Nigerian Small and Medium Business Management: An Effect of Entrepreneurship Skills

Authors

  • Money, Udih Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE) Nigeria
  • Edjore Emmanue Odibo National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, Benin City, Nigeria

Keywords:

Entrepreneurship skills, Entrepreneurship training, SME’s Management, SME’s business ethical standard

Abstract

The study investigated the Nigerian Small and Medium business management; an effect of entrepreneurship skills using SME’s located in business layouts and streets in Warri and Effurun, Delta State. The paper used primary and secondary data to gather the information.  Stratified random sampling technique was employed to select the locations and the sample size.  The data were analysed using mean, standard deviation; simple regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA) while F-distribution statistics were used to test for the significance between means at 0.05 level of significance. The research findings were; contemporary entrepreneurs should applied entrepreneurship skills involving, planning and managing SME’s and the SME’s business ethical standard and improved upon by entrepreneurs while one of the recommendations is for Governments to improve the infrastructural facilities for SME’s to succeed.

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Published

30-09-2015

How to Cite

Money, Udih, & Edjore Emmanue Odibo. (2015). Nigerian Small and Medium Business Management: An Effect of Entrepreneurship Skills. Indian Journal of Commerce and Management Studies, 6(3), 31–36. Retrieved from https://ijcms.in/index.php/ijcms/article/view/283

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