Hwerien Rosemary Idamoyibo Ignatius University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
    2021-09-08
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaes.v9i2.31051
  • Brand, Promotion Cost Outlay, Financial Performance, Telecommunications Industry in Nigeria.

  • Abstract

    This study ascertained the impact of brand promotion cost outlay on financial performance of telecommunications industry in Nigeria. The research adopted ex-post facto research design and makes use of secondary sources of data. The population of the study comprised the four telecommunications network providers in Nigeria, MTN, GLO, 9Mobile, and Airtel. The study makes use of all the four telecom-munications providers in Nigeria as its sample and obtained the data from their annual financial reports. The study employed the technique of ordinary least square (OLS) based on panel regression analysis. The findings showed that AC increased by a unit percentage, the ROA decreased by -4.1 units; SC increased by a unit, the ROE decreased by -6.7 units; while CE increased by a unit, the PRM increased by -4.3 units, vise visa. The study showed a positive and significant impact of advertising cost on return on asset, positive and significant impact of sales cost on profit margin, positive and significant impact of celebrity endorsement cost on profit margin over the period. The study, therefore, concluded that there is a positive and significant impact of brand promotion cost outlay on financial performance of telecommunication industries in Nigeria.

     

     

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    Rosemary Idamoyibo, H. (2021). Brand promotion cost outlay on financial performance of telecommunications industry in Nigeria. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 9(2), 32-46. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaes.v9i2.31051

    Received date: 2020-07-30

    Accepted date: 2020-09-04

    Published date: 2021-09-08