This study examined the effect of total quality management practices on performance deposit money banks in Nigeria. The study focused on selected deposit money banks in Makurdi metropolis, Benue State, Nigeria. The study specifically examined the effect of top management commitment, employee involvement, customer focus and process management on performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. A survey design was adopted for the study and questionnaire was used for data collection. The population of the study consists of 32 management staff of Makurdi metropolis and a census sampling method was adopted. Regression analysis was used for test of hypotheses at 0.05 significance level. Findings of the study revealed that all the independent variables (top management commitment, employee involvement, customer focus and process management) have significant effect on performance of deposit money banks in Nigeria. It recommended that management of deposit money banks should develop policies that require senior management to be involved in quality improvement efforts since this ensures success of the efforts and improved bank performance.

This study was carried out to examine the effect of networking on the performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). The study focused on SMEs in Makurdi metropolis. The study specifically examined the effect of network structure, network governance and network content on the performance of SMEs in Makurdi, Benue State. The study adopted the survey research design due to its ease of application and the speed with which its results are ready. The target population for this study consists of 708 owners/senior management staff of SMEs in Makurdi metropolis in Benue State, Nigeria. These consisted of different sectors like food processing (24), livestock rearing (32), schools (86) trading (164), art/craft (42), baking (34), table water (17), fashion and designing/ hair dressing (97), ICT (92), health (65) and transportation (55). 256 respondents were sampled. The questionnaire was used as the research tool for data collection. The research tool consists of two 4-point Likert questionnaires. The 256 questionnaires administered met a 0.83 response rate and 213 questionnaires were used for statistical analysis. With the aid of SPSS version 21, multiple regression analysis was used to test the strength of the effect of network dimensions on performance of SMEs. Findings of the study revealed that network structure has significant effect on the performance of SMEs in Benue State and network governance has significant effect on the performance of SMEs in Benue State. Also, the result indicated that network content has significant effect on the performance of SMEs in Benue State. The study concluded that the structure, governance and content of networks maintained by SMEs have significant effect on their performances. Recommendations were made among others that, management of SMEs should be mindful of the content of their networks since the network content has significant effect on the performance of SMEs.

The aim of the paper is to assess various business models and how they are established to extract the business activity maximum value within a specific framework. The research is primarily supported by inclusion of the available literature within the field as well as relevant professional and academic publication to enhance currency and relevance to application, as well as identification of trending developments and issues. The research concluded that governments should further promote the commercial aspect of new and renewable energy when developing new technology through fiscal, financial, regulatory and other means. Furthermore, the regulatory environment has massive impact in influencing the various models to be developed and such, incentives are necessary to enable a successful business model implementation and application.

On January 2020, the busiest airport in Brazil and South America, the Guarulhos International Airport (Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo/Guarulhos – Governador André Franco Montoro) - or simply GRU (IATA), completes 35 years of existence. Civil aviation history ion Brazil, however, backs to 1936 when the Santos Dumont Airport (SDU), was founded in Rio de Janeiro, former Brazilian capital. This article presents a descriptive case study on GRU airport, and its importance to the Brazilian civil transportation. Key findings point GRU reaching 41.2 million people transported in 2018. Analysis GRU performance over the last decade showed GRU losing the position of the busiest airport in Latin America to Mexico International Airport in 2015, with a forecast of passenger transportation near 60 million passengers in 2030. Discussion and recommendations for future research compile this work.