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Item Open Access APPRAISSAL OF WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESSES IN DEKINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE.(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-01-03) Yunusa, Tijani; Mallami, Keffi MuhammadThe objective of this research was women Entrepreneurship and Business enterprises in Nigeria. The study used questionnaire gathered from 165 women in retail business in Dekina local government of Kogi State ”. The researcher used random sampling techniques in selecting the sample. Data analysis was carried using chi-square to shows significance relationship between women entrepreneurship and business enterprises development. Finding suggest that there is relationship between entrepreneurship and enterprises development at 0.399 level of significant The study therefore, recommends that women should put more interest in enterprise so as to develop, improve their standard of living and become independent by establishing more business through diversifications from other skill training acquisitions.Item Open Access Effect of COVID-19 on the Growth of Point of Sales (POS) in Nasarawa-West Senatorial District(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2022-12-06) Abdullahi, Adamu; Agu, Monica Nnenna; Mallami, Keffi MuhammadNasanma-We7tSeta!le- Covid~19 on the S^owth of point of sales (POS) in lockdown affect,! The sludV sought *>: determine the extent to which affects the exnnJ- &™th °f Point of Sales (POS), find out how social distancing restriction offer, ! °fPoint °fSales (P0S)- ascertain the extent to which movement closure on the e growth ofP oint of Soles (POS) and examine the effect of market Population of th°W™ °f Sales (POS). The study adopted survey design. The Population usi 6y SiudP was 1495 and sample of 315 was determined from the gather the r * °r° ^amen formula. The study used a questionnaire as a tool to ANOVa regr S^0nden^s' opinions. Descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation, and indicated that ™ere USed t0 evaluate the data- Multiple Regression Analysis closure and S* • ^ndepcndent variables (Lockdown, Movement Restriction, Market which are salT^ Dista^ing) are significantly related to the dependent variables Srowth which u pr°d'li arid expansion except the case of social distancing and sales °S msignificant effect. The study concluded that COVID-19 pandemic has no devastating effect on SSEs growth in Nasarawa-West District of Nasarawa State. This is clearly showed by the positive significant coefficient of regression results. Therefore the study recommended that: Businesses should start offering digital or online sales and services; proactive preparations should be made in advance of situations like COVID-J9 that are likely to have an effect on the organizations; In times of adversity, as the COVID-19 epidemic, astringent macroeconomic monetary and fiscal policies are formalized and developed to assist SSEs.Item Open Access EFFECT OF DIVIDEND PAYOUT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF QUOTED DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2015-06-05) Barde, Barnabas E.; Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Naburgi, Musa MohammedIn recent times, Nigerian banks payout dividends to their shareholders when they did not have enough profits to do so (stable dividend). They did that to encourage potential investors that they were doing well. This had degenerated to great problem that most of these banks had to merge or acquire by other banks. This study provided empirical evidence on the effect of dividend payout on stock prices andfuture earnings growth of quoted Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive research design using Ordinary Least Square Method of Regression on cross sectional time senes data collected from the annual reports of the sampled quoted bank for the period spanning through 2001-2013. The findings of the study revealed positive but insignificant effect of dividend payout on stock prices and one year future earnings growth of listed deposit money banks in Nigeria. In the case of Dividend payout and three year earnings growth, a negative and insignificant relationship is revealed. The major finding is that dividend given alone cannot increase the stock price and future earnings. Thus, the study concluded that, payment of more dividends has no significant influence on stock prices andf uture earnings growth of listed banks in Nigeria. Therefore, retaining dividends forf urther investment has ag reater effect on stock prices and future earnings growth in Nigeria. This inspired the study recommendation for given priority to dividend policy decisions in corporate governance in Nigeria among others.Item Open Access EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL LABOURSTRATEGIES ON CONSUMER PATRONAGE OF FOOD VENDORS WITHIN ABUJA METROPOLIS(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2022-04-05) Agu, Monica Nnenna; Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Abdullahi, AdamuThe study investigates the effect of emotional labour on consumer patronage offood vendors within Abuja Metropolis. It specifically sough to find out how the components of emotional labour such as surface acting, deep acting, emotional dissonance as well as self-efficacy effect on consumer patronage of food vendors within Abuja metropolis. Primary data was collected using five point Likert scaling