The purpose of this study was to establish factors that influence the social performance of microfinance
institutions with a specific focus on governance mechanisms. The study used an explanatory and
descriptive research ...
Pension schemes play a fundamental role in an economy as the driving stimulant of savings, liquidity and robustness of capital markets. The current value of assets in the Kenya pension sector is about 17% of the Kenya’s ...
Forecasting is becoming increasingly relevant to producers and consumers in all markets
today. Both for producers and consumers, forecasts are necessary to develop bidding
strategies as well as negotiating skills at the ...
Participation in rotating savings and credit institutions is very prevalent in developing countries including Kenya. This is despite the fact that such participation is costly in terms of the opportunity cost of time spent ...
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a highly prevalent condition and the most common cause
of abnormal vaginal discharge. Despite the high prevalence of BV and associations
with other infections such as HIV-1 and obstetric and ...
Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is targeted by the WHO
for elimination by the year 2020. The principal strategy of elimination is by interruption
of transmission of infection through annual ...
Small and medium enterprises are a vital economic base for any economy as they have
the ability to create employment. A family enterprise is an enterprise that is influenced
by two or more family members through their ...
In Kenya, macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia Maiden and Betche and Macadamia tetraphylla L.A.S. Johnson) is grown mainly for export by over 100,000 small scale and 500 large-scale growers. However, slow decline is a major ...
Venture capital has impacted significantly on performance of Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) in developed countries. In Developed countries small businesses
are the stepping stone of industrialization. However in the ...
Unregulated and inappropriate disposal of wastewater poses serious pollution problems in many
parts of the developing World. However, reuse of wastewater may help to ameliorate global water
shortages, especially in ...
This study sought to determine and analyze the role of supply chain relationships among
small enterprises in Kenya. The target population of this study was small enterprises that
are loan clients of FAULU Kenya.
To ...
The purpose of the study was to explore the degree to which women-led SMEs
embrace the entrepreneurial strategic planning practices (ESPP) dimensions of EO
(Entrepreneurial Orientation), SI (Scanning Intensity), PF ...
In today’s business environment, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cannot afford to
ignore the strategic implications of quality for its competitive position. Research shows
that most SMEs lose between 5%-15% of sales ...
Quality in higher education has been important for decades. In Kenya, quality in universities was embraced some years back by facilitating the vigorous vetting of programmes; matching the programmes with the existing ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the determinants of
internationalisation of Information Communication Technology Small and Medium
Enterprises (ICT SMEs) in Kenya and why they do not grow to internationalise. ...
Entrepreneurial Orientation has significant influence on firm performance more so for small and medium firms operating under globalization and internationalization and regional integration regimes. Globalization results ...
Entrepreneurial Orientation has significant influence on firm performance more so for small and medium firms operating under globalization and internationalization and regional integration regimes. Globalization results ...
In the 21st. century, the dynamic conditions of the market and the competitive advantage is mainly dependent on knowledge; while capital, land and labour are becoming subsidiary resources gradually. In the US, the percentage ...
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The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of conflict management in performance of organizations with a view to solving the current phenomenon of conflicts being experienced in public secondary school ...
Performance contracting is a freely negotiated performance agreement between a government, acting as the owner of a public agency and the management of the agency. It is used in the Kenyan public to measure performance. ...