BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF BOTTLED WATER COMPANIES IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The paper examined the impact of business environment on the entrepreneurial performance of bottled water companies in Nigeria. Literature on the business environment and entrepreneurial performance in Nigeria is also presented. Second, on the basis of a sample of 3 bottled water companies with a sample size of 105, a questionnaire was developed to gather information from respondents, using a correlation analysis, the collected and analysed data. In conjunction with measures such as productivity and customer satisfaction, dimensions such as the internal environment and the external environment include a moderating variable which is organizationally structured to capture all aspects of the model. The study found that the internal environment, a proxy for business environments, shows a positive and significant relationship with productivity as the best measure for the environment in bottled water companies in Port Harcourt, and the external environment shows a positive and meaningful relationship with productivity as the best measure for the environment in bottled water companies in Port Harcourt It is recommended that, as far as possible, the management of Bottled Water companies should provide employees with an attractive working environment and provide opportunities for development to enhance employee career growth and make them satisfied to remain in the organization and plan strategically for changes to the external environment. The study concluded that there was an impact on entrepreneurial performance on the external business environment, political, economic, technological and socio-cultural, etc. To identify opportunities and threats to their company and organization, organizations should therefore understand the implications of the entrepreneurial performance of their business activities. KEYWORDS: Business Environment, Internal environment, external environment, Entrepreneurial performance, Bottle water companies