Browsing by Author "Bello Ahmed Nurudeen"

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    Effect of Entrepreneurial Pro-Activeness on Business Sustainability of Some Selected Medium-Sized Hotels in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria
    (2024) Bello Ahmed Nurudeen; Sogunro Elijah Olusoji; Adeniyi Mubo
    Entrepreneurial marketing dimensions are elements that most medium-sized have not leveraged particularly in the hospitality industry and specifically medium-sized hotel businesses in Ilorin to boost their performance. Ilorin is one of the major cities in Kwara State, Nigeria. However, the study objective is to investigate the effect of pro-activeness of services on the sustainability of 3stars hotel businesses in the Ilorin metropolis. The methodology employed is a descriptive survey research study that is cross-sectional. The study uses a population of 290 and a sample of 168 using a simple random sampling technique. The study also used primary sources of data to elicit information from respondents deploying a five-point Likert scale. It analyses data gathered using descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of SPSS 22.0. Findings revealed that pro-activeness of service has no significant effect on the sustainability of the 3-star hotel business in Ilorin with results indicating a P value of (0.540). It is concluded that the pro activeness of service on sustainability has no significant effect on the performance of medium sized hotel businesses in Ilorin. It is recommended that 5-star hotels in Ilorin should focus on advocating measures to enhance pro-activeness of service as an early response mechanism.
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    Entrepreneurial Alertness and Opportunity Recognition among Bakers in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
    (2024-07) Abdulgafar Adekola Akinrinade; Aminu Nassir Brimah; Bello Ahmed Nurudeen
    The art of opportunity recognition has long been viewed as a black box that needed further attentions. Bakery owners join their mastery with administrative capacities to recognize and create an opportunity. This study examines the influence of entrepreneurial alertness as a personality trait on opportunity recognition. The study adopted a cross sectional survey using responses from 229 bakers selected with systematic random sampling approach from a sample of association of master baker of Nigeria, Kwara state branch. frame. Questionnaire was adopted as the instrument for data collection which was analysed using multiple standard regression. The regression coefficients revealed adjusted R2of 0.122 for opportunity recognition. Therefore the study concludes that entrepreneurial alertness plays a significant role in recognition of opportunities and is considered as a target-oriented process that serves as means to new value creation and innovation. The study also recommends that the bakers should engage in activities that improved their environmental scanning abilities to enhance their alertness and also attend training program that can enhance and improve the individual cognitive thinking and mental simulation.