INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND INDUSTRIALISATION IN NIGERIA: A Micro-Assessment of the Nnewi Automotive Component Industrial Cluster, Anambra State
- Chukwunonso Ekesiobi
- Ude Damian Kalu
- Chukwudi Nwokolo
- ( paper pages. 1 - 32 )
Abstract
The Nigerian industrial sector performance has remained far from impressivedespite efforts to advance it. Industrial clusters have however thrived in the face ofdeindustrialisation in the country. This study probes the link between cluster-based policy and industrialisation adopting Nnewi Automotive ComponentIndustrial Cluster as the case study. A sample of 195 firms drawn frommanufacturing, trade and services firms in the cluster were utilised. In addition tothe descriptive analysis, micro-level cluster information identified from literaturewas estimated using binary and ordinal logistics regression techniques. Findingsindentify significant determinants of internationalisation, collaboration andinnovation in the cluster that have guaranteed its collective efficiency andsustenance. The study posits that the cluster concept is capable of transformingthe fortunes of the sector if properly mainstreamed into industrial policy.
Citation
Chukwunonso Ekesiobi, Ude Damian Kalu, Chukwudi Nwokolo.
2018.
"INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND INDUSTRIALISATION IN NIGERIA: A Micro-Assessment of the Nnewi Automotive Component Industrial Cluster, Anambra State"
The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies,
60 (3): 1 - 32.
JEL Classification
L14, L22, L60, O14
