ABSTRACT In recent researches, organization performance has been the key point, due to the dynamism of the operating parameters in the environment of airlines and other business entities. In the recent years, performance in the airline industry globally, regionally and locally has been unstable more so due to the dynamism of the environmental parameters that the aviation industry is characterized with. Organizations in this industry therefore ought to withstand the market and industry dynamic...
ABSTRACT Small and Medium Enterprises play a major role in the social economic development of any country, however these enterprises face investment decision problems which inhibit their financial performance. Poor investment decisions have been blamed for high rate of failure and closure. Thus, the purpose of the study was to determine the effects of investment appraisal techniques and financial performance among small and medium enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya. The objectives of the s...
ABSTRACT Globalization has led to inflow of cheap leather products from such countries as China eroding the competitive position of Bata Shoe Company. The general objective of the study was to investigate differentiation strategy and performance of Bata Shoe Company Nairobi City County, Kenya. The specific objective of the study was to establish the effect of product development, to determine the effect of product branding, to determine the effect of packaging design and to determine the effe...
ABSTRACT Demand for electricity in Kenya is currently growing at a rate higher than the growth in supply. KenGen, as a major player in the electricity sector developed a strategic plan (2008-2012) which if implemented successfully would stabilize the equation for electricity supply and demand in the country, and increase its installed capacity from 912MW to 1510MW by 2012. Implementation of this strategic plan has however dwindled, with most projects running late or stalled. By the end of 201...
ABSTRACT The productivity of commercial banks in Kenya has been under intense scrutiny in the recent past owing to the unprecedented failure of some top mid-tier banking institutions. This is occurring despite comprehensive regulatory mechanism being in place. This research sought to examine the strategies adopted by commercial banks in response to poor productivity of certain operators in the financial sector. Further, despite varying mechanism having been undertaken by commercial banks tow...
ABSTRACT The trading with derivatives has developed over a long period of time though the greatest impact has been felt over the last three decades. Derivatives markets have changed overtime from trading with the simple contracts to very advanced and exotic instruments. Though Kenya has been lagging behind in the derivative markets development, a lot of ground work has been put in place for the trading with legislature in place and the CMA putting up a department to oversee the development. ...
ABSTRACT Very few deposit-taking microfinance institutions in Kenya are profitable. Most of them report loses in every financial year. The making of the losses may be a result of inefficiency in financial leverage, thus formed the foundation of the study that investigated the effect of financial leverage on profitability in deposit-taking microfinance institutions in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were the effect of short term debt, long term debt and the equ...
Abstract The purpose of this study is to model volatility effects between the United States of America stock markets and volatility of the East African securities markets during the global financial downturn of 2007-2009. The period was divided into three sub-sample phases; pre-crisis:-January 2006 to December 2007; In-crisis:-January 2008 to March 2009; Post crisis:-March 2009 to December 2010. A modified Asymmetric Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedastic (E-GARCH 4,1) model w...
ABSTRACT Employees' turnover poses a recurrent challenge to most business organization globally. There is virtually no organization that is immune to employees' turnover; be its small size or big size organizations; they are all exposed to employees' turnover. Although it may not be feasible for any organization to totally eliminate employees' turnover due to various reasons, nevertheless it could be reduced to the barest minimum. For any organization to run and actualize its objectives ther...
ABSTRACT Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an essential part of any economic system and it is an incentive that allows economies to grow. However the positive results of FDI are not accessed by all countries, communities or sectors. The performance of commercial banks in Kenya has been found wanting for the last five years with some banks reporting profit warnings and two banks being placed in receivership in the year 2015. Similarly, foreign direct investment in Kenya has been fluctuating....
ABSTRACT Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company has been issuing notices to the public regarding its inability to fully satisfy customer needs. Yet, the company has formulated and implemented strategies to enhance its performance in offering quality service and increasing customer satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of strategy implementation on performance of Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company. It was guided by the following specific objectives; to in...
Abstract Virtual lending was introduced to fasten loan repayments but the latter is still a challenge to commercial banks. Banks still experience delays in repayment of loans as well as loan defaults. Delays of repayment lead to an increase in in Kenya non-performing loans ratio, which in turn has a significant impact on the liquidity of the bank. Loan repayment in commercial banks in Kenya has been poor for the last five years as evidenced by the increasing non-performing loan ration among ...
ABSTRACT A constant current account imbalance in many developing nations has energized impressive enthusiasm among economists and policy makers trying to have a reasonable comprehension of the significance of current account balance. Kenya has experienced persistent current account imbalance that has remained underneath the threshold that economists would consider sustainable. At the point when a nation runs steady current account imbalance for a long period, it raises worries about its sust...
ABSTRACT Every country has the sovereign right to decide who may or may not enter its territory. The restriction placed on entry through the administration of the different visa regimes are designed to ensure that countries benefit from the migration of people while delimiting the adverse effects of migration. It is international custom and practice that possession of a visa does not guarantee automatic admission. This study sought to examine the impact of visa restrictions by the government ...
ABSTRACT Investment financing is very important for good performance of Islamic commercial banks. Unlike conventional banks which depend heavily on the crutches of collateral and of non-participation in risk, Islamic commercial banks would have to rely heavily on project evaluation, especially for equity-oriented financing. Islamic commercial banks have continued to record decline in performance. For example performance of Gulf African banking reduced by 12 % in the year 2016 from the previou...