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Introduction A closer assessment of small towns in any part of the globe reveals that they play a key role in ensuring qualitative economic growth through the reduction of poverty and income inequality to a minimal level. The growth rate experienced in this towns is expected to create jobs in every sphere of the economy […]
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Entrepreneurship education is for the knowledge acquisition by students to enable them setting up and floating a business with other skills needed for its survival and also to become successful entrepreneurs. Maina (2013) sees entrepreneurial education as part of the total educational system that involves the acquisition of skills, ideas and
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AS A TOOL FOR REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NIGERIA Read More »
CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Poverty, as of its multidimensional nature, does not lend itself to easy definition. Poverty is also a relative concept involving the individual perception of his/her social standing inrelation to others in a given society. Such idea informs the stand of those economists who believe that poverty cannot be measured. Okoh, (1998). However, different researchers have tried to define poverty. For instance, Ravallion andBidani (1994) refer to poverty
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CHAPTER ONE 1,1 INTRODUCTIONThis work was on the purchasing problems of small scale indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Nigeria (a case study of Encristo Pharmaceutical industry Nigeria limited Enugu).The researcher set out which the following objectives:To find out if quality of products is a problem of Encristo Encristo Pharmaceutical industry.To find out the inadequate capital
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Most of the world renowned companies and organizations started as a small scale business with skills and efforts they grew up to the conglomerated and multinational companies of today.Small scale business occupies a unique position in the economy of any nature and they are the bedrock
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUNDStores management is very closely linked with production and distribution and is a much neglected area of business study. Yet the stores function is a vital part of all industrial organization, public and private utility organization; and armed services, and it must be designed to suit the particular needs of the
NEED FOR EFFICIENT STOCK CONTROL IN A SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY Read More »
CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The phenomenon of business ownership in Nigeria dates back to pre and post-colonial era and involved commercial activities such as wholesale and retail trading of which women were predominant. There were also enterprises such as weaving, fishing, food processing, agricultural production, fashion design, etc. which were much more predominant
Small scale enterprise has potential for promoting the economy in a developing country like Nigeria. Thus, in the second development plan (1964-1974), both all the state and local government in Nigeria were to actually support and promote the development of the small scale enterprises. Osoba (1985:4), cited that in 1946 marked the first ever plan
THE ROLE OF SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISE IN THE SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL AREAS Read More »
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYFinance has been identified as one of the major factors for the development of small scale industries in Nigeria for the establishment of small scale business in Nigeria, the first factor to consider is the socialability and source of fund for setting up the industry. Small scale business is
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In recent year, particularly since the adoption of the economic reform programme in Nigeria in 1986, there has been a decisive switch of emphasis from the grandiose, capital intensive, large-scale industrial project based on the philosophy of Impact Substitution to small scale industries with immense potential for developing domestic linkage for rapid, sustainable industrial development.
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