ABSTRACT
This research work was done primarily to examine the contribution
of the impact of research findings in the performance of
manufacturing industry to the development of the economy as
indicated by growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it also
sought to find out the level of awareness and mode of accessibility
of research findings by the manufacturing industry. The theoretical
time of the study to situate it in the context of relevant studies was
carried out comprising of the study background, objectives
research question/hypothesis significant and profit of the
manufacturing industry (NB Plc) under study was written up. The
data used were both primary and secondary data although
primary data was to a limited extent.
The data was analyzed using
regression analysis and the coefficient of correlation techniques.
The findings of the study revealed that the growth in the
manufacturing industry greatly depend on the level of the impact of
the research findings in the performance of the manufacturing
industry which also was positive growth in the economy generally.
The study also revealed that there are still a lot of research
findings yet to be accessed by the manufacturing industry due to
poor publicity etc. Finally, the study revealed that centralization of
research work yield more and better findings than decentralized
ones hence some individual private companies abandon most of
their research works half way, due to huge amount of resource
(fund) involved.
