CONTROL OF RISK AND RETURNS IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA

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Published: 2019-04-10

Page: 121-128


HUSSAINA AHMED KAWU *

Business Administration Gombe State University, Nigeria.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

The paper examined the relationship between risk and returns in manufacturing firms. Listed on the Nigerian stock exchange. The paper empirically analyses risk control vis-a-vis returns from investment. Data were extracted from annual accounts of 20 manufacturing companies quoted in the Nigerian stock market. These data subjected to regression analysis and co-variance is deployed to test the hypothesis of the study. The finding shows negative relationship between risk and returns. The paper concludes that risk cannot be eliminated but can be minimized and control.

Keywords: Risk, returns, manufacturing firms


How to Cite

KAWU, H. A. (2019). CONTROL OF RISK AND RETURNS IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN NIGERIA. Journal of Global Economics, Management and Business Research, 11(3), 121–128. Retrieved from https://ikprress.org/index.php/JGEMBR/article/view/4544