Trade Credit, Credit Policy and the Performance of Building Industry in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAzeezat Atinuke OLADIMEJI
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-14T14:03:04Z
dc.date.available2024-06-14T14:03:04Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.description.abstractBuilding industries play an important role in the economy and the activities of the industry are also vital to the achievement of national socio-economic development goals of providing shelter, infrastructure and employment. The industry could be enhanced with opportunity to trade credit and proper credit policy. When this is not the case, it is expected that the industries would not performance optimally. It is in this regard that this study deems it fit to investigate the effect of Trade Credit and Credit Policy on Performance of Building Industry in Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was adopted. Population consists of 32 building industries in Nigeria. Data was collected from annual reports of the 32 industries. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that trade credit had significant influence on performance of building industry in Nigeria (Adj. R2 = 0.138; p = 0.000), credit policy was found to be significantly effective on performance of building industry in Nigeria (Adj. R2 = 0.100; p = 0.000). Jointly, trade credit and credit policy were found to statistically significantly affect performance of building industry in Nigeria (Adj. = 0.106, p = 0.000). The study concluded that only trade credit and credit policy both have significant and positive effect on performance of building industry in Nigeria. The study recommended that managements of the building industries in Nigeria should improve their credit policy and also their performance so as to have access to more trade credit. Keywords: Trade Credit, Credit Policy, Performance of Building Industry. Word Count: 253
dc.identifier.otherM.Sc
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.lcu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/611
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLead City University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesM.Sc
dc.subjectTrade Credit
dc.subjectCredit Policy
dc.subjectPerformance of Building Industry.
dc.titleTrade Credit, Credit Policy and the Performance of Building Industry in Nigeria
dc.typeThesis

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