COST MINIMIZATION STRATEGIES IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANIES (A CASE STUDY DE LBN PLC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Background of the Problem
Statement of the Problem
Objectives of the Research
Research Questions
Statement of Hypothesis
Scope of the study and Its Delimitation
Organization of the Report
Chapter 2:
Literature Review
Evolution of the Nigeria Capital Market.
Major Participation’s in the Nigerian Capital Market
The Central Bank of Nigeria
Development Finance Institutions
Issuing Houses
Stockbroking firms
Securities and Exchange Commission
Stock Exchange
Share Registrars
Commercial Banks
Insurance companies and Pensims / Provident funds
Dividend
Forms of Dividend
Factors influencing Dividend Policy
Stability of Dividend
Relationship between Dividend and Share prices
Information content of Dividends
Random Walk Theory of Share Price Movements
Random Walk and an Efficient Stock Market
Varying Degrees Efficiency
Week form Tests or Weak form of Efficiency
Semi-strong form Tests and semi-strong Efficiency
Strong form Tests and Strong Form Efficiency
Implications of Efficient Market Hypothesis
Empirical Studies of Capital Market Efficiency in Nigeria
Dividend Announcement and Capital Market Efficiency.
Chapter 3:
Research Methodology
research Design
Sources of Primary & Secondary Data
Population & Sample
Data Collection Techniques
Data Analysis Technique
Hypothesis Test Statistic
Limitation of Research Methodology
Chapter 4:
Analysis and Presentation of Data.
Presentation of Primary Data
Analysis and Presentation of Data According to Research Questions
Analysis and Presentation of Data According to hypothesis.
Chapter 5
Summary of Findings
Conclusion
Recommendation
Suggested Research Work
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
The desire of every national producer is to minimize the resource invested to achieve a desired objective thus at any point in time he should be devising ways of minimizing the cost of achieving the desired benefit.
This situation is equally relevant to organization of any kind whether profit oriented on nonprofit oriented and therefore make it imperative for every organization especially the profit oriented ones not to stop at controlling the use of resources to conform with established standards but should also make spirited attempts to continuously minimize cost without impairing the quality of their products. The need for manufacturing companies to be conscious of the above need has been magnified by the fact that Nigeria economy is experiencing an era of astonishing rate of inflation despicable how exchange rate requiring reports of grossly low capacity utilization and the inter play of some other very powerful extraneous variable which makes the business environment very inclement.