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Effect of economic, institutional and social factors on access to Youth Enterprise Development fund in Migori county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)More than 50 percent of the current global population aged 15-24 years, survive on below 2 dollars daily. This state of affairs is particularly pronounced in less developed economies like Kenya where youths are subjected ... -
Effects of rural tourism practices on socio-economic Development of communities living in Machakos county
(Maseno University, 2022)Rural tourism has grown in prominence over the last decade and is considered as a tool for revitalizing rural economies including Machakos County in Kenya. Machakos County is endowed with vast touristic resources that can ... -
Influence of selected behavioral factors on financial performance of deposit-taking saccos in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) are the major drivers of economic growth in developing countries and promise future growth and departure from poverty among the low economic regions. In Kenya, there was an increase ... -
Determinants of credit accessibility in the informal sector: the Case of smallholder businesses in Migori county, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2022)The informal sector, estimated to constitute 98% of businesses in Kenya, represents 83% of total employment and created 768,000 new jobs which represents 90.7% of total new jobs created in 2019 alone. Despite the critical ... -
Analysis of inflation, interest rate, exchange rate and financial performance of real estate investment, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Real estate as an investment has continued to form an important part of investments held by both retail and institutional investor’s portfolio over the years. This has been attributed to its ability to generate continuous ... -
Analysis of financial control practices on performance of manufacturing firms in Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Globally, manufacturing play a vital role in an economy of any nation as evidenced by its increase in Gross Domestic Product which is approximated $2.1 trillion in GDP (12.5% of total U.S. GDP) and industry supports almost ... -
Influence of financial literacy on saving behaviour among small scale entreprenuers in Kisumu central constituency Kisumu county
(Maseno University, 2022)African nations still have to bring up residential reserve funds rates compared to their per capitaGDPs as they are doing poorly compared to their East Asian and Pacific partners and that ifAfrica saved more both household ... -
Analysis of asset financing and return on investment in commercial real estate investment firms in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Real estate commercial environment has guided financial organizations and property developers to examine various financing options given the imperative role that financial markets and developers play in the performance of ... -
Effect of macroeconomic variables on financial performance of real estate sector in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Real estate has become a major investment globally. Growth in Real estate industry in terms of sales and prices have been used to predict the real estate demand and general economic performance. In Kenya, the real estate ... -
Effect of human capital investment on employee performance in Jaramogi Oginga Odinga teaching and referral hospital in Kisumu county Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Human capital is getting wider attention with increasing globalization and also the saturation of the job market due to the recent downturn in the various economies of the world. In knowledge based industries, continuous ... -
Effect of service quality on customer satisfaction in supermarkets in Kisumu, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Supermarkets are essentially entities in the economies global due to their crucial function of providing and distributing basic human needs such as food items, customer goods and lifestyle products. Intense competition ... -
The dynamic relationship between renewable energy investment, renewable energy consumption and economic growth in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Despite Kenya having a massive generating capacity of renewable energy, its supply and consumption levels remain significantly low. The low supply levels have driven the costs of production upwards leading to high energy ... -
Influence of financial linkages on growth of informal financial institutions in Homa Bay county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Major trends highlighted by Financial Access surveys in Kenya have shown strong expansion of both formal and informal finance use. This shows that formal and informal financial institutions are not simply substitutes for ... -
Effect of institutional ownership structure on earnings management of the non-financial companies listed in Nairobi securities exchange, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Earnings management has emerged as an imperative issue in the Nairobi securities exchange. The recent fall of Chase bank which was placed under receivership in 2016, Nakumatt in 2019, Dubai bank in 2015, Imperial bank in ... -
Effect of microfinance practices on credit accessibility by consumer based small scale business in Kisumu city
(Maseno University, 2022)The SME sector is important for the growth of any economy, and responsible for job creation, contribution to GDP, mopping up of productive labour and alleviation of poverty in developing economies. However, consumer-based ... -
Effect of iinternal iaudit ipractices ion ifraud irisk imanagement iin idevolved igovernment isystems iin ikenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Internal audit practices have been documented to be effective in enhancing financial reporting quality and also improving financial performance. Practices such as audit planning, periodic risk assessment, and audit automation ... -
Effect of change management practices on productivity of transport sector in Migori county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Change management is an emerging tool and is increasingly being seen as a working tool that provides solutions to various problems which may be affecting the organization today. It compasses the organizational tools that ... -
Strategy implementation and performance of energy and petroleum sector state corporations in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Strategy implementation is an interactive process of implementing strategies, policies, programs, and action plans that allows a firm to utilize its resources to take advantage of opportunities in the competitive environment. ... -
Influence of relationship marketing practices on customer retention among supermarkets in Kisumu city
(Maseno University, 2022)Relationship marketing has been used by many firms to attain competitive advantage, more so customer retention. Research has shown that it is five times more expensive to acquire a new customer than to retain the existing ... -
Effect of financial literacy on financial independence among retirees of public Universities in Western Kenya region
(Maseno University, 2022)Financial Independence (FI) means an individual’s capacity to control own finances, make decisions regarding money, support oneself financially through a job, savings, investments, or a combination of all three; without ...