International Journal of Development Strategies in Humanities, Management and Social Sciences
This study examines the dynamics of technological entrepreneurship towards fostering entrepreneur... more This study examines the dynamics of technological entrepreneurship towards fostering entrepreneurial ventures in Nigeria. It is regarded as the driving vehicle that facilitates prosperity in individual firms, regions and nations and serves as an important function that satisfies intellectual curiosity. The study defined technological entrepreneurship as an investment in a project that assembles and deploys specialized individuals that are necessary for job creation and economic development. In the study, we noted that technological entrepreneurs as national assets to be cultivated, remunerated to the greatest extent since they have the ability to change the way we live and work and that their innovations lead to improve the standard of living, create jobs and contribute to the growing of the economy. Entrepreneurship is considered crucial to the dynamic economy because entrepreneurs create employment opportunities not only for themselves but for others and influences country’s econo...
This study aimed at investigating the need for the adoption of Information and Communication Tech... more This study aimed at investigating the need for the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the management of Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector. The study brought to the fore critical issues relating to the ICTs prevailing in the oil industry. The study was conducted through survey and archival studies were carried out to identify some of the technical changes and technological capabilities of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry. Data used in the study was collected from primary sources through structured questionnaire and interviews with the users of ICT components. The data collected were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) technique. The study provided empirical evidence that the adoption of ICTs in the Oil and Gas industry were perceived to be dependent on the development and the upgrading of technological capabilities. The study made modest recommendations that appropriate laws should be enacted to protect the sector from foreign competitors and that obs...
This study emphasizes that the key challenge for harnessing oil and gas resources are making the ... more This study emphasizes that the key challenge for harnessing oil and gas resources are making the right strategic choices and synchronizing their implementation in a context that supports fiscal prudence and minimizes macroeconomic distortions. The study noted that Nigeria has not capitalize on its vast oil and gas resources because it has not developed adequate policy framework and strategic plans to do so, showing that the vast resources have not been harnessed and managed well to make any difference to the economy and well-being of Nigerians. The study argued that the reform agenda of past administration's effort to rapidly regenerate the nation's oil and gas sector economy to position Nigeria as one of the world's twenty biggest economies by the year 2020 has not made any significant improvement. The study recommended among others that to enhance the innovation capability, it is necessary to drive interaction among educational, research institutions and industrial fir...
The issue of sustaining entrepreneurial creativity and innovations has been a growing concern in ... more The issue of sustaining entrepreneurial creativity and innovations has been a growing concern in Nigeria. The huge amount of money the government invested on this platform over the years has not yielded any meaningful results. Poverty today is a characteristic of Nigerian households or individuals. Nigeria as a nation has her own peculiar developmental challenges resulting from maladministration, corruption, infrastructural decay, insecurity of lives and properties, unstable macroeconomic regime and unpredictable fiscal policies. Nevertheless, entrepreneurial activities have been seen as a hub for generating income and reducing poverty. The development of this sector has been profoundly characterized by constant tension and feuds. This study is intended to provide opportunities for cross-pollination of information and knowledge dissemination among stakeholders. As Nigerians seeks to develop a culture of entrepreneurship, there is a need to build on pre-existing values and behaviours...
This study focuses on the way organizational culture is adopted for exploring the relationship of... more This study focuses on the way organizational culture is adopted for exploring the relationship of firm performance. The primary objective is to explore the relationship between organizational culture and information technology effectiveness with reference to firm performance. The performance of the firm was measured using the dependent variables, return on assets (ROA) and Earning Per Share (EPS), obtained from the annual reports of the listed services industries in Nigeria. The random sample generated 200 usable responses. All the four cultural types adopted in the study had influence on the return on assets and earnings per share. The result of the Pearson correlation analysis revealed that masculinity culture factor was the most positively related to organizational culture and technology capability. The result provided evidence regarding the implications of organizational cultures as well as enabling factors associated with firm’s performance and firm’s innovativeness. The study ...
