Effect of Equity Financing on Entrepreneurship Business Development in Lagos State‚ Nigeria 1 Akanbi‚ Moses Ayokunle‚ 2 Akinbola Olufemi Amos‚ 3Ogbari Mercy Ejovwokeoghene 2‚3 Dept. Of Economics And Development Studies Dept. Of Business Studies‚ Covenant University‚ Canaan Land‚ Ota‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria 1 Abstract The paper investigates the effect of equity form of financing on entrepreneurship business development in Lagos State‚ Nigeria. A total sample size of 240 business enterprise of
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Importance of capital market for the economic development of India Introduction: The capital market is the market for securities‚ where Companies and governments can raise long-term funds. It is a market in which money is lent for periods longer than a year. A nation’s capital market includes such financial institutions as banks‚ insurance companies‚ and stock exchanges that channel long-term investment funds to commercial and industrial borrowers. Unlike the money market‚ on which lending is
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create a system of taxation‚ a nation must make choices regarding the distribution of the tax burden-who will pay taxes and how much they will pay-and how the taxes collected will be spent. In Nigeria‚ the taxation system dates back to 1904 when the personal income tax was introduced in northern Nigeria before the unification of the country by the colonial masters. It was later implemented through the Native Revenue Ordinances to the western and eastern regions in 1917 and 1928‚ respectively. Among
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Shell Oil in Nigeria 1. What are some of the factors explaining why corruption and bribery are so high in Nigeria? Nigeria is considered to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Many different forms of corruption are familiar to Nigeria including political corruption‚ bureaucratic corruption‚ electoral corruption‚ embezzlement‚ and bribery. Corruption has even been said to be a viable enterprise in Nigeria due to the involvement of citizens‚ government officials‚ and private
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Anifowoshe and Emenuo‚ Francis (eds.) Elements of Politics. Lagos‚ Nigeria: Sam Iwanusi Publications. Pp. 210-225. Ball‚ Alan (1988)‚ Modern Politics and Government 4th Edition. London: Macmillan Press Coleman‚ J.S (1971) Nigeria: Background to Nationalism Hague‚ Rod and Harrop‚ Martin (1987)‚ Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction. 2nd Edition. Basingstoke and London: Macmillan Education Ltd. International IDEA (2006)‚ Nigeria: Country Report Based on Research and Dialogue with Political
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important institutional and functional vehicle for economic transformation of any country. Banking sector is reckoned as a hub and barometer of the financial system. As a pillar of the economy‚ this sector plays a predominant role in the economic development of the country. The geographical pervasiveness of the bank coupled with the range and depth of their services make the system an indispensable medium in every day transactions. The virtual monopoly of banks in `Payment Mechanism’ touches the lives
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globalization is an ideological battleground where power and resources are fought over and won by a privileged few - that power in fact controls globalization (Adesanya‚ 2011). Theoretically globalization is meant to make possible the democratization of market forces‚ the breakdown of trade barriers (Adesanya‚ 2011) and the transformation of a country from one with a primarily extractive economy to one which has a larger manufacturing sector (Subair‚ 2011). However in practice this has not proven to work
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Jeff Hateley Acct. 652.43 11/19/2014 The Ascent of Money While reading The Ascent of Money I learned that throughout the history of Western civilization‚ there has been a recurrent resentment to finance and financiers. The resentment is created from the idea that those who make their living lending money are somehow freeloading on the “real” economic activities of agriculture and manufacturing. The resentment to finance and financiers has the following three causes: Debtors have tended to outnumber
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Organizational Management Seminar 5311 Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A) As described in the Harvard Business School case Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)‚ the primary issue facing Shell is scrutiny over their involvement‚ or lack of involvement‚ in the civil unrest between the Nigerian government and a group of activists representing the Ogoni people – one of Nigeria’s 240 minority tribes. Publicly the conflict is between the Nigerian government and the Ogoni people. However the core of the
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CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW POLITICAL RENEWAL IN NIGERIA Democracy The simplistic definition of democracy ‘government of the people for the people and by the people’ can be cited by any layman but the practical application of those words varies in different forms. Democracy as a model and structure of government has been in use for a long time. It “entails a system of government that allows the citizens freedom to decide their desires. Ancient Greece (Athens in particular) is commonly
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