The study examined the human capacity building (HCB) of micro and small technical enterprises (MSTEs) in Southwestern Nigeria (SN). The study used questionnaire for data collection. The questionnaire were administered on three hundred respondents in SN; Lagos, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti states. Two hundred and forty-nine (83%) were retrieved and used for the analysis of the study. The study was analysed with both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study shows that larger proportion of the operators of MSTEs had pre-higher education (49.4%), with 3-5 technical workshops training (46.3%), less than 6 years of apprenticeship (98.4%), and had spent 3 years and above in technical education (91.9%). The study shows that HCB influences both sales volume (r = 0.248**, p<1% and r = 0.329**, p<1%) and profit level (r = 0.250**, p<1% and r = 0.299**, p<1%) of the operators. The study shows that the 31% of relationship between HCB and performance of MSTEs in the study area was significant (F2, 71 = 3.712, p<5%) and concluded that improved human capital of the operators will enhance the performance of MSTEs in the study area. The study recommends that capacity building should be paramount to the technical operators and policy makers in the study area.
This study will identify the types of dating violence and prevalence of dating violence among the students in the selected universities in Southwestern Nigeria. It will also examine factors influencing dating violence among the university students in Southwestern Nigeria. The study will use multistage sampling technique: three universities will be selected purposively from the universities in the study area, these selected universities will involve one federal university, one state university and one private university. Out of the selected universities, questionnaire and interview will be used to mine information on the study focus from one hundred students that will be randomly selected from each of the selected university making three hundred respondents. The study will use appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics for the analysis of this study. The result of this study will be disseminated via conferences, journals and other notable mediums. The study is expected to provide information on the types and prevalence of dating violence among the universities students in Southwestern Nigeria. It will also reveal the factors influencing dating violence in the study area.
This is a working paper that explains how human capital and innovations influence the performance of technology-based enterprises in Nigeria
Technical Entrepreneurship is a catalyst for wealth creation, poverty reduction, socioeconomic empowerment, self sustenance and national development. Meanwhile, one of the prominent problems in southwestern Nigeria is inadequate skilled labour for technical jobs and inadequate entrepreneurial leadership. Hence, there is need for entrepreneurial skills among technicians in the area of knowledge and network ties for entrepreneurial success. The study was carried out in Osun State. Findings of this research revealed that 40.8% of the respondents were female and 59.2% were male, hence 75.5% of the respondents established their businesses for career purposes. Not only has that but also indicated that 67.3% respondents had both formal and informal collaborations(good forms of network composition), hence, forms of collaborations is positive and significantly related with return on asset, return on sale, profit and sales volumes respectively. While highest educational qualification is both positive and significantly related with staff strength. Performance was measured with return on asset, return on sale, profit, sales volumes and staff strength. This study recommends that technical entrepreneurs should spend more time in knowledge acquisition and be connected to good forms of network composition.
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