School of Business and Economics: Recent submissions
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Perceived Effect of Functional Leadership and Employee Characteristics on Performance of Employees at Lake Basin Development Authority, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Functional leadership is the behaviour exhibited by a team leader in mobilizing employees to perform a given task. Group members in an organization are expected to possess certain inherent traits to execute their duties ... -
Effect of Strategic Outsourcing on Performance of Kenya Tea Development Agency Managed Factories in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Strategic management literature show that strategic outsourcing modes are important factors in enhancing firm performance in terms of cost reduction and quality improvement, among other reasons. However, given the dynamic ... -
Effect of Corporate Governance Mechanisms on Quality of Financial Reporting in Kano Plains Family Helper Project, Ahero Division, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Non-Profit-Oriented sector where community based organizations are drawn from is a major agent of economic growth and employment. In the year 2013, the sector accounted for 5 % of the country's GDP and it is one of the ... -
Effectof Strategic Responses on Operational Performance of Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company, Kisumu Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Strategic response means selecting a mode of strategic behavior which matches the levels of environmental turbulence, and developing a resource capability which complements the chosen mode. Strategy on the other hand is ... -
Relationship Between Mobile Phone Banking Technologies and Customer Base of Commercial Banks in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Mobile phone banking technology is revolutionizing the global banking and payment industry. It offers new opportunities for commercial banks to provide added convenience to their existing customers in both developed and ... -
Relationship Between Firm Gearing and Financial Performance of Sugar Processing Companies in Western Kenya Region
(Maseno University, 2015)Gearing is the use of the debt capital to finance activities of the firm. The capital structure of the firm consists of debt and equity. Studies have been done based on capital structure theories on which this research ... -
Effect of Financial Literacy on Profitability of Small Scale Enterprises in Kibuye Open Air Market, Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Financial literacy occupies a center stage in the quest to achieve an overall degree of business performance and profit making in an organization. Thus, financial literacy or lack of it plays an important role in the ... -
Analysis of Relationship Between Organizational Factors and Practice of Purchasing Ethics in Sugar Research Institute, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)As ethical supply issues become more widely known, stakeholders are starting to question companies about their record. There are complex problems to be resolved when addressing ethical and social responsibility issues ... -
Effect of Banking Liquidity Factors on Performance of Commercial Banks in Kisumu City, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Financial institutions and markets literature show that capital adequacy, loan growth and percentage of non-performing loans are important drivers of bank liquidity and performance. Despite the important role played by ... -
Determinants of Liquidity Levels of Commercial Banks Listed on Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Liquidity level in the financial sector is key to financial intermediation, economic growth and economic sustainability and key to all nations in the world. This is evident in the development of guidelines and policies ... -
Effect of Cooperative Societies’ services on Financial Empowerment of Female Fish Sellers at Kisumu Fresh Fish Market, Kisumu Town, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Cooperative societies' services are important in women financial empowerment. Though there exists a well defined female fish sellers' owned cooperative society at Kisumu fresh fish market, a number of these women still ... -
Effect of Public-Private Partnership Procurement Strategy on Education Cost Management: A case of Primary Schools in Rachuonyo North Sub-County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2015)Universal primary education is one of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It prompted the government of Kenya to introduce Free Primary Education (FPE) in the year 2003 in an attempt to achieve primary ... -
Association of Marketing Strategies with Performance of Radio Broadcasting Firms Based in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Marketing strategies literature show cost leadership, differentiation and focus strategies as important drivers of performance and competitive advantage among firms. However, there is no literature about radio broadcasting ... -
Relationship Between Working Capital Management and Performance of Public Health Centres: A Case of Ugenya Sub - County
(Maseno University, 2015)Working capital management relates to daily organization's operations. From the literature review, there is relationship between working capital management and performance of organizations for profit. However, no known ... -
Institutional Factors Affecting Adoption of Flexible Working Arrangements Among Academic Staff of Maseno University, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Recognition of the importance of the work life balance by many organizations is now pushing employers to develop flexible working arrangements in order to maintain a productive work force. Employees are confronting ... -
Effect of Voluntary Benefits on Retention of Non-Teaching Employees in Public Tertiary Institutions in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Public Tertiary Institutions (PTIs) are the Technical and Vocational Training Colleges that provides skills training to over 70% of school leavers in any country. To play their roles effectively, PTIs need to attract and ... -
Effect of Outsourcing Strategy on Organizational Performance: A Study of Equator Bottlers, Kisumu.
(Maseno University, 2014)As a component to the growing division of labor worldwide, outsourcing has been a growing aspect of supply chain management and is receiving a lot of attention from companies globally. It usually involves contractual ... -
Effect of Forward Vertical Integration and Retail Strategy Implementation on Execution Excellence in Equator Bottlers Company Owned Kiosks, Kisumu, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Advantages of forward vertical integration to businesses notwithstanding, its benefits in relation to execution excellence accruable to company owned retailing businesses were not recognized. Retail strategy implementation, ... -
Effect of Knowledge Management on Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kisumu City, Kenya,
(Maseno University, 2015)Knowledge management is a relatively new discipline in management; it is practiced in businesses including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Globally SMEs suffer a high failure rate of more than 50% in the first five ... -
Perceived Effect of Agency Banking Model on Performance of Commercial Banks: A Case of Equity Bank Limited, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Agency banking is delivery of financial services outside convectional bank branches; through non-bank retail outlets, that rely on such technology as point of sale devices or mobile phones for real time transaction ...