FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF SMEs IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SMEs IN EKET LGA)
Background to the study: Small firms play vital roles in the process of industrialization, sustainable economic growth (Ariyo, 2005); encouragement of entrepreneurship, employment generation (Ogujiuba et al, 2004); reduction of poverty and contribution to the Gross Domestic...
View DetailsIMPACT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAX POLICIES ON NIGERIAN ECONOMY
Background of the study: The desire to build a civilized country with a strong and sound economy is the desire of every Country, including Nigeria. Tax payment is the demonstration of such a desire, although some income earners see it as a means of exploitation by the government....
View DetailsTHE EFFECT OF BANK RECAPITALIZATION ON THE ECONOMY OF NIGERIA
ABSTRACT: The resultant impact of financial liberalization opened up the Nigerian economy to global financial markets, which has generated increasing apprehension in the economy and has exposed the fragility and vulnerability of her financial system. It is therefore imperative fo...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: The ideal of micro-finance banking become necessary due to the inability of the conventional banking schemes to mobilize the dormant funds in rural area and channel them into needy factor. Besides, small business and the rural farmers needed to inculcate...
View DetailsA STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION AS THE MAJOR TOOL FOR DECISION MAKING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Almost every business worked toward achieving its intended, planned, and overall goals. Every company, especially small businesses, strives for efficiency and proper effectiveness, and the quality of accessible accounting information and...
View DetailsA SURVEY ON TAX INCENTIVE AS A CATALYST FOR PERFORMANCE OF BEVERAGE COMPANIES
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to examine the influence of tax incentives on the performance of beverage companies, focusing on selected beverage companies in Enugu State as a case study. The research study utilised a survey-based descriptiv...
View DetailsAN ASSESSMENT OF SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISE AND GROWTH OF THE SOCIETY
ABSTRACT: The focus of this study is to examine small-scale enterprise and growth of the society using Abak local government in Akwaibom State as case study. The research adopted a descriptive survey design was employed to assess the opinions of the respondents....
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND CONSTRAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL BUSINESS USE OF E-COMMERCE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Small businesses are essential for economic development (Van Praag & Versloot, 2007; Acs et al., 2008; Fumo & Jabbour, 2011), and in Nigeria they make up 91% of the formal businesses, contribute 34% towards the Gross Domestic...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study: Transforming enormous ideas into economic opportunities is the decisive issue of entrepreneurship. History shows that economic progress has been significantly advanced by pragmatic people who are entrepreneurial and innovative, able to exploit opportuniti...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE SURVIVAL PRACTICES OF QUANTIITY SURVEYING FIRMS IN A RECESSED ECONOMY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The construction industry plays an important role in a nation’s economy and its activities are also vital to the achievement of national socio-economic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment. According to Aibinu and Ja...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE SURVIVAL PRACTICES OF QUANTIITY SURVEYING FIRMS IN A RECESSED ECONOMY
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: The construction industry plays an important role in a nation’s economy and its activities are also vital to the achievement of national socio-economic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment. According to Aibinu and Ja...
View DetailsCOMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (CASE STUDY TEXACO FILLING STATION)
ABSTRACT: This study was conducted on the premise that if quality business information is provided to small business enterprises, socio-economic transformation could be achieved. The study emanated from the problem where business enterprises were found to depend on “word of...
View DetailsCRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SMEs IN LAGOS STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Social media are interactive technologies that enable people to create and share content, thoughts, job interests, and other modes of expression across virtual communities and networks.Users either use web-based applications on their desk...
View DetailsDESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERISED COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
GENERAL OVERVIEW: A cooperative system is any machine, which can accept data and information presented to it in a prescribed from, carryout some operations on the input an supply the required results in a specified format as information.
A cooperative society is the com...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF A BUSINESS PLAN IN THE SUCCESS OF AN ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Writing a business plan in a business world of the 21st century is a desirable undertaking that should be planned in terms ta...
View DetailsTHE ROLE OF AUDITORS IN ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS ATTAINMENT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to study: Internal auditing has undergone dramatic changes and has expended its scope to make greater contribution to the organization goals. Internal auditing is also performing its role in...
View DetailsAN INVESTIGATION ON THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES ON THE SUCCESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the contemporary economic development due to the significant role the...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF POOR FINANCING ON THE OPERATION OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN AWKA METROPOLIS)
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
A look around us will reveal that that our economy consists of people whose material needs and wants are satisfied by numerous business organizaiton especi...
View DetailsTHE INFLUENCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF STUDY: Small and medium enterprises in Nigeria can be defined according to asset base and number of staff employed. The criteria ar...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF TAXATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: The political, economic and social development of any country depends on the amount of revenue generated for the provision of...
