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Corporate governance and dividend policy in Kenya : A survey of companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange
(2009-10)
Corporate governance exists to provide checks and balances between shareholders and
management and thus to mitigate agency problems. Hence, firms with better governance quality
should incur less agency conflicts, and ...
The effect of ipo’s on the performance of other stocks at the Nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Over the last three years there has been an upsurge of IPO activity. The reason for this
popularity is because of the worldwide trend towards privatization. The IPOs at the NSE
have been successful and have been characterized ...
A survey of opinions on use of book building approach for valuation Of initial public offers at the Nairobi stock exchange
(2008)
There are three widely practiced approaches in pricing the initial public offerings (IPOs),
namely public offer, tender or auction and book-building. To understand the dynamics of
IPO pricing and the strategic information ...
Impact of rights issues on stock prices: the case of Companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange
(2003)
This study examines the impact of right issue announcements on share prices of
companies listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The Study is based on a sample
of six rights issues between 1996 and 2002.
The study examines ...
Privatization and performance of Public corporations listed in the Nairobi stock exchange
(2006)
Public corporations have been criticized for inefficiency and mismanagement. They are
characterized by widespread misuse of funds due to lack of proper internal management
and Government interferences. Due to this, some ...
An empirical investigation of the short-term responses to financial distress by companies quoted in the Nairobi stock exchange
(2003)
When a company records a poor financial performance, usually such a company is expected to
take some steps in order to avoid getting into the situation of a financial distress, which in turn
would result to serious ...
The dividend discount model:It's reliability on the valuation of common stock at the Nairobi stock exchange
(2003)
Valuation of common stock is very important yet a very complex process. The stock
requires a deeper analysis compared to preferred stock or debts. The major techniques of
valuation of common stock are:
(i) Relative ...
“The effect of bonus share issues on stock prices of companies quoted at the Nairobi stock exchange”
(2007-11)
In the recent past companies quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange have been using stock dividend as a mode of paying dividends. This emerging trend may be attributed to the pecking order theory, economic growth in the ...
Fundamental accounting variables and stock return: Evidence from Nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Every investor would like to feel that he/she has obtained the best deal for his investment; in his buy decision he would like to feel that he has not paid more than the investment is worth, while in the sell decision he ...
The effect of stock splits and large stock Dividend on liquidity: evidence from the Nairobi stock exchange
(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 ...