Market research has shown that 32% of executives believe their next big decisions will be around innovating new products or services. The need to survive will be key motivators when it comes to strategic decision making for Nigerian companies over the next five years. (PwC Nigeria – 2016 Report)
I wish to use this medium to concentrate mostly on the incentives that stimulates me to pursue further studying and reflect the motives for my choice of an institute, scholarship as well as state my future career objectives.
I have chosen to work in the area of Quantitative Economics, Data Analytics & Risk Assurance, because it has such a demand for new ideas and perspectives. At the same time, it requires a good mathematical background with obvious implications in real life.
A research into the main causes of poverty and its reduction among educated women as a student in the Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, broadened my horizon. So, I took classes where I specialized in empirical and theoretical economics issues that enabled bench-marking and performance evaluation relating to critical development indicators and possibilities. With my university education in Economics, I surge ahead for a Professional Course in Project Management (Project Management Institute, Nigeria). With the objective of learning the latest strategies and practices in the field as applicable to my country, Nigeria, I have been striving to deepen my knowledge.
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Higher education costs can be astronomical and limiting to the desire of many people to advance in their fields of study and research areas. However, there exists various avenues through which learners can get assistance to accomplish their study goals. These include application for scholarships, grant and proposal writing and even acquiring student loans to finance their studies. There are various factors that one should consider before applying for the above mentioned alternatives and these include the attached costs, the deadlines for applications and most importantly, the eligibility for application. Once these
Women poverty is directly related to the absence of economic opportunities and self-sufficiency, lack of access to
The cost leadership strategy seeks to improve profit margins by bringing down the costs of producing while enabling the organization to still charge market prices. They also focus on increasing the market shares through lower pricing, enabling the organization to continue to reach profits because of reduced costs. As with any organization the goal is to minimize cost directly to the organization providing the delivery of products or services. According to Barney (2007) low cost leadership strategy takes pride in initiating its costs advantage abilities to charge lower prices while reaping the rewards of higher profits.
Gender inequality is a massive problem for women and girls and development has begun to take place to over come this injustice to the female population in North Africa and the Middle East. Gender inequality has become an important and visible issue for economies of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). I have researched on how women of North Africa are deprived from many opportunities as well as being under educated. The female population has suffered immensely in Africa. Presently, women of Africa, like many women in third world countries have not been included as equal and effective stakeholders in processes that determine their lives.
Maths/Uni Para: Shadowing an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, made me increasingly aware how many aspects of economics are firmly rooted within statistics and stirred my interest in the field of Econometrics. Consequently, I chose to quit my degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of York and independently study A2-Mathematics. By building upon my AS-Mathematics and Gold Award in the UKMT maths challenge, I will be to further my knowledge of quantitve and algorithm economics which are vital in both government policy and the financial
This report demonstrates the evaluation of current performance of JD Sports Company. Method of Analysis includes Ansoff’s matrix and Porter’s generic growth strategies to discuss the nature of the market which JD Sports invest in. The financial methods are including the flexibility and stability of JD sports which judged by the liquidity, current ratio, operation capital, gearing and profit margin of this company. These figures could be collected from the annual report or balance sheet. This report analyzed the JD sport’s position in the market, and used generic and external growth method to expand market size. Such as acquired a lot stores to improve business profitability. Obviously, JD has expanded to the European
In the MSM-Finance program, through the core courses ‘Empirical finance’, ‘Derivatives and risk management’, and ‘Investment Management’, I can conceptualize real-world financial problems with a broad range of analytical methods. Besides, the courses of the Financial Big Data Track, such as, ‘Quantitative Risk Modeling’ and ‘Applications in Financial Big Data’ will greatly strengthen my quantitative, evaluative and problem-solving skills. In the future, I am confident of my career success, which will enable me to better contribute as an
Other retailers have like products and same brands in their stores. Also, its prices are relatively high compared with some supermarkets and online stores.
Child Mortality: According to Unicef, Nigeria loses about 2,300 under five-year-olds and 145 women of childbearing age every single day and this makes Nigeria the second largest contributor to under-five and maternal mortality rate” (Unicef). What people tend to forget is that this is an effect of gender inequality, gender inequality decreases maternal health and can harm children both the unborn and born kids. Gender inequality increases the incidence of low birth and malnourished kids and this causes the death of kids before the age of five. If these women were educated or at least taken a better hospital and not depending on their village herbs and all those medicines, then the rate of child mortality will be decreased in Nigeria. This is also a part of the UN millennium development goals, so as to reduce the rate of child mortality and help this women learn more about how to take care of themselves since they were never educated because they are “Women”.
Poverty is one of the society’s most difficult problems to overcome. Even in the United States has abject poverty in every city. On average, 40 to 50% of sub-Saharan Africans live below the poverty line. This is a higher proportion than in any other region except South Asia stated (World Bank, 1996a). The effects of poverty in Africa are poor education, diseases, and overpopulation.
Globalization changes have impacted Burger King in the following ways; since the company began in 1953 with its first restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida and opened several locations across the United States, the company began its international expansion in 1969 with its first international franchise location in Canada, followed by Australia in 1971, and Europe in 1975. The setting up of franchises outside the United States was as a result of fast food opportunities arising outside the United States. So as to fully integrate in the international market, Burger King had to adopt and embrace
This thesis is aimed at making a case for Education for Sustainable Development as the crucial path to sustainable development and poverty eradication in Nigeria. I believe education is the pivot of national development because a dysfunctional educational system of any given country; Nigeria inclusive deepens underdevelopment and aggravates poverty. Nigeria, a resource-rich country has been described as a low human development country as stated in the Human Development Reports of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Using the triangulation research method i.e. mixed research method, this thesis will contextualize the roles of formal and vocational education in advancing economic development which in turn can eradicate poverty. It will review the significance of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Technical Education and Vocational Entrepreneurial Training (TVET) in Nigeria; discussing poverty and its effects as well as impact of sustainability education on poverty and development. The thesis will likewise identify and address factors affecting
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During 2003-2007, Nigeria attempted to implement an Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS). The purpose of NEEDS is to raise the country’s standard of living through a variety of reforms, including macroeconomic stability, deregulation,
Future- oriented: Strategic management encompasses forecasts, what is anticipated by the managers. In such decisions, emphasis is placed on the development of projections that will enable the firm to select the most promising strategic options. In the turbulent environment, a firm will succeed only if it takes a proactive stance towards change.