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Organizational Factors as correlates of Competitive Advantage

The Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) was introduced in the Nigerian telecommunications industry in 2001 after the industry’s deregulation in 1992. The mobile telephone network which revolutionized the business, social and economic lives of Nigerians also endangered competition in the industry. Competition among the operators enabled them to deploy their organizational factors of stakeholders, knowledge, innovation, culture and technology management to create competitive advantage for the benefit of the telecommunication consumers. However, the industry is challenged by volatility of quality of service and intermittent network failures which have affected the value of its competitive advantage. This book examines organizational factors as correlates of competitive advantage.

Corporate Restructuring in Nigeria

The 21st Century is very crucial for Nigerian companies, banks and their managers. It is equally decisive for the business professionals and students of Finance, Accountancy, Economics, Law and Management in the Nigerian corporate world. For the companies and banks, how well they are managed will determine whether they will survive, expand and flourish or fail and be liquidated in it. For the students and professionals, it will be the millennium when they will graduate out of Business Schools to work in unstable companies undergoing restructuring or even failing. Others will graduate to be entrepreneurs. For all these spectrum of companies, professionals and students, a basic pre-requisite is to understand the fundamental tools of managing and studying to excel in a depressed but de-regulating economy. 

This book has been written to conceptualise, analyse and practicalize the Nigerian business scenario of the third millennium. All the issues that will enable Nigerian companies and banks to survive, blossom and flourish or fail in the 21st century are exhaustively treated.
These topics include Mergers and Acquisitions, Management Buy-outs, Management Buy-ins, Leveraged Buy-outs, Restructuring of Companies and Banks, Business Process Re-engineering and Repositioning, Scenario Planning, Total Quality Management, Motivation Techniques, Liquidation and Winding-up of Failing Companies and Banks, Privatisation in Nigeria and the Challenges of Managing Companies and Banks in the 21st century. The book exhaustively treated the Legal Provisions and Implications of each topic. It also brazed a trail by packaging 13 CASE STUDIES including Law reports on each topic.
These case studies include Mergers in Lever Brothers (Nig) Plc and Siemens, West Germany, Management Buy-outs in Neimeth Pharmaceuticals and Livestock Feeds Plc, Restructuring cases in the Bank of the North, Omega Bank Plc, Standard Trust Bank, Equity Bank and Continental Trust Bank. The case studies in the Privatisation of Union Bank, First Bank, UBA and Afribank are also included. It is a stimulating, well researched and practical based book.
It is an indispensable companion to the company and Bank Executives, practising Lawyers and Law students, Policy Makers, Management and Financial Consultants, Students of Finance, Accountancy, Economics, Banking, Management etc.

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Bank Failures in Nigeria: History, Causes And Remedies

History, Causes and Remedies is a concise exposition of the history, causes and recommendations to avert more Bank failures in Nigeria. It analytically examines the various indices of bank insolvency or distress in the Nigerian banks. It provides detailed information on the various facets of bank failures, measures by the regulatory authorities to resolve the problems in the banks and also highlights the consequences of bank insolvency and failures on the economy. It also presents the various symptoms or signs of a problem bank to assist the banking public in their choice of banks. 

The book also presents a well researched performance rating of Nigerian banks for prospective investors and customers. Major cases of Bank problems and failures in the advanced economies like the USA, Japan, France, Switzerland, etc are also appraised. The book is written in simple and concise language with copious data quoted from actual case materials. It is an indispensable companion to the regulators of the economy, policy makers, researchers, bank professionals, students of banking, management, financial analysts, and the general banking public in Nigeria and abroad.

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