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Board Composition and Value-added Performance in an Emerging Securities Market: Panel Evidence from Kenya
(Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers, 2017-11)
This study investigates the role of board composition in influencing valueadded performance for firms in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) using the
fixed effects panel data methodology. Using a sample of 456 firm-year ...
Farmers' attitude towards risk on indigenous chicken in Nyanza Region
(Premier Publishers, 2018-06)
Kenya has an estimate of 25.9 million indigenous chicken that support livelihood of over 21 million
people in rural areas. Indigenous chicken production in Kenya is mainly under extensive and semi
intensive systems which ...
An Empirical Investigation into the Effect of Enhancing Airline Capacity on Load Factor: A Case of Kenya’s Low-Cost Carriers
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2016)
This paper reports the findings of an empirical study on the low-cost airline market. A lot of literatures on low-cost carriers’ business model agree that low-cost airlines operate with high load factors. However, due to ...
Exclusion of Community forest Associations in Decision Making and its Impact on Forest Condition; Case Study of MT. Elgon and Cherangany Ecosystems
(Indian Forester, 2017-09-01)
Governance of forestry structure through Participatory Forest Management is backed by Forest Act 2005, which is undergoing a review process. It has been shown that adoption of PFM in some forest stations has resulted in ...
Capital Structure, Ownership Structure and Firm Value: An Econometric Panel Analysis of Firms Listed in Kenya
(2015)
The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of capital structure and ownership
structure on market value of listed firms in Kenya. In this study, data of companies that were
active in Nairobi Securities Exchange ...
Corporate size, profitability and market value: An econometric panel analysis of listed firms in Kenya
(European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 2015-05-30)
In corporate finance, the size of a firm is a primary factor in determining the success of a firm due to economies of scale. While, previous studies have confined their analyses on either a single industry or a few firms, ...
Board composition and value-added performance in an emerging securities market: Panel evidence from Kenya
(Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers, 2017)
This study investigates the role of board composition in influencing valueadded performance for firms in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) using the fixed effects panel data methodology. Using a sample of 456 firm-year ...
Determining Automation effect on market efficiency
(2013-11-30)
The aim of this research was to better understand technology-induced
market changes. The Nairobi Security Exchange was studied and the effects
of an automation exercise carried out in 2006, was the research focus.
Adoption ...
Effect of corporate governance on total income due to nonperforming asset portfolios in the banking sector: a case of commercial banks in Kenya
(www. ijern. com, 2016)
It’ s argued that corporate governance can be linked to total income due to non performing asset portfolios (NPAs) in commercial banks in Kenya but this has not been determined empirically. Information is lacking on effect ...
Validating Measures in Business Research: Practical Implications
(2015-08-31)
Instrument validity, though at the heart of quantitative business research,
has not been adequately treated by novice researchers and advisors alike,
potentially invalidating otherwise good research. This paper ...