questionnaire and analysed by using regression. Data obtained for this study was from primary source and analyzed with the aid of statistical softwares, SPSS V25 and SME-PLS, employing structural equation modeling techniques in order to achieve all set objectives. Also, data obtained for the purpose of this study was prior to the analysis, undergo different validity and reliability scrutiny so as to eliminate all forms of errors arising from analysis. The findings of the study reveal that components of emotional labour (such as surface acting, deep acting, emotional dissonance as well as self-efficacy effect) have positive and significant effect on consumer patronage of food vendors within Abuja metropolis. Based on the findings, the study therefore recommends that, the four elements of emotional labour (i.e. surface acting, deep acting, emotional dissonance and self-efficacy) have to be fully utilised by the entrepreneurs and managers who owned the food businesses, employed and managed the food vendors properly in order to enhance the consumer patronage of their product so as to improve the overall performance of their business.Item Open Access EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION ON - MEDIUM . ENTERPRISES PERFORMANCE IN NORTHCENTRAL REGION OF NIGERIA(Department of Entrepreneurship Studies, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-06-06) Agu, Monica Nnenna; Ahmed, Hajarah Hassan; Mallami, Keffi MuhammadThe study investigates the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on small and medium enterprises performance ofNorth central region inNigeria. It specifically sough to find out how the components of entrepreneurial orientation such as innovativeness, risk-taking, proactiveness, autonomy as well as competitive aggressiveness affect the small and medium enterprises performanceinNorthcentral region. Primary data was collected usingfive point Likert scaling questionnaire and analysed by using regression. Data, obtained for the purpose of this study was prior to the analysis, undergo different validity and reliability scrutiny so as to eliminate all forms of errors arising from analysis. The findings of the study reveal that components of entrepreneurial orientation (such as innovativeness, risk-taking, proactiveness, autonomy as well as competitive aggressiveness) have positive and significant effect on the small and medium enterprises performance in Northcentral region. This results, therefore, call for intensive effort by the government, SMEs owners/managers and specialized agencies (like SMEDAN) Government should ensure adequate provision of a conducive macroeconomic environment (such as uninterrupted electricity and water supplies, easy access to credit facilities, good road networks etc.) to serve as a solid plat form for the SMEs to become entrepreneurial oriented.Item Open Access EFFECT OF STRATEGIC ORIENTATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NORTH-CENTRAL REGION OF NIGERIA(DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI, 2021-01-04) Mallami, Keffi MuhammadSmall and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria are faced with a lot of problems which includes, among others, inadequate marketing skills, low entrepreneurial spirit, and poor strategic orientation which may deter effective performance of the SMEs. This study examined the effects of strategic orientation on performance of SMEs in north central region of Nigeria. Additionally, this study also examined the mediation effect of organizational learning on the relationship between strategic orientation and performance of SMEs. This study thus, considering the Nigerian market assesses the performance of SMEs using a multivariate approach to performance assessment. Specifically, a multiple constructs of entrepreneurial orientation, technology orientation, market orientation, organisational learning and SMEs Performance are considered. Data was collected through hand delivery method by sending questionnaires to 440 SMEs managers/owners. Partial Least Squares (PLS) algorithm and bootstrap techniques were used to test the study's hypotheses. The results provide support for most of the hypothesized relationships for the study. Specifically, entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and organizational learning are significantly and positively related to performance of SMEs. On the other hand, technological orientation is insignificantly and negatively related to performance of SMEs. Additionally, entrepreneurial orientation, technology orientation and market orientation are significantly and positively related to organizational learning. Furthermore, the results of mediation indicate that all the three hypotheses are significant. The outcome of this study provides significant contributions to both managers and researchers for further understanding on the effect of strategic orientation and organizational learning on performance of SMEs. As such, the study principally recommended that organizations should be encouraged to exhibit these strategic orientations for better performance. Managers/entrepreneurs of SMEs should acquire and put into reality sound entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation skills to be able to engage in a more innovative activity in the markets and to place the customers in the center of a firm’s strategy and operations.Item Open Access EFFECTS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN URBAN SHELTER