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Education in Nigeria is devoid of the element crucial to averting the surging rate of unemployment in the country, therefore the breeding of psychological dependence on direct access to money. Entrepreneurial development through education will advance the economy of the nation; much credence should be given to it and ingrained with focus on profitable personal development. Unemployment prevails in the country, hence, the growth of violence, povert...

1. 1. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY.

Indigenous arts in Nigeria are as old as time immemorial and contemporary as yesterday. They are as old because they have got their history back in antiquity and contemporary because they are still with us today. Often, when technology is being talked about, the attention of many people first goes to the advanced technologies in countries like Europe and America without paying attention to the si...

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The purpose of this study was to explore the role of gender culture in shaping the entrepreneurial behaviour of women. It is believed that the disparities in the levels of entrepreneurshipacrosscountriesmaybecausedbydifferencesinculture. However,it appears women entrepreneurship is more responsive to cultural norms and values than male entrepreneurship. In Sub-Saharan Africa especially, most countries have strong cultural practices that traditionally impo...

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The specific objectives of the study were;

• To identify the various types of coconut oil processing methods being practiced by small-scale processors in the JomoroDistrict.
• To determine and quantify  the  yield  of  coconut  oil  from  the  processing  methods being used by small scaleprocessors.
• To determine the quality of coconut oil  fromthe  different  methods&...

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This study focused on the Entrepreneurship competency required by business Education student in establishing small scale ventures, Akwa ibom State as case study. The study is was specifically focused on examining the entrepreneur competencies required by business education students in establishing small scale ventures, identifying the factor limiting the development of entrepreneurial competencies in business education and determining the factor hindering t...

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The concept, unemployment is better mentioned than experienced. Our country, Nigeria, is hard hit with the problem of unemployment of youths. This research aims at finding out the effects of youth unemployment to the economy of Nigeria determining the causes and the challenges ahead of them.

At the end of this work it was found out that the effects of unemployment are more of destruction than anything amelioration in the lives of the youths and the economy at larg...

​​​​​​BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

A great number of organizations around the globe are currently utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT), not only for cutting costs and improving efficiency, but also for providing better customer services (Irefin, Abdul-Azeez & Tijani, 2012). Also governments all over the world are adopting ICT to provide better services to their citizens. The adoption of ICT by organizations requires a business environment that enc...

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The study examines the effect of entrepreneurial characteristics on business performance in Jos North. The research questions that guided the study were: What are the characteristics of an entrepreneur? What is the relationship between entrepreneurship traits and business performance? What are the challenges militating against entrepreneurs in the performance of their business? A survey method was used for this study. The population was the entire business...

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There is no doubt that new or improved product or process of production continues to create firm’s competitive advantage over others in the market. This study examined the impact of research and development (R&D) expenditure, product and process innovations on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance in the manufacturing industry in Nigeria using a survey of 1,000 SMEs with a response rate of 52.1% in year 2009. The results with least squar...

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This study is on the role of insurance in minimizing business risk in small and medium scale enterprise, which has been an immense area of research, research questions were defined and sufficient literature was reviewed up to date on the previous research that other scholars have undertaking. We use questionnaire for collection of data. 

In this work we found out that business risk(s) exposures were identified and classified under three main...

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The purpose of this study was to explore the role of gender culture in shaping the entrepreneurial behaviour of women. It is believed that the disparities in the levels of entrepreneurship across countries may be caused by differences in culture. However, it appears women entrepreneurship is more responsive to cultural norms and values than male entrepreneurship. In Sub-Saha...

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This study was carried out on the impact of small and medium scale enterprises development on youth empowerment in Nigeria. The study was limited to Kaduna metropolis. Other problems in realizing the objectives of government‘s empowerment to small and medium scale enterprises are unregulated competition and inconsistencies in policies and programmes. The major data collection instrument to be use is the questionnaire. It will be structured with a fou...

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This study examined the role of financial institutions in agricultural development.( A case study of Nigeria Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank) with a view to make useful suggestions and recommendations as way of enhancing the development of agricultural sector. The population of the study includes large and small-scale farmers and the sampling method adopted for the study is the stratified random sampling in order to ensure adequate repre...

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The research aimed at examining the factors that may impact upon business success in the two municipals of Yenagoa SME’s. The study examined the extent to which entrepreneurial competence influenced business success in SME’s. The study was conducted at Yenagoa Municipals. Although it has been difficult to ascertain why in similar situations some entrepreneurs fail while others succeed, it is through that the focus on “entrepreneurial compe...

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Generally this study seeks to explore the role of entrepreneurship growth in Nigeria Economy, with a case study of the hungry man restaurant. To find out if there is significance in the role played by entrepreneurship in Nigeria, also to emphasize the need for entrepreneurship in an economy, examining the participation of government in the growth of entrepreneurship in the country. This review the deliberate act or policy of government at a...

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A significant contribution to the development and survival of business organization is the role that auditors play. This research work, The Role of Auditors in Small business organizations, give a broad understanding of what the auditors role entails.

        In the course of this research, data was collected by means of questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed with the aid of percentages. Further analysis...

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The research work aimed at examining the issues, challenges and prospects of the Nigerian Medium Scale Businesses. The main instrument used to generate data for the study was the questionnaire. The key issues uncovered by the research study are that respondents agreed that medium scale enterprises have played a significant role in the Nigerian economy.  Also most of the barriers to the growth of medium scale businesses include poor managerial...

