Factors Influencing the Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprise in Urban Centres: A Case of Lagos, Nigeria

dc.contributor.advisorTümer, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorOderinde, Adedayo Ibironke
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T05:20:12Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T05:20:12Z
dc.date.issued2015-07
dc.date.submitted2015
dc.departmentEastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administrationen_US
dc.descriptionMaster of Business Administration in Business Administration. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Dept. of Business Administration, 2015. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Tümer.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the factors affecting the performance of SMEs in urban centres in the most economically important state of Nigeria which is Lagos State. This is as a result of the alarming situations of small and medium scale enterprise (SMEs) in Nigeria. They have fallen short of their expectation and are therefore not praiseworthy in their performances. A questionnaire was drafted to address the degree to which the lack of finance, poor marketing system, ban on importation, as well as division of labour influences the performance of SMEs using the working capacities of the firms as a measure. This study adopts the use of quantitative research with the use of 137 respondents that were selected through a purposive snowball technique precisely in Surulere and Mushin local government area of Lagos state. A descriptive statistics was used to analyse the data collected. The findings of this research reveals that the small and medium scale firms are face with problems of poor marketing systems and this reflects in their inability to increase their sales. The finding also shows that division of labour is not often the practice in small and medium scale firms and this decreases the specialization of labour and eventually results in the decline in output and revenue of the firms. Keywords: Small and medium scale enterprise, problems, performance, entrepreneur, Nigeria.en_US
dc.description.abstractÖZ : Çalışmanın amacı Nijerya ekonomisi için önemli olan KOBİ (Küçük ve Orta Boy İşletme)’lerin performanslarını etkileyen faktörlerini incelemek ve etkilerini ölçmektir. Bu amaçla Nijerya’nın Lagos eyaleti seçilmiş ve araştırma bu bölgede yürütülmüştür. Faktörleri tespit edebilmek amacı ile literatür taraması sonucu soru formu hazırlanmıştır. Soru formunda finansman eksikliği, yetersiz pazarlama sistemi, ithalat kısıtlamaları firma yöneticilerine yönelik hazırlanmış ve performaslarını hangi derecede etkileyebileceği tespit edilmiştir. Çalışmada “kar-topu” örneklem yöntemi kullanılmış ve 137 firma yönetici/sahibinden geri dönüm alınmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, Lagos eyaletindeki küçük ve orta ölçekli firmaların yetersiz pazarlama sistemlerinin sorunları ile yüz yüze olduklarını ortaya koymaktadır. Sonuçlar ayrıca, bu firmaların satışlarını artırmak için yetersiz olduklarını da göstermektedir. Bulgular aynı zamanda, genellikle küçük ve orta ölçekli firmalarda iş bölümü hususunda uygulama olmadığını göstermektedir. Bunun neticesinde firmaların üretim ve gelirlerinde düşüş yaşanmaktadır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Küçük ve orta ölçekli işletme, performans, girişimci, Nijerya.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOderinde, Adedayo Ibironke. (2015). Factors Influencing the Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprise in Urban Centres: A Case of Lagos, Nigeria. Thesis (M.B.A.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Dept. of Business Administration, Famagusta: North Cyprus.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/4098
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEastern Mediterranean University EMUen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTez
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectBusiness Administrationen_US
dc.subjectSmall and Medium Scale Enterprises-Lagos (Nigeria)en_US
dc.subjectSmall and medium scale enterpriseen_US
dc.subjectproblemsen_US
dc.subjectperformanceen_US
dc.subjectentrepreneuren_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titleFactors Influencing the Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprise in Urban Centres: A Case of Lagos, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeMaster Thesis

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