ASSESSMENT OF INFORMATION SOURCES AND SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THE BUSINESS NEEDS OF THE MICRO AND SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NORTH WEST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE, NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

Business data/information consists of every factor influential to business operation. It is influenced by a set of political, economic, social and technological factors which are largely outside the control and influence of a business. The general objective of this study was to investigate into business information need and services of micro and small business enterprises in the North-West geo-political zone of Nigeria. The survey research method was adopted for the study. From the parent population of micro and small business enterprises, seven municipal areas of the geo-political zone were randomly sampled. Research instrument used for collecting data was the structured questionnaire which was constructed along the theoretical frame of the study. Hypotheses were formulated to provide basis for inferences from the analysed data. The SPSS Version 17 was used to analyse the data and for testing the hypotheses. The Pearson and Product Moment Correlation and One-Way Analysis of Variance w...