scholarly journals Human Capital Development and Exporting Potential of SMES in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. p136
Author(s):  
Joseph Oluremi OLUBITAN
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
International Market ◽  
Global Market ◽  
P Value ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Capital Development

More and more Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria are failing before they enter into their second year of operation and those that continue to operate are not seizing the opportunities of taking their businesses to the global market. Though they have the desires and zeal to be enterprising, lack of adequate human capital development through training and skill acquisition continue to be a high priority bottleneck that delimits the exporting potentials of SMEs in Nigeria. This study looked into the level of education of SMEs operators in Nigeria and their performance at the international market. It investigated the correlation and effect of education on the exporting potential of SMEs in Nigeria. Education was discovered to play a vital part in the exporting potential of SMEs as it had a high significant effect on both export (at P value of 0.001) and export sales of SMEs (at P value of 0.000).

scholarly journals Impact of Human Capital Development on Small and Medium Scale Enterprise in Some Selected Firms in Ananmbra State

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Anugwu Clara Chika ◽  
Nwosu Kanayo Chike
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Medium Scale ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study examine the effects of human capital development in Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurship performance and improvement in some selected SME firms in Anambra State. Descriptive survey design was used in the study. The total population of the study was 270. Findings revealed that human capital development helps in improving the performance of firms through training of employees fro greater performance of SMEs; developing efficiency of the SMEs; influencing the proactiveness of the employees; enhancing the flexibility of the employees; and improving service delivery of the employees. This study recommended that firms should develop human capital development so as to avoid stagnation of the skills of the employee. The study further recommended that firms should utilize human capital development so that it would not affect the quality of service delivery of SMEs.

The impact of FDI on human capital development in SACU countries

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Winfried Henok ◽  
Teresia Kaulihowa
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Member States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper aims to examine how FDI trickle down to human capital development in SACU member states.Design/methodology/approachA longitudinal research design and feasible general least squares was used over the periods 1990 and 2018.FindingsThere is supporting evidence that FDI enhances human capital when primary school enrolment rate is used. However, the reverse holds for the secondary level of education. It can be argued that although FDI exhibits a positive effect on primary education, optimal spillovers to human capital development has not been realized. An indication that certain level of human capital may be required to ensure the optimal benefit of FDI or the types of current FDI does not enhance FDI-led-human capital hypothesis.Practical implicationsThe negative effect of FDI toward secondary level of education could be an indication of a weak absorptive capacity. SACU's current dominance of FDI activities toward extractive industries could limit potential benefit of FDI due to capacity constraints. Practical policy implications indicate that SACU member states need to ensure that it attracts FDI toward smart investment that enhances human capital development.Social implicationsThere is need to a gear FDI firms toward corporate social responsibilities that will stimulate secondary education.Originality/valueThe novelty of this paper is twofold. First, it focuses on SACU countries where majority of the people are trapped with poverty and inequality issues. Second, SACU member states have used greenfield FDI as a policy instrument to enhance human capital. However, human capital link remains weak. This creates a need to search for smart FDIs that are committed toward community transformation through human capital development.

Technical Analysis on Relationships of Human Capital and Economic Growth

2012 ◽  
Vol 253-255 ◽  
pp. 211-214
Author(s):  
Yu Xiao Yan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Technical Aspect ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Tremendous Progress ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Capital Development

Shanxi province has already made tremendous progress in economics, and human capital development in Shanxi province should be kept as before. This paper attends to analysis that human capital and economic growth is correlated positively in Shanxi province by analysis the data in 30 years before via technical aspect. Improvement per capita level of education, the proportion of higher education, the proportion of secondary and primary education to the population is conducive to economic development. The results of this paper show increasing proportion of the higher education population plays a greater role on economic growth in Shanxi Province.

scholarly journals A causal relationship model of factors affecting competitiveness of community enterprise in the central region

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 1685-1691
Author(s):  
Pinyapat Nakpibal Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Herbal Product ◽  
P Value ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Cost Leadership ◽  
Capital Development

The purpose of this research were 1) to investigate the competitiveness of community enterprise, 2) to measure an agreement, and 3) to find a structural model of knowledge management, transformational leadership, and human capital development affected to community enterprise’s competitiveness. Multiphase mixed methods research applying quantitative research to extend qualitative results was used for research design. The qualitative target group was selected using purposive sampling whereas the quantitative sampling group was used two-stage random sampling. Questionnaires were used for measurement design. Qualitative data were classified and analyzed using content analysis and analytic induction. Quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and the developed model was validated by using LISREL program. The research found that 1) the overall competitiveness of community enterprise was in a high level. The interview result shown that the transformational leadership adopted the Sufficient Economy philosophy of “to do one thing at a time”, encouraged members to have a positive attitude of sharing idea. The leader should seeking for new knowledge and sharing benefits equally, applying local resources and wisdom to human capital making product development such as chili paste from mushroom, herbal product, etc. 2) The competitiveness of community enterprise’s empirical data had statistical agreement x^2=339.19,df=90,P-value=.00, most index were close to .90. The interview result found the successful of business came from product differentiate strategy. The product must be unique and stand out from competitors such as herbal compress, ikat silk, snack from rice, etc. There was also a cost leadership strategy be used. 3) The competitiveness of community enterprise was directly influenced by 3 factors; knowledge management (Direct Effect or DE=.26) transformational leadership (DE=.39) and human capital development (DE=.34) whereas indirect effects came from a transformational leadership by knowledge management (Indirect Effect or IE=.89) and human capital development (IE=.76). Therefor the model developed was acceptable and good to be used for forecast the competitiveness of community enterprise in the central region. The form of the 3 factors that affect to the competitiveness was 3L Model for SMEs Competitiveness based on the developing of members’ abilities; supported knowledge, upgraded skill, etc. The head of community enterprise must emphasized on mission and goal setting, kindness, participation of members, motivation, employing competitive advantages of product differentiate, niche marketing, and cost leadership.

scholarly journals Government Antipoverty Programmes and Small and Medium Enterprises Performance in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 371
Author(s):  
Tonna, D. Edoko ◽  
Chigbo D. Ngige ◽  
Ikechukwu M. Okoli
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Lending Rate ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Over the years the Nigerian government has come up with a number of antipoverty programmes aimed at fighting poverty by financing her growth induced sector- SMEs, yet, the country is still witnessing rising levels of poverty, corruption, unemployment, low human capital development, inadequate commercial bank credit, high lending rate and low standard of education, thus, affecting the performance of small scale enterprises. In other to address the conundrum, this study examines the effect of government antipoverty programmes on small and medium enterprises’ performance in Nigeria using econometric regression model of the Ordinary Least Square (OLS). From the regression analysis, the result showed that government antipoverty programmes, corruption, unemployment, human capital development, capital, lending rate and education conformed to the a priori expectations of the study and were statistically significant in explaining the SMEs’ performance in Nigeria. The study recommends that: In order to enhance the success of government antipoverty programmes in Nigeria, the programme should be implemented through the local government on the platform of cooperative societies so that the target population will benefit from it. A blueprint for handling corrupt officials should be embedded in the policy framework of the programme before implementation. The programme should be targeted at unemployed youths with real identity rather than sinking back the funds into the pockets of corrupt officials. Every intending beneficiary should be subjected to training/skill acquisition programme and occasional workshop in the line of trade he/she wants to venture into. Adequate funding at a good lending rate should be provided for any beneficiary of the programme in order to enhance the performance of the business in Nigeria.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document