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This paper examines the ways in which major manufacturing groups, namely indigenous entrepreneurs, transnational corporations and Levantine companies, have coped with the crisis and programs of stabilization and structural adjustment in Nigeria. It seeks to identify patterns of entrepreneurial response to the changing structure of opportunities in the macro-economy and the industrial sector specifically. The paper explores whether there have been revised developments in industrial economic behavior and social organization of firms, and traces out the implications of entrepreneurial coping strategies for industrial development.