LIMITED, ABUJA(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-04-04) Doshiro, Musa Umar; Mallami, Keffi MuhammadUsing information systems effectively requires an understanding of the organization, management and information technology shaping the systems. An information system creates value for the firm organizational and management solution to challenges posed by the environment. Therefore, research design adopted for this study in respect of the problems and research questions raised is descriptive research design. The population of this study comprises 280 staff of Urban Shelter Limited. The sample size of the research work is 165 employees. The sampling technique used is Simple Random Sampling. Structured questionnaire was used and the study also used descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentages. The hypotheses of the research work were tested using multiple regression model. Conclusively, the transaction processing system (TPS) has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance. Impliedly, an increase in the efficiency of transaction processing system (TPS) leads to an improvement in the organizational performance. However, enterprise resource planning (ERP) has a weaker and negative effect on organizational performance. Therefore, information needs of all levels of management should be given utmost priority as though, information is key to decision making.Item Open Access ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD AND PATIENT SATISFACTION IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS: MODERATING ROLE OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2023-02-02) Gamus, Micah Adamu; Andah, Ruth Angbazo; Mallami, Keffi MuhammadPatient satisfaction is considered is the degree to which patients are satisfied with the quality of healthcare provided by their provider. Unfortunately, most hospitals in Nigeria are lagging in embracing contemporary healthcare technology. Most hospitals around the world are re-strategizing to deliver quality healthcare and remain competitive through the usage of electronic health records systems (EHR). This study examined the relationship between EHR and patient satisfaction under the moderating influence of operational efficiency. Data was collected from the patients of public hospitals in north-central states of Nigeria using questionnaire. Two public hospitals were chosen to represent each state with the use of a convenience sampling technique. 440 samples were drawn via Taro Yamani formula. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) using smart-PLS version 4.0 as an inferential statistical toolf or data analysis was employed. The study found strong positive and statistically significant relationship exists between direct function and operational efficiency. The study also found that information infrastructure and operational efficiency have a negative significant relationship, while supportive function and operational efficiency have positive insignificant relationship. Operational efficiency has strong, positive, and significant moderating effect on the relationship between EHR systems and patient satisfaction. Based on the findings, the study recommends that governments at all levels should endeavor to install sustainable and improved EHR systems in public hospitals in north central Nigeria. Such is expected to provide improved efficient operation that enhance patients' satisfaction in public hospitals.Item Open Access IMPACT OF BANK CREDIT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN NIGERIA(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2014-01-03) Barde, Barnabas E.; Mallami, Keffi MuhammadThe study investigates the effect of bank credit on the performance of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria. It specifically sought to find out how the total domestic credit of deposit money banks affects the performance of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria. Time series data were collected from secondary source covering a period of 20 years (1990-2010). Ordinary least square econometric technique, ADF lest and Granger causality test were employed in testing the hypotheses. The findings of the study show that credit to manufacturing sector have significant relationship with capacity utilization (56%) and index of manufacturing production (69%). However, the relationship is not strong. These results, therefore, call for intense effort by the government, manufacturers and the lending institutions to evaluating the bank credit and provide appropriate macro- economic conducive environment, so as to encourage efficient and effective intermediation process of lending and borrowing by the financial institutions to achieve high investment in the manufacturing sector.Item Open Access IMPACT OF ETHNICITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A GOAL REVIEW AND LESSONS FOR NIGERIA(Department of Entrepreneurship Studies, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-01-10) Ahmed, Hajarah Hassan; Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Doshiro, Musa UmarItem Open Access IMPACT OF MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTUIJNG SECTOR IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-09-09) Ahmed, Hajarah Hassan; Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Doshiro, Musa UmarEmpirical evidence from both developed and developing economies has proved that fiscal and monetary policies have the capacity to