The quality of service rendered by the private medical are in relation with the fees they charge, the conditions in publichospitals that forced city dweller to turn to private medical services; and the ability of this sub-sectors to shoulder the additional burden of maintaining professional ethics in the current economic condition of the Nation p... Continue Reading
THE ROLE OF ADVERTISING ON CONSUMER CHOICE: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN CONTEMPORARY SITUATION. Advertising generally in the Nigeria situation as well as worldwide has played a very vital role in influencing the choice of consumer goods/services, but the Nigerian situation, because of her economy presents an interesting scenario for closer study. ... Continue Reading
This project work identified the problems and prospects of the hotel industry in Nigeria. About 30 hotels were used for the case study through the use of structured questionnaire, interviews and record of the hotels. A review of relevant literature and an analysis and interpretation of data were made. Important conclusions were drawn from the a... Continue Reading
This study investigates the impact of capital structure on the performance of quoted conglomerates firms in Nigeria by analyzing the relationship between financial performance measured by return on asset (ROA), earnings per share (EPS) and net margin (NM) with Short term debt and long term debt. Two variables also identified in literature to have... Continue Reading
The financial vulnerability of the SME sector in Nigeria has led to its slim chances of survival due to low sales, low profitability, high costs of doing business thereby resulting in poor performance. The study seeks to ascertain the extent to which mobile commerce proxied by mobile penetration, internet penetration and lending rate has impact on ... Continue Reading
The sudden announcement of the devaluation of the Nigerian Naira to US Dollar by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the 25th November 2014 has created an intense debate and a great deal of mix responses among market analysts and the general populace. However, available opinions on the degree of effects such announcement might have on Deposit Mone... Continue Reading
This essay on research problems is presented in four chapters. Chapters I and II discuss research activities in general with emphasis on the Nigerian situation. It was observed that Nigeria lacks concrete policy on research activities. There is no one organization that co-ordinates all government-sponsored research activities in the country. Most o... Continue Reading
The analysis of the data revealed that: Small Scaled Agricultural Financing play the following roles: i. Provision of employment to a very large segment of the Nigerian population especially the unskilled workers, ii. Their usage of local technologies make the sector highly labour intensive, iii. Inputs raw materials and technology used in such ent... Continue Reading
External auditors conduct an independent examination of a firm‟s financial statements, records and supporting documents and give opinion about the truth and fairness of the reports, and that the report is free from material misstatements and errors. While, this can be considered as a good control mechanism for ensuring the quality of corporate fi... Continue Reading
While boards are the main tool of internal governance mechanism, their efficacy may vary depending on their diversities. This study examined the impact of Board of Directors‟ heterogeneity on the financial performance of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria. This area of board diversity especially the ethnic diversity is still a novel area of re... Continue Reading
The contributory pension scheme was introduced to resolve pension issues such as delay in monthly pension payment, and incapacity of some retirees to cater for their needs, both occurring as a result of the failures of the old pension scheme. However, having been implemented for 10 years (2004 �“ 2014), by the Pensions commission, the study tends ... Continue Reading
The Nigerian economy is today in dire need of funds from both internal and external sources for investment. These funds are not forthcoming. The problem is compounded by the fact that expertise in management especially investment menagement is virtually lacking. Perhaps because of the mathematics involved, few people have ventured into the field.... Continue Reading
The functions of the University system in any society aside teaching is development of new knowledge, research and community services. These cannot be accomplished without proper human resource development. Building solid academic staff programmes influence the realization of the university mission statement. However, human resource development ref... Continue Reading
The study addressed itself to the effect of advertising on the marketing of petroleum products with particular emphasis on Texaco Nigeria Plc and the study was restricted to the northern part of the Country. The aim was to evaluate Texaco's current advertising strategies and consequently come up with the ideal strategy for the company. Existing lit... Continue Reading
The study aims at assessing the problems and prospects of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to: identify and assess the key factors responsible for the relatively low performance and failure of the SMEs survival; investigate the reasons why programmes designed by government to boost manufacturing SMEs p... Continue Reading