1. PRESENTER KIFORDU ANTHONY PhD
ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS THAT ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEUERSHIP ATTRIBUTES IN SELECTED INDIGENOUS FIRMS IN NIGERIA    
PRESENTER KIFORDU ANTHONY PhD
CO-ORDINATOR ENTREPRENURSHIP DEV CENTRE &LINKAGES, EDO UNIVERSITY IYAMHO, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
SEPTEMBER,2017.

2. ABIA STATE, NIGERIA Nickname(s): God's Own State Igbo: Ulo Chi/Chukwu

3. FACTS ABOUT ABIA STATE Coordinates: 5°25′N 7°30′E 5.417°N 7.5°E
Abia State is a state in southeastern Nigeria. The capital is Umuahia, although the major commercial city is Aba, formerly a British Colonial Government Outpost.
The state was created in 1991 from part of Imo State and its citizens are predominantly Igbo people (95% of population).It is one of the nine(9) constituent states of the Niger Delta region.
Aba manufacturing sector contributed about 10% in GDP as captured in 2014 Rebasing and 60% of the states 10%(2billion naira) monthly IGR,( NBS,2013).

4. SITES OF LEATHER MANUFACTURING IN ARIARIA MARKET

5. By 1960, the employee - self-employed gap became noticeable
Introduction
British Colony with alien policies of imperialism but highly articulated structures
By 1960, the employee - self-employed gap became noticeable
High business Mortality, Poor Management systems in spite of indigenization process and vision 20:20:20 development paradigm
Increasing job needs of Nigerians and other residents and PPP for o foster economic development…
No impact of entrepreneurship on the nation’s economy. failure of government in its entirety. There is inadequate development of entrepreneurship attributes amongst Nigerians and indigenous firms

6. Statement of the Problems
Daunting SMEs technological challenges
Development of entrepreneurship indigenous attributes.
Poor financial gateways to paucity of other resources and infrastructural facilities.

7. Objectives of the study
I. Determine the extent to which level of employment enhances the development of idea generation
II. Ascertain the extent to which technological know-how influences the development of opportunity identification
III. Examine the extent to which security of investment affects the development of R&D among indigenous firms
IV. Extent to which training leads to the development of innovative skills among indigenous firms

8. Research Questions RESEARCH QUESTIONS
I. To what extent does level of employment enhance the development of idea generation among indigenous firms?
II. To what extent does technological know-how influence the development of opportunity identification among indigenous firms?
III. To what extent does security of investment affect the development of research and development among indigenous firms?
IV. To what extent does training lead to the development of innovative skills among indigenous firms?
RESEARCH QUESTIONS

9. Research Hypotheses
I. Employment enhances the development of idea generation significantly.
II. Technological know-how has significant influence on the development of opportunity identification.
III. Security of investment significantly affect the development of R & D.
IV. Training leads to the development of innovative skills, to a large extent.
HYPOTHESES

10. Scope of the study The Time scope is from 2012 -2014.
The geographical scope: Selected indigenous firms in South Eastern Nigeria.
The Time scope is from

11. Literature Review Empirical Reviews (7) Theoretical Frameworks
Conceptual Frameworks
(4)
Theoretical Frameworks
(7)
Empirical Reviews
(6: )

12. Methodology Survey design Population distribution : 1124
Data Analysis: Pearson Product Moment Correlation(H1&H4) and Regression Analysis(H2&H3)
Derived Sample size : 553
Population distribution : 1124
Crombach Alpha’s reliability test: 0.91

13. Test of Hypotheses/Findings
HI: Correlation coefficient (R) between Dev of idea generation and employment is strong & positive with p-value (0.000) < 0.05(significant)
H2: Regression relationship between technological know-how (TKH) and development of opportunity identification (DOI) is: DOI = TKH, and t-value > 1.96 (t-critical) and p-value < 0.05 (significant)
H3: Security of investment (SI) and development of research and development (R&D) is: DRD = SI as t-value > 1.96 (t-critical) and p-value < 0.05, ( significant)
H4: The correlation coefficient (R) between development of innovation and technology is with p-value (0.000) < 0.05, (significant)

14. Conclusions Entrepreneurial abilities be developed consistently.
Retain the best human resources with local content modification of product and services
Creativity to withstand the harsh industry competition.
knowledge acquisition through enhanced training

15. 4.Investors investment security should be sufficiently assured
Recommendations
1.Indigenous firms should engage in employment of qualified staff, though within their budget inputs and job specifications.
2.Creation of Training unit in HRD for identification of opportunity & innovative skills by employees
3.Creation of R&D unit for innovative & dynamic needs of target markets against the back drop of white-elephant projects
4.Investors investment security should be sufficiently assured

16. Contribution to knowledge
Idea generation
Opportunity Identification
Innovative Skills
Research & Development
Entrepreneurship

17. References
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References 31

18. Appreciation
Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors

19. Remark
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