influence the entire economy in an emerging economy. This work therefore, set out to assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policies on the performance of the manufacturing sector in an emerging economy, the Nigerian experience. It specifically sought to find out the total amount of government expenditure and commercial bank loans and advances to the manufacturing sector an emerging economy and their impact on tlie performance of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria. Data were collected from secondary source. The ordinary least square was used to analyse the data. The a priori expectation is that government expenditures and commercial bank loans and advances to manufacturing sector should have a significant positive impact on the perfonnance of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria. Our findings revealed that the marginal productivity coefficient of commercial bank loans and advances to manufacturing sector is positive and significant. However, the marginal productivity coefficient of government expenditures to manufacturing sector is negative but in significant. Impliedly, capacity utilisation tends to improve when the volume of loan increases but declines insignificantly even though the government expenditure to manufacturing sector increases. In view of this, the researchers recommended that the financial institutions should inject more loans to manufacturing sector and ensure conducive lending environment for manufacturing sector to have easy access to loan. Government of an emerging economy should discourage its expenditures to manufacturing sector or it most ensure that its expenditures to manufacturing sector have not been distorted by any politically motivated programmes and the manufacturers should endeavour to judiciously utilise the fund and honour loan obligations promptly.Item Open Access IMPACT OF MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE(Department of Entrepreneurship Studies, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-09-10) Ahmed, Hajarah Hassan; Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Doshiro, Musa UmarItem Open Access Innovation Capacity and Internationalization of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) In Nigeria(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2022-05-04) Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Agu, Monica Nnenna; Daboh, Odadiah AyokOvertime the involvement of SMEs in product innovation capability and process innovation capability has been inadequate in Nigeria, where our products and services especially on export have been inadequate in terms of participation in the global markets which have made us a dumping ground for imported goods and services leading to the failure of most businesses, which have become an impediment to internationalization in Nigeria. Therefore, this study examined the effects of innovation capability and internationalization of SMEs in Nigeria. The study also focused on export-oriented SMEs in Nigeria. Descriptive research design was used. A stratified sample size of 228 was drawn from the population of 529 performing exporters in Nigeria using a structured questionnaire formulated for the purpose of the study. Multiple regressions were used to analyze data and the existing relationship between selected variables. The findings of the study> reveal that Product Innovation Capability exerted significant positive effect on the internationalization of SMEs in Nigeria; on the other hand Process innovation capability had negative, but insignificant effect on internationalization of SMEs in Nigeria. The study therefore concluded that innovations in product development, results in new and improved offerings to their market base, as they strive towards increasing market share across borders, consequently, process innovation capability practices, as improving methods of production, did not lead to an increase in the level of internationalization in the market performance of SMEs in Nigeria. The study therefore recommended that SMEs imbibe product improvement innovation processes practices to adapt with the ever-changing business environment.Item Open Access INSECURITY AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS IN YOBE STATE, NIGERIA: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2021-10-10) Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Agu, Monica Nnenna; Babale, SuleimanThis study investigates the relationship between insecurity and performance of small scale business in Yobe State. Nigeria, the mediating role of socio-economic development. This study adopted a survey research design, the population used for this study was all small businesses in Damaturu and Patiskum, Yobe State, the sample size used for this study was three hundred and twenty (320) and convenience sampling technique was used to select the respondents for this study. Questionnaire was utilized as instrument for data collection. