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Effect of Strategic Change and Firm Characteristics on Performance of Firms in the Alcohol Industry, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Strategic change is global-wide and impacts on the content of strategy.The relationship between strategic change and performance reveals an equivocal findings suggesting that the relationship' may be affected by factors ... -
Effects of Floods on Economic Value of Crops, Livestock Production and Land Among Communities of Nyando and Budalangi in The Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events such as floods are likely to increase the vulnerability of poor households and communities in developing countries. The Lake Victoria basin of Kenya, specifically ... -
An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Kenya: A Disaggregated Approach
(Maseno University, 2014)Energy is a fundamental input for economic growth worldwide. Despite this, the existence, direction and magnitude of the relationship between energy consumption and overall economic growth remains controversial in empirical ... -
Exchange rate pessimism in Tanzanian macroeconomic policy
(University of Illinois, 1989)To correct balance of payments disequilibria many developing countries are experiencing, attention is focussed on visible trade deficit because capital markets are almost non-existent, capital mobility is strictly ... -
Impact of Strategic Control Practices and Strategic Orientation On Organizational Performance of Sugar Firms in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2011)Despite strategic management advocating for the use of strategic control practices to improve the implementation of strategic plans and organizational performance, establishing the strategic control-performance relationship ... -
Influence of Customer Segmentation Strategy and Corporate Culture on Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Globally and locally, financial institutions enhance economic growth through financial assistance to business fraternity, which in turn facilitates to improvement in the standard of living of people. However, with ... -
Influence Of Human Resource Management Practices on The Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)This study investigated the influence HRM practices on the performance of SMEs in Kisumu Municipality. HRM is the management function that implements strategies and policies relating to the management of individuals. The ... -
Influence Of Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning and System Success Features On Performance of Saving and Credit Co-Operatives in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Kenya‟s vision 2030 under the economic pillar on financial services sector, seeks to create a vibrant and globally competitive financial sector that seeks to transform the country Deposit-Taking SACCOs operation through ... -
Influence of Strategy Formulation on the Relationship Between Quality Management System and Access to Water and Sanitation Services in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Access to water supply and proper sanitation is fundamental to the elimination of poverty and the achievement of Millennium Development Goals. In Kenya, over 3,100 children die annually for using unsafe water and poor ... -
Information Systems Resources, Capabilities and Performance of Firms in Telecommunications Industry, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Kenya's economy today is driven majorly by information-based service businesses where telecommunication industry is playing a critical economic role. According to Communications Authority of Kenya report of 2017, Kenya ... -
Marketing models for performance among four and five star Hotels in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Kenya has been slow in adjusting to the external hospitality environment and adopting competitive marketing strategies as evidenced by the higher growth of tourism in competitor countries. Marketing models such as the four ... -
Mediating Role of Management Practices in the Relationship Between Financial Motivation and Poverty of Micro Enterprise Owners in Homa-Bay Sub-County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)The average level of poverty in Kenya is 52% while the level of poverty in Homa-Bay County stands at 77.49%. Studies reveal that three out of five micro-enterprises (MEs) in Kenya fail within the first one year of ... -
Moderating Effect of Business Risks on the Relationship Between Audit Effort and Audit Fees Among Audit Firms in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Auditing is an important aspect of financial management oversight and is mandatory for public companies. Despite this critical role, audit firms have been criticized for failure to embrace business risk auditing approach ... -
Moderating Effect of Investment Decisions on Corporate Risk Management and Financial Performance of Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies In Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Globally, the financial performance of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) has been improving steadily as shown by the increase in membership which is approximated at one billion, with the turnover from the ... -
Moderating Influence of Employee Engagement On the Relationship Between Employee Procurement Implementation and Operational Performance of Counties in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Governments globally focus administration to achieve high operational performance. Being a measure of performance depicted by effectiveness, efficiency, environmental responsibility; on such operations as cycle time, waste ... -
Moderating influence of job satisfaction on the relationship between employee resourcing practices and performance of academic staff in Kenyan public universities
(Maseno University, 2022)Public universities spur Kenya Vision 2030’s pursuit for globally acclaimed education, training and research. However, higher education stakeholders including World Bank, employers, Kenya’s Commission for University Education ... -
Projection of Educational Resource Requirement for Provision of Quality Education In Primary and Secondary Schools In Siaya County, Kenya By 2030
(Maseno University, 2021)Projection of educational resources such as teachers and physical infrastructure is the first step towards effective allocation of the scarce resources that are vital in provision of quality education. Siaya County recorded ... -
Relationship Among Entrepreneurial Processes, Procurement Affirmative Action Practices and Business Success of Entrepreneurs With Disability in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Global Network for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities support studies indicating that selfemployment as an entrepreneurial activity has nearly twice as many economically engaged people with disability running their own ... -
Role of cost of information adoption and utilization in the relationship between cost of sugar cane production and cost of food production among farmers in Nyanza region, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)In Kenya, agricultural sector absorbs 60% of the labour force, contributes 24% to GDP and sustains over 80% of the rural populations’ livelihood. In Nyanza region, sugarcane production covers 55.9% of the total arable ... -
Role of Entrepreneurial Networks and Eefect of Failure Attributions on Growth Orientation of Survival-Focused Micro-Entrepreneurs in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Micro-entrepreneurs have opened up international markets, increased exports and created employment worldwide. However, among many of the Africa informal economies, approximately 400,000 micro-entrepreneurs do not survive ...