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The study was carried out to find out the impact of taxes on small and medium scale business enterprises in Nigeria.The study aimed at assessing the performance of business enterprises in Nigeria, finding out if tax payers are aware of all their tax obligations, policies and problems affecting them as well as their businesses. The study applied both qualitative and quantitative research designs where interviews and questionnaires were used. Data was collect...

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This work is a review of the problems and prospects of setting up small-scale business in Nigeria. The Statement of Problem identified were setting problem caused by poor planning, finance problem caused by lack of financial support and poor funding and multiple and high Taxes. While the prospects of Small-Scale Business in Nigeria can be subdivided into: employment opportunities, job creation and contribution to total Gross Domestic...

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The aim of this study was to examine the factors that influence consumer buying behaviour on household products in Lagos. The   study specifically sought to answer research questions related to the influence of social and cultural, psychological/personal class, demographic and economic factors on consumer buying behaviour on household products. The study employed a Descriptive design.  A total of 70 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents. However,...

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The external business environment is perceived to influence performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Therefore, there is the need to examine and establish the effects of the external business environment on SMEs so as to contribute to existing studies, as well as to disseminate findings to enhance the regulatory environment of Lagos State, management practices, industry, government and the society.

The study employed survey design. The...

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The study examines entrepreneurial education as a tool for reducing unemployment in Nigeria. Specific objectives are; To find out if entrepreneurial education has been a useful tool for reducing unemployment in Nigeria, To ascertain if there is compulsory entrepreneurial education for all students in Nigerian higher institutions and To find out if the available entrepreneurship education in institution can stimulate entrepreneurship skills in futu...

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Unemployment has been a major issue in the Nigerian economy since the mid-1980s. Consequently, the Federal government adopted several strategies and policies towards entrepreneurial development in Nigeria to combat the unemployment problem. All over the world, entrepreneurship has been adjudged to have the capacity to generate employment. Indeed, extant literature discloses that entrepreneurship has been linked with the creation of self-employment. This not...

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The purpose of this study was to explore the role of gender culture in shaping the entrepreneurial behaviour of women. It is believed that the disparities in the levels of entrepreneurship across countries may be caused by differences in culture. However, it appears women entrepreneurship is more responsive to cultural norms and values than male entrepreneurship. In Sub-Saha...

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Entrepreneurship is an increasing daily activity in the economy. It is geared towards self-employment, community input and immense contribution to the economic growth and development of a nation. Several empirical works have revealed the contributions of Entrepreneurial firms to the gross domestic product (GDP) of some developed countries such as the United States, France, Canada and Mexico. It has been argued that in Nigeria, the entrepreneurial firms cont...

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The project is focused on feasibility studies: a requirement for starting a new cooperative business in Nigeria. The importance of a well prepared feasibility study in the cause cooperative information and investment drive cannot be over emphasized. A well prepared feasibility study can be used to obtained loan from banks and thus attract other investments. Cooperative projects backed by good feasibility studies are difficult to wind up easily. The drive fo...

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This study was carried out to determine the effect of skills acquisition in entrepreneurship development. The study had three specific objectives which aimed at determining: how skills influence the success entrepreneurship, the ways through which marketing skills influence the success entrepreneurship, and the challenges of skills acquisition. three research questions were raised and answered. The population of the study was 1,014 consisting of all the own...

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This study is on the effects of multiple taxation on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). Over the years, small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) have been an avenue of job creation and the empowerment of Nigerian citizens, providing about 50% of all jobs in Nigeria and also for local capital formation. However, the mortality rate of these small firms is very high. Among the factors responsible for these untimely close-ups are ta...

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The study examines the impact of social media on entrepreneurship development among users in Zamfara State of Nigeria. Social media have dominated Zamfara and the youths of the state have used different social media web sites such as Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp with increasing number of users. The study adopts survey research design and simple random sampling techniques to select 399 respondents across t...

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The focus of this study is on effect of entrepreneurship development on employment Generation in lafia metropolis in Nassarawa State. The survey research method was employed and questionnaires were used to collect the necessary data from respondents.

To achieve these objectives, a 5 point Likert Scale was developed and validated to collect information from a sample of 50 respondents. Representing employees from the selected business. the findings...

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This study was carried out to examine the effect of startup business in entrepreneurial development in Nigeria, using 20 selected event management centres in Abuja as case study. Specifically, the study examined various areas startup business has affected entrepreneurial development in Nigeria. The study employed the survey descriptive research design. A total of 62 responses were validated from the survey. Hypotheses were analysed using chi-square statisti...

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Formation of joint ventures between SMEs is one of the recent efforts in improving SME growth in Nigeria and addresses the challenges facing SMEs today in the country. The main objective of the research is to examine the formation of joint ventures in Ogun state, specifically to: study joint ventures formation procedures; identify criteria in selection of joint venture partner; and identify risks associated with and challenges facing joint venture undertaki...

1        Background of the study

Over the years there have been many definitions of  entrepreneurship and they have all been acceptable definitions but i define it as the capacity and willingness to develop, organize and 

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This study was carried out to examine the impact of intrapreneural organization on organizational performance in selected small medium scale enterprise. in Akure south Local Government, Ondo State. Specifically, the study examined the impact of intrapreneural organization on organizational performance in Akure south Local Government, Ondo State. The study employed the survey descriptive research design. A total of 50 responses were validated from the survey...

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This study was carried out to examine the impact and role of entrepreneurship on the economic growth of Nigeria using selected SMEs in Gashua, Yobe State as a case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at investigating the prevalence of entrepreneurship on the Nigeria economic, assess the contributions of entrepreneurs to the economic development in Nigeria, and inquire the factors that influence entrepreneurs to economic development the Nig...