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM-PLS) with multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data with the aid of Smart-PLS. The findings reveals that, incidence of insecurity has positive and significant effect on both socio-economic development and small businesses performance in Yobe State. Also, socio economic development has positive and significant mediating effect on small businesses performance in Yobe State Subsequently, recommendation were made to government to ensure improved security for small business operators/managers to always adopt innovation in order to continue improving the overall performance oftheir businesses.Item Open Access MPACT OF ETHNICITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A GOAL REVIEW AND LESSONS FOR NIGERIA(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-09-11) Ahmed, Hajarah Hassan; Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Doshiro, Musa UmarThe essence of this work is to access the effect of ethnicity on entrepreneurship in Nigeria. The fact that the country faces challenges of economic development in a fast phased global economy, Nigeria has no alternative but to learn to be increasingly entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship, in general, and ethnic entrepreneurship, in particular, should thus be of interest to Nigerians. There is need to learn from some of the best practices globally with a view to possibly domesticating those practices among the diverse ethnics groups in the country. The study is therefore, a literature survey type which seeks to identify, from literature globally, those attitudes in various cultures that bring out the best in each ethnic group’s entrepreneurship. Such positive cultural attitudes from all ethnic groups would be worthy of emulation by the other ethnic groups for best practices in entrepreneurship. The study concludes that there are differences in entrepreneurship attitudes globally and between nation states, regions and ethnic groups within the same countries. The differences are conditioned substantially by the varied cultures (including ethnicity) of the people concerned and Nigeria can benefit from global trade through encouraging entrepreneurship development. This paper, therefore, recommends that the government should sponsor studies that would seek to determine the cultural attitude of Nigerian ethnic groups to entrepreneurship.Item Open Access THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE CHALLENGES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA: THE NEED FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL INTERCESSION.(Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2015-12-16) Muhammad, Bello Baban'umma; Mallami, Keffi MuhammadThis study assessed the role of NDE considering the alarming current rate of unemployment challenges in Nigeria. The aim is to empirically investigate the impact of NDE on entrepreneur and socio-economic development in Nigeria. To achieve this, the study employed the use of time series data on employment on the relevance of the NDE various training programmes to employment generation in Nigeria. The various NDE categories of job training from which the prospective beneficiaries can acquire entrepreneur skills that will guarantee employment were examine. However, in spite of the frantic efforts towards the eradication of unemployment, it is sad that the Nigerian economy continues to experience high unemployment rate, resulting to alienation of the poor people from political-economic functioning of the society. The study found out that although the Federal Government of Nigeria established NDE with a view to alleviating unemployment, the rate of unemployment keeps increasing daily. However, the findings showed that trainees enrolled more in certain schemes at the expense of others. The research argued that the activities of the NDE need to be constantly appraised and efforts should be made to link up more with the informal sector and have liaison offices in the local government headquarters across the federation where entrepreneur activities will be carried out.Item Open Access Strategy Orientation and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in North Central Nigeria: The Mediating Role of Organizational Learning(Department of Business Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-11-06) Mallami, Keffi Muhammad; Usman, Aliyu Salamatu; Paul, VincentThis study ascertained the relationship between strategic orientation and performance of SMEs in North Central Region of Nigeria. Additionally, the study also examined the mediation effect of organizational learning on the relationship between strategic orientation and performance of SMEs. The study a multivariate approach to performance assessment. Specifically, a multiple constructs of entrepreneurial orientation, technology> orientation, market orientation, organizational learning and SMEs Performance are considered. Data was collected through hand delivery method by sending questionnaire to 440 SMEs managers/owners. Partial Least Squares (PLS) algorithm and bootstrap techniques were used to test the study's hypotheses. The results revealed that entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and organizational learning are significantly and positively related to performance of SMEs. On the other hand, technological orientation is insignificantly and negatively related to performance of SMEs. Additionally, entrepreneurial orientation, technology orientation and market orientation are significantly and positively related to organizational learning. Furthermore, the. results of mediation indicate that all the three hypotheses are significant. Managers/entrepreneurs of SMEs should acquire and put into reality sound entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation skills to be able to engage in a more innovative activity in the markets and to place the customers in the center of a firm’s strategy> and operations.