ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND SMES’ PERFORMANCE IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

The effect of environmental factors has engendered a lot debate in the existing literature. This study examines on SMEs performance Ogun State, Nigeria. is premised dimensions factors, which are employees, shareholders, government support and competitive pressure. Survey research design, comprising 218 business owners Ijebu Ode Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria was employed. F-statistics (Fc = 32.931; P 0.000) shows that strong determinants performance. findings further revealed shareholders (Tc 3.041; < 0.05) pressure -2.753; critical determining while employees also significantly related to SMEs. Hence, should pay more attention environment as well since these most measures