AN APPRAISAL OF THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Working capital management is particularly important for small firms. A small firm may minimize its investments in fixed assets by renting or leasing plant and equipment but there is no way it can avoid an investment in cash debtors and stocks. Therefore current assets are particularly significant … Read more

Impact of Teaching Food And Nutrition On Senior Secondary School Students Performance

Impact of Teaching Food And Nutrition On Senior Secondary School Students Performance ABSTRACT This research study the effects of Nutrition on students academic performance in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The study was delimited to all secondary schools students in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State which 120 respondents were randomly selected … Read more

Audience choice of TV station and media literacy among viewers

Audience choice of TV station and media literacy among viewers INTRODUCTION In the beginning, literacy was a word that described having knowledge of printed material (reading and writing letters or symbols.) However, these days, communication is flowing to and around us in a variety of forms besides print (e.g., radio, television, film, video games, photography, … Read more

INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ON AUDIENCE PREFERENCE OF THE STATIONS IN NIGERIA

INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION PROGRAMMES ON AUDIENCE PREFERENCE OF THE STATIONS IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT The study ‘influence of television programmes on audience preference of the stations in Nigeria’ is set out to analyse programmes from television stations in Nigeria in order to determine which of the television stations is preferred by audiences among the most viewed … Read more

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Local government in Nigeria has been changed by the constitution of the responsibility or grassroots development and such recognized as the third time of government. There has been a number of national conference and seminars in local government in various parts of the country. All these, one … Read more

EFFECT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON FIRMS’ EARNING IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Dividend according to Nwude (2003) “is the share of the company’s legally available profits divided among the shareholders and received by the shareholders in cash (where cash is paid out) or stock (where stock is paid) or both in other forms of paper claims to wealth”. Dividend … Read more

IMPACT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON PROFITABILITY OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Business Enterprises (SMEs) are seen as a driving force for the promotion of an economy (Khan and Jawaid, 2004) and they contribute immensely to the economic development of any country. According to OECD (1997), business enterprises play a major role in economic growth and development, creation of … Read more

EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE TAXATION ON GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Fiscal policy measures in Africa have been largely driven by the need to promote such macroeconomic objectives as raising revenue to finance rapid economic growth of their economies, generating employment, maintaining price level and exchange rates stability and balance of payments equilibrium. To achieve these objectives one of … Read more

EFFECT OF TAX INCENTIVES AND CONCESSION ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMES IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Small businesses are seen as one key source of economic growth. For this reason, myriad economic policies have been devoted to promote the economic activity within small businesses (Buss 2001). Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) form the core of majority of the world’s economies. A study carried … Read more