ABSTRACT The topic of this research work is geared towards the impact of small business in Enugu Urban Area of Enugu state. The aim of this study is to examine and identify in detail the problems, prospects, effects and the importance of the development of small business in the area under study. This work has five chapters, with each chapter focusing in a specific objective. Chapter one talks on a brief history of small scale business, chapter two highlights other researcher’s work on small...
ABSTRACT This thesis investigates the Impact of Deposit Money Banks Loan on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria, between 1990 and 2014. The variables used for this study are secondary data generated from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin, Volume 26, December 2014 and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). These data include the Gross Domestic Product, deposit money bank loans to small and medium enterprises, deposit money bank loans to the Agricultural s...
ABSTRACT This research study is an evaluation of the privatization policy in Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). The objective of the study is to assess the privatization policy administration as the existing solution to the problems of public enterprises, with a view a identify problem areas for possible policy review. Three hypotheses were formulated, the first was on efficiency and effectiveness, the second on funding issues and the third was on policy interest. The methodology adopt...
ABSTRACT In Nigeria. access lo decent and affordable housing is a big issue as housing deficit is estimated to be 16 mil1ion. It is against this background that this study assesses the implementation of housing policies in Nigeria focusing on the Federal Housing Authority (FHA). The study used elite theoretical framework of analysis to investigate the extent to which the policies of the FHA reflect the interests of the low-income earners which constitute a core aspect of its mandate. The st...
CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 All state whether benevolent or repressive control the distribution of valuable benefit and the imposition of onerous costs. The distribution of the benefit and cost is generally under the control of public official who possess discretionary power. Private individuals and firms who want favourable treatment may be willing to pay to obtain it. Payments are corruption if they are illegally made to public agents with the goal o...
ABSTRACT The issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy is gaining significant attentions among scholars in this millennium. It is seen as a new approach for companies, particularly, multinational companies (MNCs) operating in developing countries to independently take actions that lead to better levels of societal development while simultaneously creating business values. This study therefore examined the nexus between CSR strategy and business values of MNCs in Ghana. The stud...
ABSTRACT Marketing communications is losing its effectiveness because audiences have become disillusioned with marketing communications messages. Brand journalism has been identified as possessing qualities capable of countering marketing communications’ slumping effectiveness. However, more is yet to be known about brand journalism, due to its status as a nascent field of academic inquiry. This study, therefore, seeks to enhance understanding of brand journalism by exploring its dimension...
ABSTRACT There has been an increasing interest in public management about the performance of local governments in contemporary times. It has become necessary to implement performance management policies as a way of improving performance in the public sector in general and local governments in particular. It is recognized that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) play very pivotal role in the socio-economic development of areas under their jurisdictions. The first objectiv...
ABSTRACT This study delved into the career trajectories of final year Sociology students of the University of Ghana, with 120 students (main respondents) responding to self-administered questionnaires, and 7 secondary respondents interviewed for the study. The study produces mixed findings. It was evident that whilst all study respondents have certain career choice aspirations and goals, many do not undertake or embark on any career development activities throughout their lives and years of ...
ABSTRACT This study analysed the determinants of participation in voting and electoral choices by citizens, and established the relationship between national presidential elections and the performance of the economy in Ghana's Fourth Republican era from 1992 to 2016. The study proceeds within the theoretical framework of political economy which looks at the interplay between economics and politics using macro-micro approach. The study conceptualised political economy as an approach focusing ...
ABSTRACT The rising trend in Ghana’s public debt has sparked some controversies about the relationship and the direction of causality between the public debt and two of its determinants ― inflation and the exchange rate. While some argue that public debt affects the exchange rate and inflation, others are of the view that inflation and exchange rate rather affect the public debt. This study therefore investigates the relationship and the direction of causality between the public debt, in...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out among urban residents at Awoshie, a suburb of Accra, with the aim of investigating their care practices in malaria. It was also to ascertain the extent to which residents exhibited plural medical behaviour in treating malaria. A KAP survey approach was used to collate responses from 250 respondents. Findings from the research suggest that residents are aware of the causes and symptoms of malaria being bites from the female anopheles mosquito and headaches,...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine adoption and implementation of balanced (BSC) scorecard at corporate level within Ghana‘s banking sector. The study specifically examined the motivations for implementing BSC, the extent to which the BSC are balanced in the selected entities in terms of the four perspectives and the dimensions of the BSC usage to selected entities. The study employed the constructivism philosophical framework to knowledge creation. Following from above, the study emplo...
ABSTRACT Marriages in Ghana are considered incomplete when there are no children. Changing social values have, however, placed more emphasis on biological parenthood while de-bunking the traditional ways of dealing with infertility. The pronatalist culture continues to persist in the light of these changes thereby making the burden of infertility even more pronounced and individualized. This creates an endless search for conception from various treatment options. This study describes the exp...
ABSTRACT This main objective of this study is to determine the relationship between relationship marketing practices and customer retention in the mobile telecommunications industry of Ghana. Specifically, the study sought to analyses the direct and indirect relationship among relationship marketing (RM) practices of trust, commitment, conflict handling on customer retention. To achieve the objectives of the study, hypothesis was formulated based on literature reviewed and a descriptive qua...