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The Effect Of Corporate Acquisition On Shareholder Wealth For Companies Listed At The Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2013)
An organization creates shareholder value when the shareholder’s return exceeds the
required rate of return to equity or the cost of equity. If an organization outperforms
expectations, shareholder value is created. ...
Information System Policy And Corporate Governance In Firms Listed At Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10)
The study focused on firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Its objectives were
to establish the extent to which Information System Policy has been implemented and to
determine the relationship between Information ...
The effect of Tea growing on Forest degradation in Chinga area of the Aberdare Ranges in Nyeri county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-06)
Tea growing in Kenya has been expanding into the Aberdare forest where the physical condition for its growth is good and economic returns are profitable. Subsequently, the expansion has contributed to forest loss due to ...
Corporate governance practices at National Industrial Credit Bank in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-11)
Corporate governance systems are in a constant phase of adaptation due to changes in governance. After the extreme corporate failures of Enron and MCI WorldCom in 2001, corporate governance became an important issue ...
Counter-terrorism policies in the Horn of Africa: A critical review of methodologies, techniques and impact, 2005 - 2012
(University of Nairobi, 2013-09)
Counter-terrorism policies in the Horn of Africa are U.S. driven with the aim of
achieving American objectives in the region. Africa is the new focus of the world
powers due to resource competition, home to failed and ...
Supply chain technology adoption and large manufacturing firms performance in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi,, 2013-09)
The purpose of this study was to establish the drivers of supply chain technology adoption, the
level of supply chain adoption and the relationship between extent of supply chain technology
adoption and performance of ...
Topic and focus entities in German and English utterances: Mismatches and translation challenges
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10)
This study is concerned with a syntactic comparative analysis of information structure entities called topic and focus in German and English. Data for analysis has been extracted from two literary books namely ,,Das Leben ...
A Study on manifestation of Stereotypes in Kiembu Metaphors – A lexical pragmatics approach
(University of Nairobi, 2013-10)
Language constitutes the most unique feature of culture. It provides the best evidence for the
reality of cultures as ways of living, speaking and thinking which are particularly shared in a
particular society. The ...
The effect of financial leverage and revenue growth on dividend policy of firms listed at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11)
Dividend is paid out of profits thus it is used as a yard stick to show future prospects of a firm, attract investors and to monitor underinvestment by managers. The objective of the study was to establish the effect of ...
Challenges of strategy implementation faced by sacco societies regulatory authority in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-11)
In the 21stcentury business landscape, firms compete in a complex and challenging
context that is being transformed by many factors from globalization, frequent and
uncertain changes to the growing use of information ...