Abstract Entrepreneurship Education as a new concept in vocational education offers itself for the training and retraining of individuals for skill acquisition, and it has been imbibed by almost all the developing and developed countries. Its capabilities and efficacy in growing up economies are not in doubt. There is widespread keen interest in information and communication technology because of its crucial roles for sustainable development in developing countries and for the past two decade...
Abstract Business education is an education for the acquisition and development of skills, competencies, and attributes which are necessary for the efficiency of the economic system. The focus of this paper is business education as an impetus towards national security and transformation. In addition, this paper sees business education as a cardinal instrument that will foster national security and the transformation agenda. It gives various professional definitions of business education, th...
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to determine how business education could be an indispensable tool for achieving millennium development goals (MDGs) in this 21st century. The paper takes a critical look at the concepts of business education and MDGs in Nigeria. The paper stresses the fact that the roadmap to global prosperity championed by united nation development programmes which were known many years back MDGs to adapt present reality threat of extinction occasioned by rapid deg...
Abstract The inefficiency and incompetence of the federal and states including the local governments of Nigeria in transforming the economy of the country in the last two decades, has resulted to the economic recession that is affecting all sectors of the economy in Nigeria, mostly the educational sector and business education in particular. The erratic changes have created new demands for more adaptable, multi-skilled and creative labour. To meet the demands, it has become necessary to r...
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the leadership and management practices of both Nigeria and China. The paper proves that Nigerian leadership and management practices are far from adopting transformational leadership practices in managing some of their organizations. Predominantly, Nigeria is known for complexity leadership and management style which tends to be highly skilled in various aspects of leadership and management. In addition, the leadership and managemen...
Abstract Apple is seen as a global organization that undertakes most of its operations across national borders. The focus of this research work is to critically appraise some aspects of the operations of Apple Inc. in the areas of coordination and control of international elements of the operations. This component of the operations of Apple determines the types of global strategies Apple adopts in managing its international operations. Furthermore, the study examines the supply chain managem...
This study examined the effect of foreign portfolio investment on the performance of Nigerian capital market. The specific objectives are to investigate the impact of Net Foreign Portfolio Investment, Foreign Portfolio Investment in Equity, Foreign Portfolio Investment in Bonds, Foreign Portfolio in Government Securities and Nigerian Exchange Rate per US Dollar on the performance of Nigerian Capital Market. The required data were sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin...
Abstract This paper examined money supply and inflation in Nigeria. The objective was to examine the extent to which components of money supply affect Nigerian inflation rate. Time series data was sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin and Stock Exchange Factbook. Nigerian Real Inflation Rate was proxy for dependent (INFR) variables while Currency in Circulation (CR), Demand Deposit (DD), Time Deposit (TD), Savings Deposit (SD) and Net Foreign Asset (NFA) were used a...
The study and practice of management in Nigeria has been viewed to be based totally on the western platform to the extent that those theories, philosophies and principles that are successful when applied in the western world have failed to yield the desired result when applied to the Nigerian setting. It is on this background that the authors reviewed some of the management theories, philosophies and principles that were operational in the Nigerian environment even before the British came to ...
Abstract Entrepreneurship and Innovation are increasingly becoming critical areas of management for any business as they are closely associated with value creation and employment creation-both in public and private sectors with greater emphasis in the private sector as the driver of economic growth in the world over. In order to survive and remain relevant in the 21st century, businesses need to take an entrepreneurial approach and be innovative in the manner they do business. This paper aim...
Abstract The purpose of this research is to examine how the automobile industry in Nigeria has approached the implementation of e-business components such as e-procurement, sales-order-processing, private exchange, and online-reverse auctions in their supply chain integration, and the objectives of the study are to determine whether the automobile industry recognized supply chain integration as their goal and to evaluate and measure the level of integration attained with the implementation of...
ABSTRACT Contemporary studies have indicated an interest in exploring students’ perceptions towards online buying. Internet shopping is one of the fastest emergent industry and internet users have reported that online shopping is one of their primary use of the internet. Due to the widespread of internet access by people and e-commerce usage by traders, online shopping has seen a massive growth in recent years. Young people have been the majority online shoppers. With the aid of online sho...
This study aims at investigating the impact of money market instruments on economic growth in Nigeria. This study adopted a time series analysis of money market instruments on economic growthusing ordinary least squares (OLS) regression. The Money market instruments used in the study are Treasury Bills (TB), Bankers Acceptance (BA), Treasury Certificate (TC), Certificate of deposits (CD) and Commercial Papers (CP). Economic growth was measure using gross domestic product (GDP). The study cont...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of strategic HRM practices on organizational performance of Nigeria Bottling Company, Plc Ibadan, Nigeria, as well as examining whether the effectiveness of strategic HRM practices on organizational performance is contingent on organizations’ work place. This research develops a conceptual framework that explains the relationship between strategic human resource management, competitive strategies and firm performance. 80 respondent survey was und...
Inflation instantly brings to mind images of rising prices, shrinking paychecks and unhappy consumers, but is inflation all bad? Inflation is defined as a "sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and services." Many consumers fear inflation because it reduces the purchasing power of their money”.The influence that inflation has on consumers in Nigeria and other developing nations in Africa can be seen in increase in food prize, fuel price etc. Food price inflation...