ABSTRACT Women-owned enterprises have been recognized as an important driver of innovation, employment, productivity, and economic growth. Women owned-enterprises in Kitui County have not performed well over the years. This is attributed to numerous barriers to women-owned enterprises including access to credit, networks, training, and information as well as policy and legal constraints. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between access to credit and success of women...
ABSTRACT The hotel industry’s growth has been felt globally. Due to its immense growth, it has therefore attracted both skilled and semi-skilled personnel to work in the labor intensive industry. Being an industry that requires fast and efficient services, there is a need for the hotel industry to establish the factors that may affect its frontline employees’ job involvement. This is due to the fact that, hotels rely heavily on workforce as an important component for service delivery. Th...
ABSTRACT In fast-moving corporate environments open to global competition and characterized by dispersion in the geographical and industrial firms sources of innovation. High cost of inputs, as a result of poor infrastructure and high cost of doing business, prices of locally manufactured products are relatively high. This limits their competitiveness in regional markets and also negatively impacts on capacity utilization. NMC Company is facing a slowdown in production, leading to cancellatio...
ABSTRACT Savings and credit cooperatives societies in Kenya are set up to pool finances of members and support them with credit for their development. Even though they play a significant role in cooperative sector, they are faced with a problem of variability in financial performance which has made it challenging for them to expand their wealth and make significant contribution to National Domestic Savings. Literature suggests that firm characteristics determine their performance, but it is n...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effect of monetary policies on the lending behaviour of commercial banks in Kenya. Previously the government did not develop monetary policies but instead gained their legitimacy by acting as lenders of last resort (through the CBK) in the midst of financial crises. Today there is considerable debate surrounding the effects of monetary policies with the emergence of active foreign trading and the need to formulate policies which will s...
ABSTRACT Income generating activities are crucial for promoting initiative, responsibility and self-sustenance. Despite all the proper structure in place such as good leadership, training, financial management and monitoring and evaluation it is quite worrying that youth with disabilities projects are still collapsing thereby not achieving their intended objectives. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of post-implementation management practices on sustainability of income generat...
ABSTRACT Financial distress refers to a condition in which an organization experiences difficulties in meeting its financial obligations as they fall due. A company under financial distress can incur costs related to the situation, such as high cost of financing, opportunity costs of projects, less productive employees, etc. Employees of a distressed firm usually have lower morale and higher stress caused by the increased chance of bankruptcy, which could force them out of their jobs. Some of...
ABSTRACT The general objective of this study was to investigate the role played by CDF in funding public secondary schools' physical projects within Lugari Constituency. Specific objectives of the study were: to determine the effect ofCDF funding on physical projects in public secondary schools; to establish the role of the school administrators on CDF funded physical facilities in the public secondary schools; and to establish the challenges facing the effective implementation of the CDF fun...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the impact of Women Enterprise Fund on the empowerment of women in Nakuru County Kenya. The study objectives were; to establish the demographic characteristics of women who obtained funds from WEF, examine how women had utilized the same funds, identify the challenges women faced in accessing and utilizing the funds, establish the impact of WEF on women‟s socio-economic empowerment and come up with the strategies that could enhance accessing and util...
ABSTRACT County governments in Kenya are working on achieving maximum quality possible both on the services and products offered. As a result all the Counties have opted for the adoption of Total Quality Management. Despite the widespread use of Total Quality Management still most of the Counties have not achieved the expected performance. However it is not clear why this undesirable situation persists. Therefore, this study investigated the influence of total quality management practices on ...
Abstract Improved capabilities, knowledge and skills of the talented workforce are major sources of competitive advantage in a global market. In order to prepare their workers to do their job as desired, organizations provide training to their employees so as to optimize their employee’s potential. Due to fast pace global and technological development the firms are now facing new changes as well as challenges. Technological advancements have molded the need of capabilities and competencies ...
ABSTRACT The Telecommunications industry in Kenya is full of competition. The companies currently present include Safaricom Kenya Limited, Airtel Networks Kenya Limited, Telkom Kenya Limited (Orange), Essar Telcom Kenya (YU) and lately, Equity Bank Limited with the Equitel money. This study sought to evaluate the determinants of competitive advantage for firms within the Telecommunications industry in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to find out the effect of innovation on competitive ...
Abstract The study determined the contributions of relationship marketing at Jomo Kenyatta Foundation in Kenya. The independent variables were customer retention and loyalty, customer satisfaction and customer service, trust and commitment. The dependent variable was relationship marketing. The study adopted a descriptive design because it allows researchers to gather information, summarize, present and interpret for the purpose of clarification. The target population of the study compri...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the dynamic linkage between foreign equity flows and equity returns at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) since foreign equity flows are expected to induce a surge in domestic stock prices and consequently a fall in price when foreign equity investors exit the domestic stock market. An increase in the stock prices attracts foreign investors in to the domestic stock market. The main objective of this study was to understand how stock prices in Kenya influenc...
ABSTRACT In the past two decades there has been increased recognition of the role of project sustainability in fostering continued benefits towards economic and social input invested in agriculture. Though projects play a crucial role in fostering advancement in the horticultural sector, complexity and enormous challenges results in intended outcomes not being achieved. Despite the growing knowledge base relating to emphasis on the need for projects success, horticultural projects have increa...