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The effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria

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Main Authors: Mohammed Sani, Abdullahi, Puspa Liza, Ghazali, Zainudin, Awang, Izah, Mohd Tahir, Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim
Other Authors: abdulmohdsani@gmail.com
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Language:English
Published: School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2016
Subjects:
Finance
Infrastructure
Training
Performance
SMEs
Relationship
Economy
Nigeria
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/40728
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spelling my.unimap-407282016-07-21T02:05:52Z The effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria Mohammed Sani, Abdullahi Puspa Liza, Ghazali Zainudin, Awang Izah, Mohd Tahir Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim abdulmohdsani@gmail.com Finance Infrastructure Training Performance SMEs Relationship Economy Nigeria Link to publisher's homepage at http://ijbt.unimap.edu.my Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) play significant roles in providing employment opportunities, alleviating poverty, empowering communities, provision of goods and services, contributing toward the GDP, and achieving sustainable growth and development of the Nigerian economy. The aims of this research is to examine the effect of finance, infrastructure, and training on the performance of SMEs in Nigeria. This study used Kano State as a case study, and descriptive survey research design was used in this study. Sample size of 310 SMEs was drawn through simple random sampling out of the population of 1530 registered SMEs in Kano State, Nigeria. Primary data was employed in this study, and the data was collected through administering of close-ended structured questionnaires, but only 299 respondents respond to the questionnaires that were used for this study analysis. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software was used to analyze the respondent’s profile while Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) through Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) software was used to test the hypotheses of this study. The findings indicate that finance, infrastructure, and training have a positive and significant effect on the performance of SMEs in Nigeria. This suggests that there is a dire need for finance, infrastructure, and training to be given adequate concentration as they serve as the engine of boosting the performance of SMEs in Nigeria. Thus, it is recommended that the Government should undertake policy development work aimed at making access to fund easier for SMEs with growth potential and reduce the interest rate. The existing infrastructural facilities such as road, electricity, water supply, and telecommunication should be improved to a high standard by the Government. The Government should also encourage the SMEs entrepreneurs to make use of Entrepreneurial Development Programme (EDP) that is aimed at improving the skill level in the SMEs sector, and the SMEs entrepreneurs should inculcate the habit of training and developing their management and workforce in order to build a strong capacity for meeting these challenges. 2016-01-06T03:37:09Z 2016-01-06T03:37:09Z 2015-10 Article International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, vol.5(3), 2015, pages 421-452 2231-7090 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/40728 http://ijbt.unimap.edu.my en School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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topic Finance
Infrastructure
Training
Performance
SMEs
Relationship
Economy
Nigeria
spellingShingle Finance
Infrastructure
Training
Performance
SMEs
Relationship
Economy
Nigeria
Mohammed Sani, Abdullahi
Puspa Liza, Ghazali
Zainudin, Awang
Izah, Mohd Tahir
Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim
The effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria
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Mohammed Sani, Abdullahi
Puspa Liza, Ghazali
Zainudin, Awang
Izah, Mohd Tahir
Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim
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author Mohammed Sani, Abdullahi
Puspa Liza, Ghazali
Zainudin, Awang
Izah, Mohd Tahir
Nor Azman, Mat Ali @ Salim
author_sort Mohammed Sani, Abdullahi
title The effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria
title_short The effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria
title_full The effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria
title_fullStr The effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed The effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria
title_sort effect of finance, infrastructure and training on the performance of small and medium scale enterprises (smes) in nigeria
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