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    Evaluating Mergers and Acquisition as Strategic Interventions in the Nigerian Banking Sector: The Good, Bad and the Ugly.
    (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012) Oghojafor, B. E. A.; Adebisi, S.A.
    This study evaluated Merger/Acquisition as an intervention strategy in the Nigerian banking sector. The objective was to identify whether this strategy has actually achieved the desired result for which it was purposed, especially, in the popular Nigerian merger of 2005. To this end, the study was carried out using both primary (questionnaire) and secondary (banks financial statements) data. 100 copies of questionnaire were administered on the management members of the sampled banks. From the three hypotheses that were tested; hypothesis 1 result revealed the calculated t-statistics (t = 6.591 P < 0.05) signifying that, Merger/Acquisition had helped to curb the distress that would have occurred in the Nigeria banks during the period it was executed. Hypothesis 2 which measured performances in pre and post-merger showed that, the average capital of banks sampled in pre Merger period was N1433.20 million while post Merger period was N6358.76 million and the difference was statistically significant at 0.05 level (t = 6.755, P < 0.05). Profit recorded for pre Merger period was N 2192.48 million while post Merger profit was N16839.12 million thereby creating significant differences between pre and post Merger profit which was statistically significant at 0.05 level (t = 5.276, P < 0.05), implying that, banks performance in post Merger was significantly different from the performance before Merger. Hypothesis 3 evaluated whether bad corporate governance was responsible for this merger; the calculated t-statistics was (t = 3.197, P < 0.05) and it was decided that there would not have been need for merger if good corporate governance had been in place. Based on these findings, it was recommended that merger/acquisition should not be hastily implemented; rather, it should be carefully applied when the objective for the intending firms is to achieve synergy; and that, corporate governance should be given priority attention by both the regulatory agencies and shareholders so that erring bank directors can be sanctioned appropriately.
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    Survival strategies and sustainability of small and medium enterprises in a volatile environment.
    (Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy,, 2019-09) Adebisi, S.A.; Bakare, N.A.
    Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been considered as one of the engines of economic growth, sustainability, and industrial development of a nation, however, the survival rate of SMEs in Nigeria has been seriously affected by the volatile environment in which they operate. The use of survival strategies has also been one of the major challenges facing the business since most people believe that strategies are only meant for large and multinational companies. This study, therefore, examines the survival strategies and sustainability of small and medium enterprises in a volatile business environment using a quantitative approach. The data were administered through a questionnaire to 350 respondents from small and medium enterprises in Lagos State, Nigeria. The questionnaire was analyzed with the use of the Structural Equation Model. The results reveal that there is a significant and positive relationship between survival strategies and sustainability of small and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria.