ABSTRACT There has been growing concern about environmental sustainability for future generations. Green Supply Chain Management are practices that can be used by companies to re-examine their purposes and create a favourable environmental image as manufacturing firms play an important role in the implementation of sustainable options. However, there has been no research that examines the effect of adopting Green Supply Chain Management on the competitiveness of Kenya’s food manufacturing ...
ABSTRACT This study examined share returns following unexpected corporate announcements that are described as profit warnings. The study tested whether there are abnormal returns on share prices after the announcement of profit warnings. The report is based on the 56 companies quoted on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and samples drawn from companies that have issued profit warnings. The research design used was the event study which assessed the impact of an event on the value of a fi...
Abstract The Study Is An Empirical Attempt At Discussing The Problems Implicit In The Concept Of Leadership And Its Operations In Human Organizations. There Is No Organization That Can Survive For A Long Time Without Proper Leadership And Management. Leadership Is, Therefore, So Pivotal In Organizational Discourse That Most Scholars Have Come To An Agreement That The Quality Of Leadership Determines The Quality Of Organizational Performance. However, Leadership In Most Organizations Are Usua...
ABSTRACT This study sought to analyze the effect of electronic financial services on operating costs in universities in Mount Kenya region. The study was guided by four specific objectives; to establish how on-line banking services affects operating costs; to determine whether on-line inter-departmental financial communications affects operating costs; to investigate the effect of electronic financial documentation on operating costs and to determine the effect of e-financial statements on o...
ABSTRACT A study was carried out to assess institutional and socio-economic factors influencing adoption of Conservation Agriculture with Trees (CAWT) in Karatu and Mwanga districts in Tanzania. Ten (10) villages practicing CAWT were purposively sampled 5 from each district and a total of 100 respondents were randomly selected for household survey from village register. In addition Focus Group Discussions in PRA and desk reviewing of major policies related to CAWT were employed. Logistic reg...
ABSTRACT Nurses are the principal caregivers to patients in any hospital. They help identify patients’ actual or potential health care problems in order to deliver specific nursing interventions. This research was done to investigate, identify and create awareness on the HR factors that influence performance outcome of nurses in Government hospitals in Kenya. This study examined the influence of Work environment and tools, Remuneration and Workload stress on performance outcome of nurses. ...
ABSTRACT Most economic rationale for granting special incentives for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is based on the belief that FDI bridges the ‘idea gaps’ between rich and the poor nations in addition to the generation of technological transfers and spillovers. This study seeks to carry out an empirical investigation of the impact of macroeconomic instability on FDI inflow in Nigeria covering the period 1970 to 2013. The linear regression analysis was applied and it wa...
ABSTRACT Failure to save for retirement can result in hardships not only for the individual but for society as well. While teachers in public school have a pension scheme under the Teachers Service Commission their counterparts in private schools do not enjoy such a benefit and have to plan for their own retirement. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors influencing planning and savings for retirement amongst women from selected private schools in Nyeri County. Specifically, th...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of ethical practice reinforcement strategies on financial performance of rural SACCOs operating in Nyeri County. The study was guided by four objectives: to explore the role of personal behavior practice strategies in determining the financial performance of Rural SACCOs in Nyeri County, to examine the effect of organizational culture strategies in determining the financial performance of Rural SACCOs in Nyeri County, to investigate the ro...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between family business characteristics and firm performance. The specific objectives guiding the study were to investigate family involvement in the business, family business governance practices, entrepreneurial orientation, family business decision making and family business succession practices and their influence on firm performance. The study used descriptive survey design. The target population was 146 businesses regis...
ABSTRACT The CAPM has for a long time been used to explain the expected return on stocks. However, the discoveries of market anomalies such as the Size, Book-to-Market and the Momentum effects, have greatly undermined the CAPM’s ability to explain the expected returns on stocks. These anomalies prompted Fama and French (1993) and Carhart (1997) to propound asset pricing models that captured the effects of these anomalies in them. This study sought to test whether the CAPM, Fama and French ...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the macroeconomic determinants of Balance of Payments dynamics in Nigeria between 1970-2011, using econometric method of cointegration and Error correction mechanism. It found that Balance of Payments cointegrated with all the identified explanatory variables, suggesting that Balance of Payments disequilibrium in Nigeria could be caused by naira/dollar nominal exchange rate, interest rate differential, external debt growth and Government spending. Again the d...
The purpose of the study was to analyze the influence of strategy implementation on organizational effectiveness in non-governmental organizations in Kenya. This research rests on six research questions stated as follows: What is the influence of leadership style on the organizational effectiveness of NGOs in Kenya? What is the influence of organizational structure on the organizational effectiveness of NGOs in Kenya? What is the influence of organizational resources on the organizational eff...
ABSTRACT Going concern risk disclosures by companies in financial reports as required by the IFRS helps investors and financial analysts to establish if going concern is in jeopardy. The management complies with IFRS but still companied end up being delisted due to going concern issues. This study was guided by three objectives: to establish if there are textual disclosures on going concern risk by listed firms in Kenya, to determine the extent of prediction of going concern risk using the se...
ABSTRACT The ability of managers to comprehend the environment in which they operate and make decisions about strategy implementation which in turn affects performance of organisations is scarcely documented in empirical studies. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between comprehension of external environment, decisionmaking, strategy implementation and performance of micro, small and medium enterprises in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. This study tested the ...