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Corporate governance practices at Mhasibu investment company limited, Nairobi
(School of Business, 2012-10)Corporate governance refers to the process by which organizations are directed, controlled and held to account. It encompasses authority, accountability, stewardship, leadership direction and control exercised in the ... -
Corporate governance and accountability mechanisms and challenges in the private hospitals in Kiambu County, Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012-11)This research paper seeks to examine the corporate governance and accountability mechanisms of board directors and composition, board meeting frequency, reporting and controls and challenges of organization structure and ... -
Corporate Governance and Competitive Advantage of Companies Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Competitive advantage is based on the concept that firms look for strategies that will help it to offer quality product and services better than its competitors in the market. Poor corporate governance has led to failure ... -
Corporate governance and dividend policy in Kenya : A survey of companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange
(School of business, 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 ... -
Corporate governance and employee satisfaction in Kenya Immigration Department
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)In Kenya, various studies have been undertaken on corporate governance. For instance, Mwangi (2001) did a survey of corporate governance practices among insurance companies in Kenya. He found out that most companies appeared ... -
Corporate Governance and Financial Management Practices in Public Benefit Organizations in Kisumu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Public Benefit Organization boards constantly face the challenge of providing oversight to an entity while being accountable to a network of stakeholders that is not easily defined. A weak board structure is likely to ... -
Corporate Governance And Financial Performance Of Commercial Banks In Kenya
(2016)The focus of this study is to examine the Governance factors that have impact on the financial performance of banks in Kenya. The aim of the study is to determine the governance policies used by banks in Kenya and the ... -
Corporate governance and financial performance of Companies quoted in the Nairobi stock exchange
(University of UniversitySchool of Business, 2010)An effective system of corporate governance helps to facilitate decision making, accountability and responsibility within and outside a corporate entity. Good corporate governance ensures that the varying interests of ... -
Corporate Governance and Financial Performance of Regional Development Authorities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The economic development of a country has been argued to be dependent on the performance of individual organizations in the country. In the same context, the low growth level of developing nations can be attributed to the ... -
Corporate governance and financial performance of water companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Corporate governance has received its fair share of attention in the past decade due to various notable corporate scandals and collapses of large corporations which cause was traced to unethical business practices. ... -
Corporate Governance and Financial Viability in Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Kisii Region, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Corporate governance entails agreed methods and arrangements for monitoring and directing an organization. This research considered four models associated to corporate governance viz; agency, stewardship, political and ... -
Corporate Governance and Financial Viability in Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Kisii Region, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Corporate governance entails agreed methods and arrangements for monitoring and directing an organization. This research considered four models associated to corporate governance viz; agency, stewardship, political and ... -
Corporate Governance and Firm Performance of Financial Institutions Listed in Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Financial Institutions in the Nairobi exchange have different mechanisms through which boards and directors are able to direct, monitor and supervise the conduct and operation of corporations and their management in a ... -
Corporate governance and firm performance of listed family-owned firms in Kenya
(2014)Corporate Governance is concerned with the establishment of an appropriate legal, economic and institutional environment that would facilitate and allow business enterprises to grow, thrive and survive as institutions for ... -
Corporate governance and firm performance: an empirical test of competing governance theories on companies quoted on the Nairobi stock exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2009-11)The role of the Board as a corporate governance tool is widely acknowledged in much of the literature on Corporate Governance. Scholars and practitioners have sought to understand the relationship between various board ... -
Corporate governance and firm value for firms listed at the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The study focused on corporate governance and firm value of firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The study sought to find out the relationship between corporate governance attributes of board size, board ... -
Corporate governance and its effect on company performance– A case study of Kenya’s small scale tea sector
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Corporate governance and its influence on strategy among member associations of the international planned parenthood federation Africa
(School of Business, 2013-10)Governance is high on the agenda in all sectors whether public, private or voluntary. As voluntary, community and non-governmental organisations are driven by altruistic values and work for public benefit, they are ... -
Corporate governance and organisational performance of insurance companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Corporate Governance provides a structure through which the objectives of the companies are set, ways of attaining those objectives and monitoring the performance are determined. This study sought to find out the effect ... -
Corporate governance and organizational performance:The case of companies quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Commerce, 2005-08)Corporate Governance, the system by which companies are directed and controlled, continues to gain prominence mostly triggered by the globalization of economies and the financial and investment markets. Increasingly, ...