BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Manufacturing sector plays a catalytic role in a modern economy and has many dynamic benefits crucial for economic transformation. In typical advanced countries, the manufacturing sector is leading, sector in many respects. It is an avenue for increasing productivity related to import replacement and export expansion, creating foreign exchange earning capacity; and raising employment and per capital income which causes unique consumption patterns. Furthermore, it creates investment capital at a faster rate than any other sector of the economy while promoting wider and more effective linkages among different sector. In terms of contribution to the Gross Domestic product, the manufacturing sector is dominant but it has been overtaken by the services sector in a number of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.8 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1.9 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
1.10 PLAN OF THE STUDY
1.11 DEFINITION OF TERMS
REFERENCES
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction
2.1 The Structure of the Nigerian Manufacturing Industry
2.2 The Nigerian Manufacturing Sector
2.2.1 Globalization and the Manufacturing Sector
2.2.2 The Performance of Nigerian Manufacturing Firms
2.3 DETERMINANTS OF NON-OIL EXPORTS IN NIGERIA MANUFACTURING FIRMS
2.4 The Challenges of the Manufacturing Sector of Nigerian Economy
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 METHODOLOGY
3.2 MODEL SPECIFICATION
3.3 MODEL ESTIMATION METHOD
3.4 SOURCE OF DATA
3.5 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF INSTRUMENT
