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Relationship Between Microfinance Contribution and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Growth in Ahero, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Microfinance has endeavored to develop sustainable enterprises and its innovations have been replicated all over the world. In East Africa, MFls endeavored to uplift small businesses throughprovision of affordable capital. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Relationship Between Information Technology Adoption and Warehouse Operations at Sony Sugar Company, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)The world is growing in technology and most industries are adopting the use of ICT in their operations. Information technology involves development, maintenance and use of computer systems software and networks for ... -
Effect of Perceived Iso 9001 :2008 Quality Management System Product Identification on Product Realization at Maseno University, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Educational institutions in Europe began to implement the ISO 9000 family of standards in the 1990s followed by United States and Asia. These institutions encountered enormous challenges because the ISO 9001 :2008 standard ... -
Role of Customer Management Strategies on Customer Satisfaction in the Service Industry A Case of Kisumu Water and Sewerage Company, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Customermanagement strategies are techniques set up by organizations to identify and satisfy the needs of customers in the provision of goods and services. Customers are today aiming at getting maximum satisfaction not ... -
Extent of Integration of Environmental, Economic, And Social Sustainable Public Procurement Practices In Lake Victoria South Water Services Board (Lvswsb), Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Sustainable procurement has close connection to sustainable development. It advocates for acquisition and disposal practices that maximise economy and facilitate economic development while having little or no negative ... -
Relationship between Macro-Economic Variables and Commercial Banks' Liquidity in Kisumu Central Business District, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Financial institutions and markets literature show that monetary policies, government expenditure and economic cycles are important drivers of bank liquidity and liquidity is an important determinant of financial solvency. ...