Inspite of the huge investment made by Nigerian government in the oil and gas sector of the econo... more Inspite of the huge investment made by Nigerian government in the oil and gas sector of the economy, the GDP growth has remained insignificant. The local content in the industry is still very low as over 60 percent of the work value in the oil and gas sector is carried out abroad. This has led to dearth in jobs, skills development, capacity building/utilisation and lack of sustained national economic development. With the awaking of local content consciousness, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has put in place a comprehensive Nigerian content development strategy as the prime vehicle for actualising economic derivatives from oil and gas industry. The main thrust of the Nigerian content policy is to promote a framework that guarantee active participation of Nigerians in oil and gas activities without compromising standard in order to stimulate growth of indigenous capacity. This paper emphasizes that the foregoing cannot be realised in the absence of a motivated and...
In today’s competitive business environment, there exist the need to investigate the adequacy of ... more In today’s competitive business environment, there exist the need to investigate the adequacy of infrastructural flexibility for Business Intelligence Systems to support Sustainability on Firm’s Decision-making processes and performance. The Business Intelligence Systems consist of unique functions that are intrinsic aimed at supporting better quality decision-making within the organization. It is critical to the smooth operations of every organization. The intention of this study is not to discuss the technical details of implementing Business Intelligence Systems but to explore how to gain maximum benefits from the applications and usage of Business Intelligence Systems. An intensive literature review that highlighted the impact of Business Intelligence on firm performance and decision-making processes were initiated. The focus was on how to apply the Business Intelligence Systems to gain competitive advantage and to create more value from information by aligning it with the needs...
Journal of Advances in Social Science and Humanities, 2020
This study examined the extent of relationships for sustainable adoption of supply chain manageme... more This study examined the extent of relationships for sustainable adoption of supply chain management practices and performance in Nigerian manufacturing organizations. The study looked into the factors that influence the breadth and depth of the industry’s activities and presented series of constructs that identify sustainable supply chain management operating activities, the factors that act as driving environmental issues and what specific management practices exist in the selected companies. The study adopted the concept of system theory, which is key aspect of the roots of environmental management. The study also reviewed the impact of pro-active and re-active practices in the implementation of sustainable supply chain management. The survey questionnaire was used for data collection from the selected respondents. The companies were selected randomly. The survey instrument was administered using convenience sampling techniques which was deemed the most feasible approach. Factor a...
This study examines the dynamics of technological innovation capability on new product developmen... more This study examines the dynamics of technological innovation capability on new product development and industry’s performance, using Nigeria iron and steel industry as the case study. The study defines technological innovation capability as a comprehensive set of characteristics of an organization that facilitates and supports its innovative strategies. Barney (1991) states that technological innovation capabilities represent the ability of the firm to combine a number of resources to engage in productive activity and to attain a certain objectives. Mohanty (1999) posits that technological innovation capability as a competence generic from individuals and the environment in which they are engaged and involves set of competencies such as visioning, ability to generate ideas, internal and external networking relationship. In order to highlight the importance of technological innovation capabilities with respect to iron and steel industry of Nigeria, the researcher proposed a number of...
Inspite of the huge investment made by Nigerian government in the oil and gas sector of the econo... more Inspite of the huge investment made by Nigerian government in the oil and gas sector of the economy, the GDP growth has remained insignificant. The local content in the industry is still very low as over 60 percent of the work value in the oil and gas sector is carried out abroad. This has led to dearth in jobs, skills development, capacity building/utilisation and lack of sustained national economic development. With the awaking of local content consciousness, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has put in place a comprehensive Nigerian content development strategy as the prime vehicle for actualising economic derivatives from oil and gas industry. The main thrust of the Nigerian content policy is to promote a framework that guarantee active participation of Nigerians in oil and gas activities without compromising standard in order to stimulate growth of indigenous capacity. This paper emphasizes that the foregoing cannot be realised in the absence of a motivated and...
INTRODUCTION Knowledge management to facilitate the creation, storage, transfer and application o... more INTRODUCTION Knowledge management to facilitate the creation, storage, transfer and application of knowledge in organizations have perceived wide attention in practice and research in the past several years. It has been argued that the success of today's business increasingly depends on their intellectual assets as opposed to their tangible resources. Among other things, these assets include attitude, knowledge and skills of the workforce, according to American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), these assets are known as competencies. They are areas of personal capability that enable people to perform successfully to their jobs by achieving outcomes or completing tasks effectively. Drucker (2001) emphasizes that every organization needs one core competence, innovation further stresses that every organization needs a way to record and appraise its innovative performance. Mohanty (2006) outlined that for an economy, or a nation to achieve preeminent position and superior...
