Browsing Articles: Department of Business by Title
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Factors influencing Financial Management in Public Secondary Schools in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2016-09)Proper management of finances in secondary schools is very imperative to their operations. There are, however, serious financial challenges in public secondary schools in Kenya as characterized by unprecedented high fees ... -
Factors Influencing implementation of Public Financial Regulations by National Sub-County Treasuries in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2016-10)Regulation is amongst the central instruments through which governments seek to deliver on their policy priorities. However, a lack of consensus on how regulation should be conceptualized can make studying its nature and ... -
Factors Influencing Price Undercutting in The Insurance Sector in Nakuru County in Kenya
(2016-09)A number of insurance firms in Kenya have been facing several challenges. The competition has been stiff in the sector which has occasioned price undercutting. This has resulted in reduced revenue, mergers of insurance ... -
Factors Influencing Sample Size for Internal Audit Evidence Collection in the Public Sector in Kenya
(IJAME Publication, 2012)The internal audit department has a role of providing objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve an organization’s operations. In performing this role the internal auditors are required ... -
Factors Influencing Successful Implementation Of Biomedical Research Projects: A Case Of Kenya Medical Research Institute
(2015-08)The general objective of this research project was to examine factors influencing successful implementation of biomedical research projects in Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). These research sought to achieve ... -
Financial factors influencing growth of Horticultural sector in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2016-09)This study evaluated the financial factors influencing growth of horticultural sector in Nakuru County, Kenya. Of particular interest was the extent to which credit access and working capital affected the growth of ... -
Financial Statements Manipulations Using Beneish Model and Probit Regression Model. A Case of Banking Sector in Kenya
(2020-03)The main objective of the study was to establish whether the banks in Kenya were involved in financial statement manipulations. The study involved all the banks registered and operating in Kenya and whose financial ... -
Firm Characteristics and Corporate Cash Holdings: A Managerial Perspective from Kenyan Private Manufacturing Firms
(GreenField Advanced Research Publishing House, 2015-04)The purpose of this study was to investigate the managerial perspectives on the firm characteristics and corporate cash holdings among in private manufacturing firms in Kenya. Several international ... -
Fiscal Policy and Public Debt in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Economics and Finance, 2018-09)Fiscal policy in Kenya has been unstable. Fiscal balance to GDP ratio worsened from a surplus of 0.2 percent to a deficit of 7.6 percentwhile debt to GDP ratio rose from 25.4 to 56.2 percent between 1963 and 2015. This ... -
Foreign capital inflows and economic growth in Kenya
(2016-11)Foreign Aid, Foreign Direct Investment and Remittances remain important and stable source of foreign capital inflows to developing countries, as they bring in large amounts of foreign currency that help sustain the balance ... -
Foreign direct investment, institutional quality and economic growth in Kenya
(2016-07)The study was done to investigate the effect of FDI on economic growth in Kenya, to determine the influence of institutional quality on the effect of FDI on economic growth, and to determine the effects of structural ... -
Foreign equity flows and stock market liquidity in Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-06)In this paper, we explore the dynamic relationship between aggregate foreign equity inflows and aggregate liquidity of the Kenyan stock market using transactional foreign trading data and several liquidity ... -
Illiquidity, Foreign Investor Preferences and Asset Pricing In Kenya
(IISTE, 2017)In this paper we examine the role of illiquidity and foreign investor preferences in asset pricing in the Kenyan frontier stock market. Since stock illiquidity and heterogeneous foreign investor preferences are pervasive ... -
Impact of Financial Literacy on Access to Financial Services in Kenya
(2012-10)The main thrust of this study is to establish the impact of financial literacy on access to financial services in Kenya using the 2009 National Financial Access (FinAccess) survey data. Using a multinomial logit approach ... -
The impact of front office Sacco activity on Sacco performance in Kenya; A case study of Meru South and Maara district in Tharaka Nithi County in Kenya
(2013-05)While Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (Saccos) are an autonomous Association of Persons united voluntarily to meet their economic and social needs, their performance has been affected by ... -
Implementing strategic planning in private health institutions in Kenya
(2015-02)Most private health institutions in Kenya operate according to policy framework of the ministry of Health’s strategic plan. Individual Trust and Private Hospitals are expected to develop plans as to how they will implement ... -
Improving Access to Livestock Markets for Sustainable Rangeland Management
(2016-05)Productivity of rangelands in Kenya is affected by increasing crop farming especially in more fertile range areas. Among the key factors driving the encroachment of crops on rangelands are the changing opportunities ... -
Influence of Budgetary Controls on Service Delivery in County Government of Nakuru in Kenya
(2010-10)In spite of collecting revenue from their jurisdictions, none of the county governments is financially autonomous. They have to rely on the disbursements from the central government. The general objective of this study ... -
Influence of Entrepreneurial Management on the Growth of Small and Medium Tour Firms in Kenya
(2015)This study focused on proprietors and business development managers of the 367 tour companies in Kenya members of Kenya Association of Tour Operators (KATO). The sample size was 256 proprietors and business development ... -
The Influence of Political Environment on the Performance of Business Process Outsourcing Sector in Kenya
(Academic Research Publishing Group, 2020)The purpose of this study is to establish the influence of the political environment on the performance of the Business Process Outsourcing Sector in Kenya. The study covered all the 118 registered business process outsourcing ...