Large-scale change at WSSC Executive summary This report is about Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). WSSC was created in 1918 by the Maryland General Assembly to plan‚ construct‚ operate and maintain water and sewer services for residents and businesses in Maryland’s Montgomery and Prince George’s countries. The bad performance of the company despite of its monopoly situation led the government to warn the company. They had to change their way of operating and this was
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THE ROLE OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA Ayozie Daniel Ogechukwu‚ Delta State University‚ Abraka‚ Delta State‚ Nigeria‚ The Federal Polytechnic‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria Abstract A business whether small or big‚ simple of complex‚ private or public is created to provide competitive prices. Business in Nigeria has been classified as small‚ medium and large. In both the developed and developing countries‚ the government is turning to small and medium scale industries‚ as a means
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SMALL SCALE & COTTAGE INDUSTRIES (Their role‚ problems & prospects in India) (AN OVERVIEW) Small scale industries Definition The definition of small scale industries have changed from time to time. Earlier they were classified under two categories: * Using power with less than 50 employees. * Using no power‚ but strength of employees is more than 50‚ less than 100. However according to the latest definition a industry is said to be a small scale industry
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The path of small entrepreneurs is not rosy. Small entrepreneurs face the following types of problems: (1) Problem of raw materials: A major problem that the small entrepreneurs face is the procurement of raw materials. They have to confront with numerous problems like; i. Availability of inadequate quantity ii. Poor quality of materials iii. High cost of raw materials etc All these factors adversely affect the proper functioning of small units. (2) Problem of finance: Finance
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SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA: THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS. By Abiodun Fatai1 Department of Political Science‚ Faculty of Social Sciences Lagos State University‚ Ojo‚ Lagos Nigeria. ABSTRACT Small and medium scale enterprises have long believed to be catalysts for economic growth and national development both in developed and developing countries. In Nigeria where private sector is not well developed SME is assumed to play the role of employment generation‚ facilitator of economic
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dynamic role of small scale business in developing countries has long been recognized (Kayanula and Quartey‚ 2000). These small scale businesses can serve as engines through which the economic growth and employment objectives of developing countries can be achieved. However‚ for many years these rural enterprises have failed to grow beyond their micro enterprise nature and sometimes at best their small or medium size (Kayanula and Quartey‚ 2000). It is believed that private small scale businesses have
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Financing small scale business enterprises CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY Over the years‚ it has become fashionable for successive government to come up with one economic policy or the other in a bid to bring about improvement in the nation during her regime. The then military administrator in the year 1986 while in power introduced an economic program called Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) which was foisted on Nigerians as an alternative to IMF/World
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SMALL SCALE TEXTILE INDUSTRY ABSTRACT India is the world’s second largest producer of textiles and garments after China. It is the world’s third largest producer of cotton—after China and the USA—and the second largest cotton consumer after China. The Indian textile industry is as diverse and complex as country itself and it combines with equal equanimity this immense diversity into a cohesive whole. The fundamental strength of this industry flows from its strong production base of wide range
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PROJECT TOPIC : SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (A Case Study of Cassava Processing Industry) PROJECT PROPOSAL BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Interest in the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their contribution in the development process continue to be in the forefront of policy debates in developing countries. The advantages claimed for SMEs are various‚ including: the encouragement of entrepreneurship; the greater likelihood that SMEs will utilise
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The issues and challenges faced by the small scale tourism industries are the main aim of this essay in the essay it is critically analysed the difficulties and problems faced by the small scale industry and a lot of research is done on the small scale industries and it is discussed and argued in the essay. It is said that small scale industry is a very vital part of the tourism industry and economically it contributes a lot to the economy which is being talked about. Issues like innovative way of
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