ABSTRACT Business employ a number of strategies to improve financial profitability, including streamlining processes, outsourcing and integrating new technologies. The study sought to determine the effects of financial leverage on profitability of listed manufacturing firms in Kenya. More specifically the study examined the effect of short term debt, long term debt and debt equity, on profitability of listed manufacturing firms in Kenya. Theories that guided the study include; Market Power Th...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to identify the effects of cross-border listing on firm‟s financial performance of listed Kenyan-based companies on the East African Bourse. However, there is scanty empirical evidence on the effects of cross-border listing on a firm‟s financial performance since this is an emerging trend in developing economies. Every company requires funds to meet its financial obligations. The most common source of funds remains equity, which is raised through financia...
ABSTRACT Firms are open systems that interact with their environment and are affected by environmental changes. This study was conducted to find out the effect of socio-cultural environment on strategic planning in insurance companies in Nakuru CBD. The objectives of the study were to determine the effect of the population demographics on strategic planning, effect of class structure factors on strategic planning and effect of cultural factors on strategic planning. A correlational survey res...
ABSTRACT In the last three decades, wetlands have received much attention worldwide due to their declining coverage and spatial distribution with more than 50% lost since the 1950s. Like other wetlands worldwide, Nyando Wetland, the second largest lacustrine wetland ecosystem on the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria, is facing a major threat of degradation from both the fluctuations of Lake Victoria water levels and anthropogenic factors operating in its neighbourhoods. This study was conducted ...
ABSTRACT Witnesses in highly sensitive cases are often intimated and physically harmed by people they are witnessing against or their associated. Kenyan government has enacted witness protection laws as results of pressure from International Criminal Court as part of conditions in prosecution of Post-Election Violence (PEV). This study sought to identify and document challenges facing implementation of witness protection program in Kenya. Specifically, this current study sought to achieve fol...
This study empirically explored the effect of East African Community (EAC) integration on intra-EAC trade, as reflected by the level of exports, of the East African Community member states over the period 1980- 2012. This time period captured the pre and post EAC eras. Most empirical studies on Regional Integration investigate whether the Gravity Model hold for trading partners. Others investigate the effect of tariffs and other trade barriers on trade but this study considered the influence ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the causal relationship between the performance of the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) and economic growth in Malawi using quarterly data for the period 2003 to 2017. Stock market performance was measured using four indicators: the all share price index, total stock market capitalisation, stock market liquidity, and the number of shares traded. Economic growth was measured by real Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model was u...
ABSTRACT Local initiatives in the dynamics of conflict and peace building are germane in understanding the actions and inactions of a people towards their plights and sustainable development. This study therefore adopts a qualitative methodology in investigating local communities’ initiative in the unending conflicts and peace building processes in Nigeria, using Gokana, Onelga, and Etche communities in Rivers State as case study. Major findings revealed that the roles and networks of ke...
ABSTRACT This thesis examined the manpower development programmes and policies in the Anambra State Civil Service between 1996 and 2006, and their impact on the performance of civil servants in the state. The specific objectives of the study were: to find out whether manpower development programmes and policies in the Anambra State Civil Service led to professionalization of civil servants in the state, investigate the effect of political instability on manpower training and development in t...
ABSTRACT Before and after independence Nigeria was plagued with the problem of how to cope with the health status of her citizenry. This problem cut across every segment of the society. Surprisingly little or no attention was accorded it until the nation was engulfed in civil war. After the civil war, the health status of Nigerians deteriorated. A quick look at it shows a deplorable state of health of Nigeria citizens characterized by infection of all kinds or diseases and infirmities. The h...
Abstract This research study is an assessment and evaluation of the impact of a managerial techniques on the productivity capacity of Nigerian Breweries Aba from 2004-2008. In order to carry out the assessment, specific research questions and objectives were defined to stimulate the conclusion of the work. The systems theory formed the theoretical framework to explain the influence of the external environment on the organization. The methodology applied to achieve the objectives of the s...
Abstract The study is on “Commercialization and workers’ Remuneration: a study of Nigeria Ports Plc, Lagos. The study was restricted to the three sea ports in Lagos (Marina, Tin-can and Ijora Wharf) and a total no of 558 respondents who are employees of these three ports in Lagos were surveyed in the study. The crosssectional survey design was used while six research questions were formulated to guide the study. Respondents are of both sexes. Questionnaires were administered to 540 of th...
ABSTRACT A key policy objective ofsustainable economic development, especially in any developing country like Nigeria, is to establish energy development paths that are both economically e.f .f icient and sustainable. However, this depends significantly 012 full utilization ofsuch resources. This resear~hw ork adopts an econometric approach to evaluate both the impact and the sustainability of Gas utilization in the Nigerian economy. Also, it examines the structure ofgas flaring in N...
ABSTRACT Exposure to intense psychological trauma is associated with significant emotional burden and stress. Trauma victims suffer from myriads of adverse psychological consequences, particularly Post -traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. This study examined resilience, social support and self-efficacy as predictors of PTSD symptoms among adult trauma victims. A cross-sectional design was adopted in the study. Two hundred and eighty-one (281) adults consisting of 131(46.6%) males ...
ABSTRACT Investigating resource generation and management in the ministry of local government, Kogi State; the study generated five research questions, two null and an alternative hypotheses. The hypotheses were tested using chi-square statistical method. After testing the hypotheses, it was discovered that effective resource generation and utilization has a significant relationship with the development of the local government areas in Kogi State. It was also revealed that poor utilizati...