Browsing Articles: Department of Business by Title
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Analysis of factors influencing access to credit services by women entrepreneurs in Kenya
(IISTE, 2014)The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors influencing access to credit services by women entrepreneurs in Kenya; a case of Isiolo town. Entrepreneurship has been regarded as a major contributing factor to the ... -
Application Of Internal Control System In Fraud Prevention In Banking Sector
(2020-03)The main purpose of the study was to establish the effect of internal control system on fraud prevention in banking sector in Kenya. The study involved all the banks where branch managers, operations managers and cash ... -
Assessment of Financial Factors Affecting Insurance Penetration in Nakuru Town, Kenya
(2016-09)Over the past decade, insurance and banking firms have undergone transformation in the manner they offer their products and services in a bid to remain relevant in the insurance industry. Kenya, just like many developing ... -
Bandwidth selection in smoothing functions
(2006)A simple criterion for selecting a bandwidth parameter that controls the amount of smoothing in functions is described. The procedure is computationally inexpensive and, hence, worth adopting. We argue that the bandwidth ... -
Basic Capabilities Effect: Collective Management of Pastoral Resources in South Western Kenya.
(Elsevier, 2016-03)Collective action, such as common resource user groups, has gained importance in the management of pastoral natural resources. This study aims at analyzing the effects of basic capabilities, among other factors, on households' ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy And Financial Performance Of Deposit Taking SACCOs In Kenya
(2015-08)This study sought to establish the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility strategy and the financial performance of deposit taking Savings and Credit Co-operatives societies in Kenya. The SACCO subsector is ... -
Determinants of Corporate Capital Structure among Private Manufacturing Firms in Kenya: A Survey of Food and Beverage Manufacturing Firms
(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2014-07)The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing corporate capital structure in private firms in Kenya. Although the capital structure issue has received substantial attentio n, it is noteworthy ... -
Determinants of Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from Private Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(GreenField Advanced Research Publishing House, 2015-06)Cash is an important requirement to ensure continued operations, yet excessive cash holdings might result in many problems which include; higher opportunity costs of holding cash, cash abuse, a ... -
Determinants of Group Loans Uptake at The Youth Enterprise Development Fund
(2015-10)The Government of Kenya has established the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and other Government Funds to help reduce unemployment rate among the youth. Despite this effort by the government, the uptake of these ... -
Determinants of Service Delivery in the Health Sector among Selected Counties in Kenya
(2017-11)This study investigated determinants of service delivery in the health sector in Kenya.The study examined the effect of Public-Private Partnership (PPPs), Transfer Pricing, New public management in Service Delivery. The ... -
Determinants of tax compliance by small and medium businesses in Embu County, Kenya
(2019-04)Small and medium enterprises are a key engine of economic growth in both developing and developed countries. Small and medium businesses being profit making institutions are expected to pay taxes to the government. ... -
Earning Management: Analysis of Non-Banking Firms Listed in Nairobi Securities Exchange using Beneish M-Score and Altman Z-Score
(2021-02)Earning management or manipulation has been that has been used for a long time by the management of various firms to adjust financial reports to meet certain objectives. This practice has been used even for fraudulent ... -
Effect of adoption of Financial Innovation on Performance of small and medium Enterprises in Kenya
(2016-04)Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the main drivers of economic and social development in emerging economies. They represent a large number of businesses in a country that generate wealth and employment. They are ... -
The Effect of Credit Information Sharing on Loan Performance in Commercial Banks in Nairobi County
(2015)Information remains a crucial input in the banking industry. Banks are confronted with asymmetric information problems because of borrowers' informational opacity. Banks overcome this problem by accumulating information ... -
The Effect of Credit Information Sharing on Loan Performance in Commercial Banks in Nairobi County.
(2015)Information remains a crucial input in the banking industry. Banks are confronted with asymmetric information problems because of borrowers' informational opacity. Banks overcome this problem by accumulating information ... -
Effect Of Financial Innovations On Performance Of Microfinance Institutions In Nakuru Town, Kenya
(Journal of Business and Management, 2016-10)Abstract: Innovation is described as the process by which, firms master and implement design, and the production of goods and services that are new to them. Innovations generally assume different forms such as product ... -
Effect of Government Regulations on the Relationship Between Return on Investments and Financing of Water Investments In Nairobi Peri-Urban Markets in Kenya
(2014)For any economic development it is important to finance infrastructure such as water and sanitation. Water has historically been viewed as public good not as a market commodity and thus water utilities have ... -
Effect of liquidity management on liquidity of savings and credit co-operative societies in Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(2017-05)Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) are quasi financial institutions that mobilize savings, provide loans as well as other products to their members. Liquidity is considered as one of the serious concern and ... -
Effect of Loan Repayment on Financial Performance of Deposit Taking SACCOs in Mount Kenya Region
(International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, 2015-03)This study sought to explore the effect of Loan Repayment on financial performance of deposit taking SACCOs in Mount Kenya Region. The target population was all the thirty licensed deposit taking SACCOs in Mount Kenya ... -
Effect of Technology and Information Systems on Revenue Collection by the County Government of Embu, Kenya
(2017)Improvement of revenue collection in counties is the key to meeting their financial obligations leading to realization of their mandate to offer quality and timely services to the residents, the demand for which may exceed ...
