This study examines the pattern of attributions of managers in business organizations as they relate to strategic decisions on critical success factors including personnel, market leadership and customers' loyalty. A survey of 60 managers was conducted in Lagos, Nigeria and some psychological measures were administered to them. The results show that managers attribute strategic decisions on personnel, market leadership and customers' loyalty to effort, ability and nature of the task. Managers with personality traits of extraversion and conscientiousness show similar pattern of finding. The study concludes that inter causes of attributions principally serve as basis for strategic decision making. The implications of the study are also discussed.

The small and medium enterprise firms are renowned for improving the nation’s economy through the provision of job opportunities for its populace, improving the financial and investment status of the countries and provision of innovative products that meets the need of the people. SMEs are key players in the economy, through sustainable development goals (SDGs) enabling them to thrive in the open business environment and actively applying the digital transformation, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization should be the core of any country government. This research is designed to explore the influence of government intervention and support on enterprise performance and growth in five business sectors- Hospitality, Education, Health care, Bottled Water Production and Transport and Logistics organizations. The research paper had a descriptive research design with a randomly selected sample size of one hundred and ninety- seven respondents.The research hypotheses were tested using (Factor Analysis and Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis) with Statistical Packages for Social Science (SPSS) version 25. The results of the study reveal that government intervention policies and intervention programmes when instituted will promote the growth of business firms in Nigeria. Also identified are relevant recommendations that serve as motivation for policy administrators, entrepreneurs, and business managers to ensure that relevant intervention programme is adopted to boost performance and growth of the SME sector in Nigeria.

This paper focused on Research and development as the foundation for any technological, social and economic development. The gaps between varying levels of development in advanced and developed countries can be explained by the amount of investments made in Research and Development. The components of Research and development were explained in this paper as critical to national development. An integrated model of Research and development was presented and ways of implementing the model explained. This paper calls for a shift in African governments' focus to investments in Technological and other research and development projects for the development of the continent in order to be effectively relevant in the 21st century. Based on vision 2020proposed by Nigerian government, Nigeria is used as a model in fashioning out the required collaborative efforts to put in place a well designed research and Development Corporation that will be a channel for effective implementation of the research and development management.

Factors such as political instability, government policies, infrastructural inadequacy and entrepreneurs’ non-possession of relevant personal characteristics are connected on the high failure rate of small businesses in Nigeria. On the back of these identified problems the study focused on Influence of entrepreneurial traits on the performance of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Lagos State., Specifically, resilience, innovativeness, drive for achievement, and risk taking propensity were the entrepreneurship traits examined in relation to the performance of SMEs in Lagos state. Primary source of data through a questionnaire was used to achieve the stated objectives. Random sampling method was used to collate data of 125 entrepreneurs who participated in the study. Frequency tables and percentages were used for data presentation and the Regression analysis was used to test the formulated hypotheses, with the aid of statistical package for social sciences (version 21.0). The study summarised that there are significant relationships between the tested traits and the growth of SMEs in Nigeria. The study recommended that owner/ entrepreneurs should individually improve their skills in these critical traits’ areas. In addition, the government should provide institutional support in terms of training and development. Government should also create an enabling environment for business to thrive, through provision of infrastructures.

This article examines how operators of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Lagos, Nigeria perceives the impact of the ease of doing business reforms, as crafted by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) on their businesses. This article utilises the survey approach and the hierarchical linear modelling technique for analysis. Measures of ease of doing business topics used in this study include starting a business, getting credit, getting electricity and registering property. Others are, tax payment, entry and exit of people and construction permits. These components of ease of doing business reforms were analysed from the perception of the MSME operators, with a view to determining the factors to be considered by government for improving the business regulatory environment. Results revealed that whilst operators are confident that the reforms have impacted revenue growth and cost reduction, particularly through getting credit, getting electricity and registering property, the same could not be said for employment generation. From these findings the authors suggest that whilst government may yet find plenty of room to operate in to improve the modalities for starting businesses, tax payment, movement of business persons into and out of the country, and processing of construction permits, MSME operators, just as much as government, still have their bit to do by ensuring that as businesses are empowered, they become more socio-economically responsible