THE ROLE OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA Ayozie Daniel Ogechukwu, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria, The Federal Polytechnic, Ogun State, Nigeria Abstract A business whether small or big, simple of complex, private or public is created to provide competitive prices. Business in Nigeria has been classified as small, medium and large. In both the developed and developing countries, the government is turning to small and medium scale industries, as a means
SME’s. This paper aims to know the effect of technology to the competitiveness and productivity of SME’s. In a store that is innovated by new gadgets and other forms of technology, the customers tend to buy to them. As a result, the competitive advantage and higher production level is in them. Also, customers are satisfied with technology as a big help for SME’s competitiveness and productivity. Most of the people in the world from the last decades wonder why the "middle" on the field of business
multinationals increasingly engaged in foreign expansion especially across the region. Such firms for examples include MTN, First Bank of Nigeria, Eco bank of Senegal, Dangote, ShopRite, Equity Group holdings, Globalcom, SABMiller of South Africa, InterSwitch and Computer Warehouse Group to mention a few. These multinationals are emerging across different sectors, taking advantage of their home country business environment to internationalise (Initiative for Global Development and Dalberg Global Development
eurojournals.com/IBBA.htm External and Internal Environments of Businesses in Nigeria: An Appraisal Obiwuru Timothy Chidi Department of Actuarial Science, University of Lagos, Nigeria E-mail: sirtimmyo@yahoo.com Oluwalaiye, Olusola Babatunde Department of Economics, Banking and Finance, Babcock University, Nigeria E-mail: falaiyeolusola@yahoo.com Okwu, Andy Titus Department of Economics, Banking and Finance, Babcock University, Nigeria E-mail: aokwu@yahoo.com Abstract This paper appraised business external
result this study focus is on the motivation and patterns of Nigerian firm’s internationalisation. The open economic policies adopted in Nigeria in the early 2000,s created an opportunity for the Nigerian firms to emerge as large domestic firms to embark and become a regional player. This also strengthened the firms’ abilities to expand their operations beyond Nigeria, especially in the
The next section discusses Alpha’s background and its domestic expansion process 2.3 Alpha Background and Domestic Expansion Process 2.3.1 Early and Formative Years Alpha is a fully integrated cement manufacturing company with Headquarters in Nigeria and subsidiaries in 16 African countries and Nepal where production is proposed to start in 2018. The company’s business operations span all business sectors and the most expansive of it is cement manufacturing which is the focus of this study. The
1986). In the recent past, there has been an increased tendency to fund credit programmes in the developing countries aimed at small-scale enterprises. In Kenya, despite emphasis on increasing the availability of credit to small and microenterprises (SMEs), access to credit by such enterprises remains one of the major constraints they face. A 1995 survey of small and
THE JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING ANAN Volume 1, No 1, March 2009 Published by: Nigerian College of Accountancy, Jos Postgraduate Professional College and Training Arm of ANAN ...Advancing the Science of Accountancy EDITORIAL BOARD Prof. Edet Robinson Iwok, Ph.D, FCNA Prof. A. A. Okwoli, Ph.D, FCNA Prof. Abimaje Akpa, Ph.D, FCNA Prof. B. C. Osisioma, Ph.D, FCNA Prof. Edet B. Akpakpan, Ph.D, FCNA, Prof. A. C. Ezejulue, Ph.D, FCNA Prof. A. S. Mikailu, Ph.D, FNIA Chairman, Education, Training
communication, it shows that Bahasa Melayu being liked abandon behind. Tukus Dubrow observed that English language is gradually use but steadily eradicating the local dialect or language such as Bahasa Melayu. Furthermore, the indigenous language of Nigeria also vanished because of English language deemed as official language of the country. Globalization has made English language as predator language. James (1997) stated that English language is a killer language because of the people tends to use English
International Journal of Hospitality Management 31 (2012) 119–129 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Hospitality Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhosman Total quality management, market orientation and hotel performance: The moderating effects of external environmental factors Cheng-Hua Wang a , Kuan-Yu Chen b , Shiu-Chun Chen a,∗ a b Graduate School of Business and Operations Management, Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan