EFFECT OF CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KWARA STATE

Rasak Bolanta OBA, PhD, Mujeeb Bolaji ATOLAGBE, John Sunday ADEFILA

Abstract


This main objective of this study was to analyze the effect of corporate entrepreneurship on the performance of commercial banks in kwara state. The sample consisted of managers, marketers and the teller from 17 commercial banks and their branches operating in Kwara State, resulting in a sample size of 157 respondents.Ordinary Least Squares-OLS - (Multiple Regression Analysis) was  employed for data analysis via SPSS. The results revealed that; there is significant effect of innovation on the perceived financial performance with F-value of 46.382; and that there is significant effect of risk taking on perceived financial performance of commercial banks in Kwara State, Nigeria, at F-value of 48.258. The modern corporation, then, is faced with seeking avenues for developing in house entrepreneurship in order to reduce costs of operation. The study concludes that there is significant relationship between innovations on the perceived financial performance of Nigeria banks: Management should encourage innovation and enable innovative employees, especially those within the marketing department to carry out research so as to bring about new ways of improving performance.

 

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Corporate, Performance, Innovation Risk taking, Intrapreneurship

 


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