STARTING SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES

By S.A.0. Akinrombi, Esq. M. Inst. M

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CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Foreward

CHAPTER ONE

WHAT IS A BUSINESS
STARTING YOUR BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
* Sole Proprietorship
* Partnership
* Limited Liability Company
CHAPTER TWO


ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONCEPT
(ROLES AND SCOPE)
*  The Entrepreneur
*  Land, Labour, Capital  and Entrepreneur (Organiser)
FUNCTIONS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR
* Uncertainty - Bearing
* Management Control
* The Entrepreneur Tomorrow
* The Additional Task
CHAPTER THREE

- WHERE AND HOW TO GET TECHNICAL
   AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE
* Private Sector Organisations

                    CHAPTER FOUR

-  PROMOTION OF SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES
AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL
* Sources of Financing Small Enterprises
* External Sources of Finance

-     NON-FINANCIAL FACTORS IN PROMOTING
      SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES
* Establishment of Centres
* The role of Local Government Secretariat
* Land use Decree

               CHAPTER FIVE

-    SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES AS A CATALYST
     TO THE GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

* Characteristics of Small Scale Enterprises
* Special Support Schemes
* Support for the Development of the
   Established Small Scale Enterprises.
* Small and Large Scale Enterprises

               CHAPTER SIX

-     THE SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIALISTS
     AND STANDARDISATION

     CHAPTER SEVEN

     CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENTERPRISES
* Agro-Based and Allied Enterprises
* Forest-Based Enterprises
* Rubber Based Industries
* Leather Industries
* Stone and Mineral Based Industries
* Chemical and Allied Industries
* Servicing Industries
* Miscellaneous Industries

                CHAPTER EIGHT

-    INVESTORS' GUIDE                           3
* Expatriate quota
* Product Standards
* Investment guarantee approval
* Management of Industrial waste

-    YOUR ALLIED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

* The Industrial Development Co-ordinating
   Committee (IDCC)
* Objectives of IDCC
* The functions of IDCC
* The Policy Analysis Department (PAID)
* Industrial lnspectorate Department (IID)
* Data Bank
* Raw Materials Research and Development Council
* Investment Information and Promotion Centre
* Industrial Training Fund
* Standards Organisation of Nigeria

- SCHEDULED ENTERPRISES
- RELEVANT LAWS AND REGULATIONS

                    CHAPTER NINE

-  INCENTIVES TO INVESTORS
- TAXATION
* Pioneer Status
* Tax Relief for Research & Development
* Companies Income Tax Act
* Tax Free Dividends
* Tax Relief for Investments in Economically
 Disadvantaged Areas
* Double Taxation (Income Tax Act 1979)
* Group of Companies Taxation

EFFECTIVE PROTECTION
* Customs and Excise regime
* Dumped and Subsidised goods
- EXPORT PROMOTION
* Import duty draw back
* Export Licence Waiver
* Export -Credit Guarantee and Insurance Scheme
* Export Development Fund
* Export Expansion Fund
* Export Adjustment Scheme Fund
* Rediscounting of Short Term Bills for Export
* Capital Allowance
* Tax relief on interest income

FOREIGN CURRENCY FACILITY
* Foreign Exchange
* Repatriation of imported capital
* Payment of Technology Fees
* Foreign Currency Domicillary Accounts
- DEVELOPMENT BANKING

          CHAPTER TEN
- MANAGEMENT
     (Main Element of Successful Business)
     Management Style -
     Theory X and Theory Y
               CHAPTER ELEVEN

- SURVEY IDENTIFYING EXISTING RAW MATERIALS
IN NIGERIA

APPENDICES
*  Nerfund Decree 1989
*  Ownership Structure of Enterprises in Nigeria
*  Export Incentives and Guidelines
*  Export Guidelines
*  Laws and Regulations relating to Industrial
  Development in Nigeria
*  Incentives for Investment Promotion
*  Industry and Related Areas

ANNEXURE
     COMPANIES THAT LOCALLY FABRICATE
VARIOUS MACHINERIES FOR
SMALL- SCALE BUSINESSES.