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FAILURE OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA: CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED FIRMS IN ENUGU STATE)

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Abstract

It was made known that small scale businesses faced a lot of challenges. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine the failure of small scale business in Nigeria, to find the causes and solutions. Few selected firms in Enugu state were used as a case study to investigate the causes and solutions of these failures. The researcher adopted quantitative methodology based on which the following findings amongst others were made namely: workers implement management policies, finance options affect small scale business, employment of incompetent hands lead to the failure of small scale business. The researcher recommended amongst others that Maintenance of proper accountability should be done, business knowledge through training, education and development Improved, business factors in locating the business should be utilized. The researcher proposed that further studies should be conducted with a view to ascertaining the problems as well as the survival strategies of small scale bus

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0       Introduction

Many of the previous studies have focused on the degree of issues and challenges faced by SMEs and to a lesser extent on the maximum growth potential that SMEs in this country has. Different nations have utilized  diversified  strategic  tools  and  resources  that  they  have  to  fit  into  a particular concept or  situation. Taking into account the growth potential in  the area that one country has, strategies implemented would be different. Japan is famous  for  its  technological  advances  in  motors;  America  has  borne  out successful inventors to create machines to ease people’s lives and China is now the  biggest manufacturing  market  that most  of  the products  are  made there. Malaysia has dissimilar  potential  as  well.  Too  much  was  engrossed  on standardization than branding adaption or mainly strategies being implemented among  the businesses. Hence, this paper  will reveal  the general failure about SME, in Nigeria.

1.1       Background of the Study

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of virtually all economies of the world because of their role in employment creation and provision of personalized services (Wattanapruttipaisan, 2003). SMEs have strong influence on the sustainable development process of less developed as much as developed countries because they foster economic growth and alleviate poverty (Ayyagari, Beck and Demirguc-Kunt, 2003). Udechukwu (2003) asserts that the development of SMEs is an essential element in the growth strategy of most economies and holds particular significance for developing countries like Nigeria.

The best performing economies in Asia are heavily based on SMEs which are major sources of dynamism in economic development. The requirements for SMEs to access the global market and upgrade their position within the international market as a result of trade liberalization are becoming increasingly difficult due to competition (Abonyi, 2003). Berry (2002) suggests that the increasing prevalence of flexibility and specialization of SMEs has persuaded many business analysts to believe in the strategic role SMEs play in the industrial structure of any developing nation. But he noted that SMEs are quite vulnerable to external shocks due to the global competition from the liberalization of trade. There is reasonable assurance that given favorable policy environment, SMEs can successfully compete in the global market (Briggs, 2007).

Most governments, especially in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) now recognize the need to formulate policies that create conducive atmosphere for the establishment and operation of SMEs. The new emphasis by various governments in LDCs on SME development can be linked with the current global trend of economic liberalization and the need to bridge the development gap that hitherto exists between them and industrialized countries. Governments in developing countries, especially in Nigeria, provide a wide variety of programs to develop and assist SMEs. Despite these programs, it has been observed that their impact on the performance of SMEs has been less than satisfactory (Manbula, 2015). This can be attributed to some factors that governments and policy makers in developing countries have failed to put into consideration in the design and implementation of SME development programs. Most SMEs either remain small, moribund or shut down within few years of operation due to some constraints that hinder their growth, especially finance (Rodriguez and Berry, 2002).

There is no available evidence in Nigeria that the situation has improved with economic liberalization (trade and financial market) that brought about stiff competition from well established Multinational Corporations (MNCs). The proponents of economic liberalization claim that it improves the situation of SMEs by giving them better access to finance and encourages competition which will in turn reduce poverty (Tagoe, Nyarko and Anuwa-Amarh, 2005). This paper focuses on the manufacturing SMEs in Nigeria and the programs designed by the Nigerian government for the development of SMEs.

It develops the argument that government programs for SMEs development are not properly implemented which has hindered SMEs competitiveness. The institutional structures upon which these programs can function effectively are either not in place or insufficient. This has resulted in a biased economic environment for SMEs to compete with well established MNCs under a liberalized trade environment.

This research work on “The failure of small-scale Business in Nigeria; Its causes and solutions” with a study of selected companies in Enugu State is conducted to proffer solutions by way of recommendations to the problems of small scale business.



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