BUSINESS PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE OF SMES IN ANAMBRA STATE

Leonard Onwuzuligbo, FN Chime

Abstract


This study was undertaken to identify the relationship between Bench marking and earned income of Small and Medium Enterprises: Survey research design was employed using primary data collected with five point Likert scaled structured instrument Pearson's Product moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypothesis. The test result (r=0.954) revealed that benchmarking have significant positive relationship on earned income This study recommends that entrepreneurs should incorporate standardization and benchmarking of their products and services to enhance earned income.

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