IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IJSSMR )

E-ISSN 2545-5303
P-ISSN 2695-2203
VOL. 10 NO. 5 2024
DOI: 10.56201/ijssmr.v10.no5.2024.pg296.319

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Intrapreneurial Risk-Taking and Operational Competitiveness of Manufacturing Firms in the South-East Region of Nigeria

Nwabuatu, Emmanuel Nnajiubah (Ph.D)

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Abstract

The research examined the relationship between intrapreneurial risk-taking and the operational competitiveness of manufacturing firms in the south-east region of Nigeria. The study used a cross-sectional research design. This study's population consists of 184 manufacturing enterprises from Nigeria's South-East Region. A total of 920 respondents were drawn from 184 industrial businesses. A questionnaire was utilized to gather data, and the hypotheses were evaluated using Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient. The results show a substantial relationship between intrapreneurial risk-taking and the operational competitiveness of manufacturing firms in southeast Nigeria. As a result, the research showed that intrapreneurial risk-taking is connected with the operational competitiveness of manufacturing firms in southeast Nigeria. The study recommended that management should engage in research and development to enable them to achieve cost leadership and operational competitiveness. Management should conduct research and development to improve product quality and operational competitiveness. Management should develop the ability to invest in uncertainty with the aim of improving cost leadership and operational competitiveness. Management should develop the ability to invest in uncertainty with the aim of improving product quality and the operational competitiveness of manufacturing firms in the south-east region of Nigeria.

keywords:

Intrapreneurial Ris-taking, Research and development, Investing in uncertainty, Operational compeyitiveness, Cost learedship, Product quality,

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