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Effect of Stakeholder’s Involvement in Strategy Formulation and Implementation on Organizational Performance, Among Tea Warehousing Companies in Mombasa County, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Businesses world over are today more concerned about their future survival as the environment become more and more erratic by day. The intensity of competition, new entrants, availability of substitutes and more so the ... -
Effect of Statutory Capital Structure on Financial Distress Among Commercial Banks in Kenya.
(university of nairobi, 2018)The study examined the effects of Capital structure on financial distress among commercial Banks in Kenya. Most studies on capital structure conducted across the globe found inconsistencies on the effects of capital structure ... -
Effect of stimulants on immune response to local and imported infectious bursal disease vaccines in indigenous chicken in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Imported live attenuated infectious bursal disease (IBD) vaccines have been linked to vaccine failures in layers and broilers and associated with immune suppression, and sub-optimal immune responses. In addition, there is ... -
The Effect of Stock Liquidity on Dividend Payout Policy for Banks Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Stock liquidity is described as the propensity of a stock to be converted to cash easily and quickly. The trading of shares is usually done at the Stock Markets. Investors value shares that have higher dividend returns. ... -
Effect of Stock Market Development on Economic Growth: a Case of Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Nairobi securities Market has not been performing to the expectation of many Kenyan investors. The weak management has manifested itself after the collapse of two stock brokers almost at the same time. This happened in ... -
The effect of stock market development on the level of foreign direct investment in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study concentrated on exploring the association amongst the stock market development and foreign direct investments. The key emphasis was majorly on the impact or influence in which the advancement of the stock ... -
The Effect of Stock Market Liquidity on Stock Returns: Evidence From the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2018)One of the risks associated with company stocks is stock liquidity. Stocks with high liquidity are attractive to investors and increases demand for such stocks in the stock market. Increasing the attractiveness and demand ... -
Effect of stock prices to announcements of Company Of the Year Awards (COYA): a case of companies listed in the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2008)The main objective of this study is to establish whether or not COY A announcements have information content. The study aimed at establishing whether or not COYA announcements have any effect on share prices for companies ... -
The effect of stock split on share prices of companies listed at the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Stock split encompasses the technique of psychological pricing where new prices are more attractive to the incoming retail investors as well as fulfilling to the existing shareholder. Knowledge of share prices and its ... -
The effect of stock splits and large stock Dividend on liquidity: evidence from the Nairobi stock exchange
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2006)Since 1969, researchers have been bewildered with stock split, the pioneer study of Fama, Fisher, Jensen, and Ross, which tried to explain the reasons behind the noticeable increase in share prices before and after the ... -
The effect of stock splits on return volatility of firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2013)The overall objective of this study was to examine how the risk factors associated with investing in stocks are affected by stock splits. Previous studies on the effect of stock splits at the Nairobi Securities Exchange ... -
Effect of Stock Splits on Stock Liquidity of Companies Quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Several scholars have undertaken studies to understand the relationship between stock splits and stock liquidity using different liquidity proxies such as trading volume, share price volatility, number of trades per day ... -
Effect of stock splits on stock prices for companies listed at the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015)A stock split occurs when a company’s board of directors authorizes issuing additional shares to existing shareholders. Each shareholder receives new shares in proportion to the shares already owned. The overall value ... -
The Effect of Stock Splits on Stock Returns of Firms Listed at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Stock split is an action by which a company lowers the face value of its stocks, simultaneously increasing the number of outstanding shares, but keeping the company's total capital base intact. Over the years the ... -
Effect of Stock Splits on Stock Returns of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Most investors strongly believe that a stock split is an indication of a company’s success. The neo-classical financial theory however argues that splits are nothing but mere numeracies changes that shouldn’t affect the ... -
The Effect Of Stock Splits On The Ownership Structure Of Firms: Evidence From The Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2011-11)Many studies have been done on splits in the Kenyan market i.e. the Nairobi Stock Exchange and have confirmed increased volume of shares traded alter split events. Increased trading which translates to post split high ... -
The Effect of Stock Splits on the Returns of Listed Companies at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2013)This paper examined the effect of stock splits at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. This was achieved by studying eight companies that had undergone stock splits in the period 2000 to 2010. The study made use of the calculated ... -
Effect of storage conditions on quality and storability of seed and ware potato (solanum tuberosum l.)
(Department of plant science and crop protection, 2006)Experiments were conducted between October 2004 and June 2.05 at KAlUNational Potato Research Center (NPItC) "Tigeni", to determine the effects of storage conditions (light and temperature) on seed and ware potato (Solanum ... -
Effect of storage on the physico-chemical characteristics and acceptability of fresh cassava (manihot esculenta crantz) roots
(Department of Food Science, Nutrition & Technology, University of Nairobi, 2011)Cassava roots are highly perishable and some varieties can start showing symptoms of deterioration within 24 hours after harvest. Due to this short "green life", it is therefore difficult to maintain the quality of fresh ... -
Effect of Strategic Agility on Performance of Construction Firms in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There is a growing need for firms to be agile in their activities in order to be able to effectively adapt to an ever turbulent environment. This in turn determines how quickly organizations can recognize opportunities in ...
