The prosperity and progress of a nation, depends on the quality of its people (Adeyemi, 2012:18). SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 4 Qualities of Entrepreneurial Personality Needed for the Development of Small and Medium EnterprisesĢ.1.5 Government Policies Towards Entrepreneurshipģ.8 Method of Data Collection/InstrumentationĭATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND discussion of findings The research concluded that entrepreneurship has a big effect on the development of small and medium enterprises and the recommendations include that government should take a far reaching measure aimed at encouraging mass acceptance of made in Nigeria goods and services and the various banks in Nigeria should be encouraged to extend credit facilities to small and medium enterprises through tax incentive.Ģ.1.1 Definition and Meaning of Informal GroupĢ.1.2 The Effect of Entrepreneurship on the Development ofĢ.1.3 Challenges of Entrepreneurship on the DevelopmentĢ.1. The problem of entrepreneurship include under capitalization, incompetence of management and government policies and regulations. The findings include that the effect of entrepreneurship on the development of small and medium enterprises include creation of new technology, products and services and it also increases productivity. The data collected were presented in tables using frequencies and percentages and analysed using inferential statistics. The hypotheses were tested using the chi-square distribution formular.

The population of the study was 196 while the sample size of 132 was determined using the Taro Yamane’s formular. The sources of data were the primary and secondary sources of data while the questionnaire was the major instrument of data collection. The research method used was the survey research method. The objectives of the study were to examine the effects of entrepreneurship on the development of small and medium enterprises in Enugu State, to determine the problems of entrepreneurship in the development of small and medium enterprises, to examine government policies towards entrepreneurship development and to find out the qualities of entrepreneurial personality needed for the development of small and medium enterprises. This research work examined the Effects of Entrepreneurship on the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Enugu State with SMEs in Enugu South Local Government Area as a case study. (A STUDY OF SELECTED SMES) IN ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA) EFFECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMES) IN ENUGU STATE

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