School of Business & Public Management: Recent submissions
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Firm Characteristics And Operational Efficiency Of Agricultural Firms Listed At Nairobi Securities Exchange In Kenya
(2021)Operational efficiency has attracted much interest in corporate finance literature over several decades. However, in the context of the agricultural sector, it has received little attention in developing economies such ... -
Effect of Equity Risk Factors on the Return of Stock Portfolios of Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya Between 2009 and 2014
(Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2017)Investors and investment advisors strive to make the best investment decisions when forming a stock portfolio. However, at the Nairobi securities exchange in Kenya, most investors are not optimizing the return of their ... -
Test For Stock Return Anomalies At The Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Ijirr, 2017)Prior empirical studies have identified the existence of various stock return anomalies in several countries stock markets. In Some stock markets, return anomalies are discovered and then they disappear once traders ... -
Effect Of Budgeting Practices On The Financial Performance Of Insurance Companies In Kenya
(International Peer Reviewed Journals and Books (IPRJB), 2017)Purpose: The general objective of this study was to establish the impact of budgeting practices on financial performance of insurance companies in Kenya. Methodology:The study applied descriptive research design. The ... -
Small And Medium-sized Entities In The Agricultural Sector: Fair Value Reporting Challenges
(2013)Biological assets should be valued at fair value less point of sale costs only if an active market exists. The quoted price in an active market is the appropriate basis for determining the fair value of the asset. The ... -
Relationship Between Selected Macroeconomic Variables and the Financial Performance of Investment Banks in Kenya
(Kca University, 2021)Currently, investment banks in Kenya are facing a lot of challenges due to persistence losses However, the available studies are inadequate to aid investment banks in overcoming these challenges in Kenya due to ... -
Volatility Spillover influences and Response Asymmetries of Interest Rates, Exchange Rates, and Banking Stock Returns: Evidence from Banks Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research in Social Science, 2021)This study examines response asymmetries and volatility spillover dynamics of Interest rates, Exchange Rates and returns of a portfolio comprised of Kenyan banks that are listed in the Nairobi ... -
Rediscovering Success: A Case Study Of Cic Insurance Group
(ResearchGate, 2015)Thirteen years ago, CIC Insurance Group (CIC) was inexorably on the verge of total collapse. The company could not meet the minimum share capital requirements set by the government regulator. Not even the injection of Kes. ... -
The Effects of Relationship Banking and Entrepreneurial Orientation on Financial Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(African Journals Online, 2017)The purpose of the study was to determine if relationship banking, and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) affect the financial performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design ... -
The Effect of Threat of Job Loss on Entrepreneurial Intentions and Gestation Actions
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019)The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of impending layoff on employees’ entrepreneurial intention and gestation actions in Kenya. Results from a sample of 394 employees drawn from three Kenyan firms facing ... -
Service Value Assessment in Emerging Chain Restaurants in Nairobi Kenya
(Research Gate, 2017)Traditionally, Kenya’s restaurants have in the past largely depended on international tourists for the main stay of their business. With the earlier steady growth of Tourism in the 1980s, these restaurants registered very ... -
Remittance and Household Expenditures in Kenya
(Research Gate, 2013-09-27)Remittances constitute an important source of income for majority of Kenyan households. The World Bank reports a steady increase in inward remittance flows to Kenya. In addition, the evolution of mobile-money services ... -
Motivators of choosing a management course: A comparative study of Kenya and India
(Elsavier, 2014-08-24)The quest for management training is gaining prominence as organizations restructure to assimilate a workforce with advanced skills in management. This paper presents a comparative examination of the motivators of pursuing ... -
Antecedents of Customer Perceived Value: Evidence of Mobile Phone Customers in Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2014-03-08)As the mobile phone industry in Kenya gets competitive, customer retention becomes an imperative precursor to firm performance. For this reason, the study was so conceived to examine factors that influence customer perceived ... -
Service Quality in Kenyan Universities: Dimensionality and Contextual Analysis
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2014-08-11)The dimensionality of service quality remains debatable with extant literature revealing divergence in thought. This study examined the dimensions of service quality and tested the existence of a significant difference ... -
Constructs of Successful and Sustainable SME Leadership in East Africa
(Investment Climate and Business Environment Research Fund., 2013-11-24)Despite the markedly increased foreign investment, East African economies remain characterized by low levels of investment and capital formation with high level of attrition among indigenous small ... -
Youth Engagement with Co-operatives in Kenya
(2017-01-01)Dynamism, innovation, entrepreneurship, adaptability, continuity and renewal; words that are benignly associated with youth.But the youth face daunting challenges that inhibit realization of this potential; ... -
Moderating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation on t he Relationship between Relationship Lending and Finan cial Performance of manufacturing SMEs in Kenya
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2015-01-01)The purpose of this study was to determine the moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on the relationship between relationship lending and financial performance of manufacturing ... -
The Effect of Financial Leverage as a Financial Distress Factor on Financial Performance on Commercial Banks in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), 2017-07-01)This study attempted to determine the effect of financial leverage as a financial distress factor on financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. Secondary data was used in a census commercial banks ...
