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Today businesses are expected to take on additional social responsibilities aside from  maximising profits and shareholders‟ wealth. Pressure from stakeholders have induced the  businesses to espouse sustainable practices that look beyond their economic and legal  requirements but also fulfil social obligations. However, due to their limited... Continue Reading

Tier one commercial banks in Kenya operate under an extremely competitive  environment in which there is competition for market share, customer numbers, loan  clients, deposits and profitability levels. One of the strategies that have been adopted  for the purposes of building competitive advantages is the adoption of new  technologies.... Continue Reading

Financial distress prospect is a key bother to the executives and different business  partners for quite some time. The impact of financial distress and bankruptcy on firms  is hard to the extent of ignoring it is impossible. Financial distress is not a selective  event it attacks or can happen both too big organizations and small... Continue Reading

Privacy invasion is an offence perpetrated by availability, access, and use of advanced  mobile devices when they land in the wrong hands of people who have the intention  of infringing into the space of either individuals or organizations. There have been  many incidences of infringement on people‟s privacy by exposing their personal lives ... Continue Reading

Small and Micro Enterprises play a vital role in job creation and make significant  contributions to economic growth in developed and developing economies alike.  However, one on the main challenges of small and micro enterprise has been access to  finances and capital. This study therefore sought to evaluate the factors influencing  Small and... Continue Reading

SACCOs operating front office services are required by law to comply with the regulations  stipulated in the SACCO societies Act enacted in the year 2008. The authority is mandated to: license, regulate and supervise the SACCO societies. This study explored the effect of SASRA   regulations on the Returns of SACCOs. This study focused on... Continue Reading

This study attempted to establish the effect of unionization on employees’ performance in  family owned businesses in Kenya. The need to manage employee performance every day is  the key to an effective performance management system. The researcher specifically sought  to establish the effect of union mediated in compensation on performance... Continue Reading

In Kenya, there are few empirical studies that focus on the relationship between budget and trade  deficit. The existing empirical studies used panel and cross-section data to examine the  relationship between budget deficit and trade deficit. The findings of these studies may not  adequately capture the relationship between the two deficits... Continue Reading

Security companies have resulted to Business Continuity Management (BCM)  practices in an effort to ensure continuity of business operations. Organizational  performance is crucial and BCM is one of the key driving forces to strengthen a  firm’s ability to withstand risks and survive under extreme organizational and  environmental pressures.... Continue Reading

Firms have always sought ways to gain a competitive advantage over their competitors; one  avenue that firms have pursued to improve their competitive position in this new business  environment is to increase the role of outsourcing in their operations, which has been found to  provide a competitive advantage and heightened performance to these... Continue Reading

The purpose of this research study was to investigate the effect of M-Pesa utilization on  the performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nakuru town. M  Pesa is an SMS ‐ based money transfer system that allows individuals to deposit, withdraw  and send funds using their cell phones. The introduction of M-Pesa has... Continue Reading

Over the past five years, development in Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) has assumed  high preposition in Kenya. The trend could be attributed to: their renewed provision of products  and services that banks either cannot or may not offer, also their potential to deliver other  savings, investments and risk management tools. However, a... Continue Reading

Firms across all industries continue to face the most disruptive market conditions in decades.  Increased competition has only accelerated and the battle for market share is now more aggressive in  the telecommunication industry. The objective of the study was to determine how competitive  advantage strategies applied by firms in the... Continue Reading

Commercial banking sector in Kenya is one of the most important facilitators of economic  growth, driven by competition and government regulations which have led to innovations of  various channels of bank service delivery; agency banking and mobile banking with the help of  support infrastructure; credit reference bureaus and deposit... Continue Reading

Audit reports by the office of the controller of budget for three consecutive years from  2013 – 2015 revealed gross financial mismanagement and a fall in revenue collection  even after County Governments have put in place the Integrated Financial Management  Systems (IFMIS) and e-pay systems in accordance with the requirements of the... Continue Reading

The rationale of this study was to examine the factors that influence the adoption of Information Technology  outsourcing by insurance companies in Kenya, with specific interest in four key factors; Establish how  Financial drivers, Focus on core competencies, Technological advancements and Government policy  influence adoption of Information... Continue Reading

Outsourcing has become an important business strategy because it enables businesses to  reduce and control operating costs, to improve company focus, to gain access to world class  capability and to free internal resources for other purposes. Outsourcing has been used as part  of the new public management agenda with the aim of increasing... Continue Reading

Internal credit rating (ICR) was used in evaluating the level of risk associated with a loan  applicant and assign probabilities that an applicant with a given credit score would be good or  bad. It could also be used as abasis for loan approval, pricing, monitoring and capital allocation.  Lending difficulties may arise due to Internal Credit... Continue Reading

Induction training is absolutely vital for new starters in an organization. Good induction training  ensures new recruits are settled down quickly, comfortably and happily to a productive role. Poor induction training for new recruits may increase the risk of the problems like poor performance,  low job satisfaction, absenteeism and resignations... Continue Reading

This study aimedtoexamine theeffect of corporate governance on financial performance of  Energy sector state corporations in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to examine the role  of internal controls, stakeholder management, organizational culture and leadership on the  financial performance of Energy sector state corporations in Kenya.... Continue Reading

This study analyses the relationship between corporate social responsibility and brand  equity of Universities in Kenya. Many corporations seem to engage in socially  responsible behavior as part of their normal business operations. The socially responsible  activities include positive actions towards economic, social and environmental... Continue Reading

The promulgation of a new constitution of Kenyan on 31 st  August 2010 effectively created two  levels of government; the national and county governments. Provision of health services is one of  the functions that were devolved to the county government amid resistance from the health care  workers’ unions. Devolution of health functions was... Continue Reading

In keeping with the advancement in technology, savings and credit cooperative societies have in  the recent past undergone major technological leaps in the provision of banking services by  adoption of mobile banking technology. This model of banking was particularly useful in  providing efficiency and accessibility of banking services without... Continue Reading

The main goal of every microfinance institutions is to maximize profits in order to maintain their  financial stability, improve growth and sustainability. However, high levels of loan delinquency  create credit volatility which constrains the ability or capacity to offer credit to borrowers  because microfinance institutions have to compensate... Continue Reading

Many companies make investment to sponsor the big sports events such as Olympics, world  Cup and popular sports games. Effective promotional strategy involves strategic decisions  about five factors target audience, objective of the promotion effort, nature of the product,  stage in the product life cycle and amount of money available for... Continue Reading