| dc.description.abstract | The study reported in this project, was aimed at
determining the·factors which multinational firms consider
important when deciding on the most country to invest in.
Secondly, the study was aimed at determining the adequacy of
the investment incentives offered by the Government of Kenya
to the foreign investors.
In order to meet these objectives, information was sought
through the use of a questionnaire. The questionnaire was
directed to the General Managers or Managing Directors of
multinational firms operating in Kenya. The latter had been
sampled using simple random sampling method.
The data collected was analyzed using mean scores, Yates
Chi .-square, median test and Spearman's rank correlation test.
Using these, the responses from the service oriented multinational
firms were compared with those from the manufacturing oriented
multinational firms. The findings from the analyses led to two
major conclusions:-
(1) The factors considered important for foreign investment
decision differed significantly between service oriented
and manufacturing multinational firms. | en |
