COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN SELECTED BREWING FIRMS IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The commencement of the Industrial Revolution is linked to a number of innovations, beginning in the second half of the 18th century. By the 1830s the following gains had been made in important technologies: textile, steam power, iron making, machine tools, chemicals, cement, gas lighting, glass making, paper … Read more

STRATEGIC BUSINESS UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Back ground of the Study Until the 1940s, strategy was seen as primarily a matter for the military. Military history is filled with stories about strategy. Almost from the beginning of recorded time, leaders contemplating battle have devised offensive and counter-offensive moves for the purpose of defeating an enemy. The word strategy … Read more