School of Business: Recent submissions
Now showing items 821-840 of 2023
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Impact of Credit Risk Management on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Credit risk remains one of the main challenges that face commercial banks in their pursuits of wealth maximization reflected through better financial performance. In terms of interest income, banks make money by ensuring ... -
Project Management Practices and Implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Mombasa County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study was carried out with the tenacity of examining the influence of project management practices on the implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Mombasa County, Kenya. The study was based on four objectives ... -
The Effect of Selected Interest Rate Determinants on the Quality of Credit Portfolio Offered by Listed Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Commercial banks' capacity to advance sustainable loans to their clients depends on the quality of their credit portfolio. While monitoring the quality of a commercial bank's credit portfolio continues to be challenging, ... -
Effect of Work Life Balance Practices on Employee Performance at Mwalimu National Savings and Credit Cooperative in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study sought to establish the effect of work life balance practices on employee performance at Mwalimu National Savings and Credit Cooperative in Nairobi, Kenya. Descriptive survey research design was adopted targeting ... -
Board Gender Diversity and Financial Performance of Insurance Companies in Kenya (a Case of Listed Insurance Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study's goal was to ascertain whether board diversity and financial success among Kenyan insurance underwriters are related. Specifically, the study sought to analyze the relationship existing between board diversity, ... -
Effect Of Inflation On Stock Market Returns At The Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Macroeconomic variables and policies can be harnessed to reinforce prosperity of the Kenyan economy. Empirically, firms cannot adjust production and output in the short run whereas consumers have more disposable income to ... -
Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions Announcement on the Value (Market Share Price) of Listed Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Firms enter merger and acquisitions with an intention to gain various synergies, improve their values and financial performance. However, the results of M&A have been varied in Kenya making players in the banking industry ... -
Effect of Technological Tax Reforms on Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Technological tax reforms is the chief undertaking useful in elimination of manual operation and replacing it with computerized or digitalized platform to increase adherence to policies and smoothen the operation. The ... -
Influence Of Fair Trade Practices On Export Performance Of Coffee Factories In Kiambu County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The competitive level in international trade has continued to rise from period to period especially over the last three decades, partly due to globalization and enlightened customer base that has become more demanding in ... -
Organizational Strategy And Growth Of Microinsurance In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Organizational strategies are especially significant in businesses where the services or goods offered are comparable and in case where competitive rivalry is intense. Firms that desire to achieve and retain a significant ... -
Strategic Innovations and Competitive Advantage at Bollore Logistics Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)For an organization to thrive in an industry, it must choose a strategy behavior mode that corresponds to the degree of environmental turbulence and build resource capacity that supports the selected mode. Strategic ... -
Total Quality Management Practices And Service Delivery At The Kenya Revenue Authority
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Increasing competitiveness, environmental volatility, globalization, workforce diversity, high operating costs, and changing consumer expectations and wants have made firms worldwide undergo a paradigm shift in their ... -
Board Diversity, Firm Profitability, Internal Controls And Financial Reporting Quality Of Nairobi Securities Exchange-Listed Companies In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Corporate accounting scandals have cast doubt on the accounting profession's integrity and usefulness. To safeguard stakeholders' interests, the government of Kenya has enacted and released several laws, rules, and guidelines ... -
The Role of Training and Development on Employee Performance at Kenya Power and Lighting Company
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Training and development are crucial to contemporary organizations since they provide organization employees with skills and capacity for them to contribute meaningfully to the overall goal of organization development. ... -
Supply Chain Risk Management Strategies and Performance of Automotive Industry in Kenya During Covid-19 Pandemic
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Projects to improve the supply chain are well known in the automotive industry. Companies in the automotive industry utilize SCRM to shield themselves from the negative consequences of supply chain disruptions. There isn't ... -
Effect of Free Cash Flows on Dividend Payout Among Commercial and Services Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Corporate finance literature shows that a company's dividend payout strategy as free cash flows can be used to finance investments and pay dividend. However, dividend payout decision remains a contentious corporate finance ... -
Risk Management Practices and Implementation of Infrastructure Construction Projects in Galmudug State of Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study's primary goal was to determine how risk management practices and the implementation of infrastructure construction projects in Galmudug State, Somalia, relate to one another. Specifically, the research sought ... -
Strategic Responses Adopted by the Nation Media Group to Counter Digital Disruption
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Organizations in the course of their operations are affected by external factors outside their control such as competitors’ actions and digital disruptions. To enable a firm to deal with the competitive forces and disruptions ... -
Effect of Digital Technology as a Strategy on Child Mortality in Public Health Facilities in Kilifi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: A strategic plan provides an organization, business or government with a clear roadmap that is requires to pursue and succeed in a specific and focused direction. It allows for setting of performance goals, a ... -
Relationship Between Board Characteristics and Financial Risk Management of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The complexity of the present-day corporate operations and the global economy’s rapid change has brought into fore the difficulties managers have in understanding their own risk exposures in the course of their daily ...
