Construction Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (CMSMEs) Innovations

Abstract

Innovation is at the core of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)/construction micro, small, and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) world over. Be that as it may, the overwhelming sorts of innovation among enduring and effective CMSMEs, and the effects of such innovation(s) on the achievement of the CMSMEs is hazy. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the transcendent sorts of innovation among the successful construction micro, small, and medium enterprises. The examination utilized subjective research technique to exploratively decide the sorts of innovations. Recorded interviews comprised the exploration of information from 43 CMSMEs through 14 states out of the 19 states constituting northern Nigeria. While a semi-structured interview with open-ended questions was utilized to gather information through judgmental and snowballing examining procedure at stage 1 and 2 individually. Information was transcribe interpreted, open and axial codes examined and interpreted. The outcome uncover product innovation as the main type of innovation among different types of innovation and generally in charge of the accomplishment of the CMSMEs considered. The investigation improves the collection of learning regarding basic types of innovations within CMSMEs and proposes that effective CMSMEs give more consideration to product innovation to trigger their prosperity and different types of innovation. Moreover, the aftereffect of the examination proposed failing CMSMEs can endure when they focus on product innovation.

Assessment of the Triggers of Inefficient Materials Management Practices by Construction SMEs in Nigeria

“…There is a dearth of literature on material management by construction SMEs, especially in the study area. Related and existing studies on SMEs focused majorly on manufacturing (Akindipe, 2014;Kareem, 2018;Muchaendepi et al, 2019), processing industry (Zhang, 2014), pro-activeness and survival of SMEs (Amah, 2017), issues, challenges and prospects of SMEs (Agwu, 2014), construction innovations (Tsado et al, 2020), and agro-allied SMEs (Roko et al, 2016), to name a few. While there are extant studies that focused on material management in construction, there is little or nothing done as regards inefficient management of materials in Port Harcourt, Nigeria with a focus on construction SMEs.…”