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The Impact of Nigerian Business Environment on the Survival of Small-Scale Ceramic Industries

Case Study, South-Western Nigeria

Tolulope Lawrence Akinbogun

Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, akinbogun2003{at}yahoo.com

The manufacturing sector at all levels is performing below-expectation in Nigeria. Many sectors, such as ceramic industry, glass industry and textile industry among others, are facing difficult times. The non-performance has been traced mainly to the unfavourable economic environment. A survey of small-scale ceramic enterprises established in south-western Nigeria from post-independence Nigeria of 1960 to 2004 was carried out in this study; their characteristics in terms of the facilities available for production, types of wares produced and current situation were examined. The study examined this against the business environment in Nigeria. It gave suggestions on how the necessary infrastructures and polices that enhance business environment could be harnessed to make small-scale ceramic production viable in Nigeria.

Key Words: business-environment • business-survival • ceramics industry • small-scale industries

Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 43, No. 6, 663-679 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0021909608096659
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