International Journal of Development Strategies in Humanities, Management and Social Sciences
This study examines the dynamics of technological entrepreneurship towards fostering entrepreneur... more This study examines the dynamics of technological entrepreneurship towards fostering entrepreneurial ventures in Nigeria. It is regarded as the driving vehicle that facilitates prosperity in individual firms, regions and nations and serves as an important function that satisfies intellectual curiosity. The study defined technological entrepreneurship as an investment in a project that assembles and deploys specialized individuals that are necessary for job creation and economic development. In the study, we noted that technological entrepreneurs as national assets to be cultivated, remunerated to the greatest extent since they have the ability to change the way we live and work and that their innovations lead to improve the standard of living, create jobs and contribute to the growing of the economy. Entrepreneurship is considered crucial to the dynamic economy because entrepreneurs create employment opportunities not only for themselves but for others and influences country’s econo...
This study aimed at investigating the need for the adoption of Information and Communication Tech... more This study aimed at investigating the need for the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the management of Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector. The study brought to the fore critical issues relating to the ICTs prevailing in the oil industry. The study was conducted through survey and archival studies were carried out to identify some of the technical changes and technological capabilities of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry. Data used in the study was collected from primary sources through structured questionnaire and interviews with the users of ICT components. The data collected were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) technique. The study provided empirical evidence that the adoption of ICTs in the Oil and Gas industry were perceived to be dependent on the development and the upgrading of technological capabilities. The study made modest recommendations that appropriate laws should be enacted to protect the sector from foreign competitors and that obs...
This study emphasizes that the key challenge for harnessing oil and gas resources are making the ... more This study emphasizes that the key challenge for harnessing oil and gas resources are making the right strategic choices and synchronizing their implementation in a context that supports fiscal prudence and minimizes macroeconomic distortions. The study noted that Nigeria has not capitalize on its vast oil and gas resources because it has not developed adequate policy framework and strategic plans to do so, showing that the vast resources have not been harnessed and managed well to make any difference to the economy and well-being of Nigerians. The study argued that the reform agenda of past administration's effort to rapidly regenerate the nation's oil and gas sector economy to position Nigeria as one of the world's twenty biggest economies by the year 2020 has not made any significant improvement. The study recommended among others that to enhance the innovation capability, it is necessary to drive interaction among educational, research institutions and industrial fir...
The issue of sustaining entrepreneurial creativity and innovations has been a growing concern in ... more The issue of sustaining entrepreneurial creativity and innovations has been a growing concern in Nigeria. The huge amount of money the government invested on this platform over the years has not yielded any meaningful results. Poverty today is a characteristic of Nigerian households or individuals. Nigeria as a nation has her own peculiar developmental challenges resulting from maladministration, corruption, infrastructural decay, insecurity of lives and properties, unstable macroeconomic regime and unpredictable fiscal policies. Nevertheless, entrepreneurial activities have been seen as a hub for generating income and reducing poverty. The development of this sector has been profoundly characterized by constant tension and feuds. This study is intended to provide opportunities for cross-pollination of information and knowledge dissemination among stakeholders. As Nigerians seeks to develop a culture of entrepreneurship, there is a need to build on pre-existing values and behaviours...
This study focuses on the way organizational culture is adopted for exploring the relationship of... more This study focuses on the way organizational culture is adopted for exploring the relationship of firm performance. The primary objective is to explore the relationship between organizational culture and information technology effectiveness with reference to firm performance. The performance of the firm was measured using the dependent variables, return on assets (ROA) and Earning Per Share (EPS), obtained from the annual reports of the listed services industries in Nigeria. The random sample generated 200 usable responses. All the four cultural types adopted in the study had influence on the return on assets and earnings per share. The result of the Pearson correlation analysis revealed that masculinity culture factor was the most positively related to organizational culture and technology capability. The result provided evidence regarding the implications of organizational cultures as well as enabling factors associated with firm’s performance and firm’s innovativeness. The study ...
