Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Title

Dividend Policy and the Value of the Firm- a Critical Literature Review

Mugambi, Anthony M (University of Nairobi, 2016-07)

This independent study paper examines the extent to which dividend policy influences company value. The study begins by exploring the conceptual background of dividend policy practices, theories and variables that influence ...

Dividend policy practices in companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange (NSE)

Tiriongo, Tom K (School of business,University of Nairobi, 2004)

The subject of corporate dividend policy has captivated financial theorists and economists for a long time, resulting in intensive theoretical modeling and empirical examinations. This research paper investigates on the ...

Dividend Policy, Agency Costs, Liquidity and Value of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Onyango, Maxwell (University of Nairobi, 2023)

Firm value is an indispensable focus for every establishment since it depicts stockholders’ fortunes. Dividend policy is thought to be a key predictor of stockholders’ wealth. Payout-policy nonetheless, still remains a ...

The Dividend Practices of Publicly Quoted Companies in Kenya

Karanja, James M (University of Nairobi,School of Business, 1984)

Dividends are very important considerations for any rational investor. Ultimately, most rational investors would invest in a company because they expect to receive dividends. It is this factor which makes a company's dividend ...

Divination Among the Luo Community

Nyagode, MA (University of Nairobi,, 1997)

Divorce and child socialization: the case of Garissa County, North Eastern Kenya

Were, WA (University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)

This study investigated the effects divorce has on child socialization, in Garissa, North Eastern Kenya. The research had 3 specific objectives. First, it sought to establish the high divorce rate in Garissa. , Secondly, ...

Divorce and Its Impacts on Society in Kenya

Wainaina, J N (University of NairobiSchool of Law, 1980-07)

Divorce in the Luo Community With Particular Reference to the Community in East Ugenya Location.)

Atieno, A O (University of NairobiSchool of Law, 1976)

Divorce Under the Islamic Law

Yasmin, Ali A (University of Nairobi,college of humanities and social sciences,, 1980-07)

Do dividend clientele exist? Empirical evidence from Nairobi Stock Exchange

Muriithi, M O (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2009)

The study was designed to test for the existence of dividend clientele among companies quoted on NSE. In the view of conflicting empirical evidence from the test conducted in different context and stock markets, this ...

Do dividends provide information about future earning of listed companies at the Nairobi Stock Exchange?

Odhiambo, Quinter A (University of NairobiSchool of Business,, 2008)

This paper investigated whether dividends are informative about a firm's future earnings per share. The study reports the results ofa ten-year (1998 to 2008) empirical analysis of the relatio nship between dividend ...

Do the Kenyan media violate children's rights?: an assessment of select content in the daily nation and nation television against the existing conventions and laws on children's rights

Oyaro, Gladys K (School of Journalism; University of Nairobi, 2007-11)

Children are generally reported in the media as victims of adults' chaos. And in reporting children the media tends to violate their rights by exposing their identity in negative stories such as crime and defilement. Yet, ...

Doctors' perception of mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry in Kenya

Nyagah, Betty W (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2007-09)

Up to the year 2004, there were numerous mergers and acquisitions with the biggest being that of Glaxo Welcome and SmithKline Beecham to create the world's largest pharmaceutical company; GlaxoSmithKline. Many of these ...

The Doctrine of Civil Necessity and Its Implications for Constitutionalism

Waudo, Edwin W (University of NairobiSchool of Law, 2013)

While recognizing the need for emergency powers, the study acknowledges the tension that exists between emergency powers on the one hand and theprinciples of democracy and human rights on the other and examines whether it ...

The Doctrine of Estoppel: a Critique; and Its Application Under the Rules of Evidence in Kenya

Maosa, T M (University of Nairobi,, 1984-06)

The doctrine of implied jurisprudence and the role it has played in adjudication of constitutional cases in Kenya

Ondieki, Evans (University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2005)

This study explored the myths, principles and policies that guide judges whenever they are confronted with hard cases where the constitution is silent. Special attention has been paid to the various circumstances and ...

The doctrine of judicial precedent (Stare Decisis): a critical appraisal of recent decisions made by the High Court and the Court of Appeal of Kenya

Njoroge, Regeru (University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)

This study seeks to appraise critically a number of selected decisions handed down in the recent past by the High Court and the Court of Appeal of Kenya with a view to demonstrating that far too often, those Courts do not ...