View DetailsTHE IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: This chapter defined the meaning of financial institution, how they perform their function on the small scale industries and how they help them to regulate their business. It tells us the meaning of the small scale industries a...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF MARKETING CONCEPT ON SALE GROWTH (CASE STUDY OF RELENTED SMALL SCALE BUSINESS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Current globalized marketing has prompted companies to see internationalizing their activities as a means of remaining compet...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF MICRO CREDIT ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: Poverty is the major problem in most developing economies. In these economies, it is argued that among others absence of acce...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF MICROCREDIT FINANCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUMS BUSINESS ENTERPISES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: The Nigerian government has over the years embarked on series of policy and institutional reforms aimed at enhancing the low...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE BANK IN GROWTH OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Nigeria is said to have a relatively long history of government initiatives to promote and finance, small and medium enterpri...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE BANKS ON THE GROWTH OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN ILLORIN METROPOLIS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study: Micro and small businesses are believed to be the engine room for the development of any economy because they form the bulk of business activi...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF POS BUSINESSES IN REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN ASABA
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: The first POS systems originated in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with Gene Mosher's ViewTouch touch-screen gui and Mar...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF E-COMMERCE ON THE EMERGING MARKET PERFORMANCE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the study: Over the last decade the world has become more digitized and mobile. This digitization...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES ON SMALL SCALE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Over decades, small scale business has been making gain strides in Nigeria. It has been battling to make life more tolerable and comfortable by trying to make the gradual dwind...
View DetailsTHE IMPACT OF FINANCE LEASE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN BANKS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study: One of the most prominent issues in the corporate and financial world today is the issue of leasing (Abashiya, 2005). In the...
View DetailsTHE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE TWITTER BAN ON NIGERIAN CITIZENS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background Of The Study: It has been known for a long time that social media is a type of human interaction in which individuals participate in the pr...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE TAXATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MEDIUM AND SMALL ENTERPRISES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION: Pre-colonial times are when Nigerian taxes first began. prior to the colonization of the many nations that subsequently merged to become Nigeria. In order to support the many kingdoms, ethnic g...
View DetailsDESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Background to the Study
For the production process, the market, and the distribution network to function, inventories are crucial. They act as lubricants and spring for an organization's production and distribution processes. By separating different parts of the overall operation, i...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS NEEDED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATES IN DELTA STATE IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Entrepreneurship deals with the process of recognizing a business opportunity, operating and maintaining that business. However, people engage in it without acquiring much skills and competences that will enable them to effectively operate businesses and also enh...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS ACQUISITION ON HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the impact entrepreneurial skills acquisition on Home Economics students’ performance in junior secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study set out to: find out the impact of entrepreneurial skills acquisition on the performance of home e...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE PROVISION AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION FOR THE IMPLIMENTATION OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM IN POLYTECHNIC IN SOUTH -SOUTH NIGERIA
Background to the Study
To a large extent, the success or failure of any educational system depends on the successful planning and execution of the instrument called curriculum. A curriculum is like a plan of a house, it is a mapped out plan of instructions or guides to be followed in t...
View DetailsASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF MICRO-FINANCE BANKS IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN ADAMAWA STATE
1.1Background of the Study
With all the measures implemented to encourage new business, help existing businesses grow and to ultimately improve the economy, there is still a growing concern of business development. As a means to address this concern, microfinance banks were introduced t...
View DetailsDETERMINATION OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF MANAGERS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN ANAMBRA STATE
Background to the Study
Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) are deemed to be integral to the growth and development of any forward thinking nation. Small and medium enterprises (SME) are seen as agents of economic development and contribute to improved living standards, substantia...
View DetailsDESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A DISPATCH RIDER SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
This project (Design and Implementation of a Dispatch Rider System) is a logistics/delivery app that allows users to connect to drivers or riders to deliver their goods either by ordering or booking for a rider. The application will possess features such as login, registration,...
View DetailsENTERPRENEURIAL SKILLS REQUIRED BY BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATES FOR SMALL SCALE BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN AKWA IBOM STATE
Background to the Study
One of the major challenges facing Nigerian societies in this contemporary era is unemployment. It has grown at alarming rate with attendant negative impact on the economy. The rate of unemployment as estimated by Nkechi, Emeh and Okechukwu (2012) stood at 50 per...
View DetailsSOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF ELECTRICITY VANDALISM ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NASARAWA STATE
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF ELECTRICITY VANDALISM ON RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NASARAWA STATE
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
Electricity is a vital component of modern development, playing a crucial role in improving th...
View DetailsIMPACT OF ELECTRICITY VANDALISM ON HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN BORNO STATE: ADDRESSING THE DOUBLE BURDEN OF CONFLICT AND SABOTAGE
IMPACT OF ELECTRICITY VANDALISM ON HOUSEHOLD WELFARE IN BORNO STATE: ADDRESSING THE DOUBLE BURDEN OF CONFLICT AND SABOTAGE
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
Electricity is a fundamental necessity for households, p...
View DetailsAN EXAMINATION OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
1.1 Background of the Study
Small and medium-sized businesses (also known as SME) are extremely important to the process of economic development, particularly in developing countries for example Nigeria. SME's provide a contribution...
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