Inspite of the huge investment made by Nigerian government in the oil and gas sector of the econo... more Inspite of the huge investment made by Nigerian government in the oil and gas sector of the economy, the GDP growth has remained insignificant. The local content in the industry is still very low as over 60 percent of the work value in the oil and gas sector is carried out abroad. This has led to dearth in jobs, skills development, capacity building/utilisation and lack of sustained national economic development. With the awaking of local content consciousness, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has put in place a comprehensive Nigerian content development strategy as the prime vehicle for actualising economic derivatives from oil and gas industry. The main thrust of the Nigerian content policy is to promote a framework that guarantee active participation of Nigerians in oil and gas activities without compromising standard in order to stimulate growth of indigenous capacity. This paper emphasizes that the foregoing cannot be realised in the absence of a motivated and...
In today’s competitive business environment, there exist the need to investigate the adequacy of ... more In today’s competitive business environment, there exist the need to investigate the adequacy of infrastructural flexibility for Business Intelligence Systems to support Sustainability on Firm’s Decision-making processes and performance. The Business Intelligence Systems consist of unique functions that are intrinsic aimed at supporting better quality decision-making within the organization. It is critical to the smooth operations of every organization. The intention of this study is not to discuss the technical details of implementing Business Intelligence Systems but to explore how to gain maximum benefits from the applications and usage of Business Intelligence Systems. An intensive literature review that highlighted the impact of Business Intelligence on firm performance and decision-making processes were initiated. The focus was on how to apply the Business Intelligence Systems to gain competitive advantage and to create more value from information by aligning it with the needs...
Journal of Advances in Social Science and Humanities, 2020
This study examined the extent of relationships for sustainable adoption of supply chain manageme... more This study examined the extent of relationships for sustainable adoption of supply chain management practices and performance in Nigerian manufacturing organizations. The study looked into the factors that influence the breadth and depth of the industry’s activities and presented series of constructs that identify sustainable supply chain management operating activities, the factors that act as driving environmental issues and what specific management practices exist in the selected companies. The study adopted the concept of system theory, which is key aspect of the roots of environmental management. The study also reviewed the impact of pro-active and re-active practices in the implementation of sustainable supply chain management. The survey questionnaire was used for data collection from the selected respondents. The companies were selected randomly. The survey instrument was administered using convenience sampling techniques which was deemed the most feasible approach. Factor a...
This study examines the dynamics of technological innovation capability on new product developmen... more This study examines the dynamics of technological innovation capability on new product development and industry’s performance, using Nigeria iron and steel industry as the case study. The study defines technological innovation capability as a comprehensive set of characteristics of an organization that facilitates and supports its innovative strategies. Barney (1991) states that technological innovation capabilities represent the ability of the firm to combine a number of resources to engage in productive activity and to attain a certain objectives. Mohanty (1999) posits that technological innovation capability as a competence generic from individuals and the environment in which they are engaged and involves set of competencies such as visioning, ability to generate ideas, internal and external networking relationship. In order to highlight the importance of technological innovation capabilities with respect to iron and steel industry of Nigeria, the researcher proposed a number of...
Inspite of the huge investment made by Nigerian government in the oil and gas sector of the econo... more Inspite of the huge investment made by Nigerian government in the oil and gas sector of the economy, the GDP growth has remained insignificant. The local content in the industry is still very low as over 60 percent of the work value in the oil and gas sector is carried out abroad. This has led to dearth in jobs, skills development, capacity building/utilisation and lack of sustained national economic development. With the awaking of local content consciousness, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has put in place a comprehensive Nigerian content development strategy as the prime vehicle for actualising economic derivatives from oil and gas industry. The main thrust of the Nigerian content policy is to promote a framework that guarantee active participation of Nigerians in oil and gas activities without compromising standard in order to stimulate growth of indigenous capacity. This paper emphasizes that the foregoing cannot be realised in the absence of a motivated and...
INTRODUCTION Knowledge management to facilitate the creation, storage, transfer and application o... more INTRODUCTION Knowledge management to facilitate the creation, storage, transfer and application of knowledge in organizations have perceived wide attention in practice and research in the past several years. It has been argued that the success of today's business increasingly depends on their intellectual assets as opposed to their tangible resources. Among other things, these assets include attitude, knowledge and skills of the workforce, according to American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), these assets are known as competencies. They are areas of personal capability that enable people to perform successfully to their jobs by achieving outcomes or completing tasks effectively. Drucker (2001) emphasizes that every organization needs one core competence, innovation further stresses that every organization needs a way to record and appraise its innovative performance. Mohanty (2006) outlined that for an economy, or a nation to achieve preeminent position and superior...
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