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Debt/Equity Ratio and Expected Common Stock Returns: Empirical Evidence from the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(2009)
The main objective of the study was to establish the relationship between the
Debt-equity ratio and the expected common stock returns while controlling for
beta and size of the firm. Similar studies have been carried out ...
Relative importance of factors influencing job satisfaction among Safaricom’s retail centre agents in Nairobi
(2009)
The primary purpose of this study was to establish the relative importance of factors that
influence job satisfaction among Safaricom retail centre agents. The objective of the study was to
establish the relative importance ...
Factors determining the utilization of HIV Voluntary counselling and testing services among the youth in Nakuru District : A case study of the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Recent health and demographic studies reveal that in Kenya, young people, aged 15-24 years face a greater risk of HIV infection than any other age group. The question of whether the youth have access to and utilize ...
Public relations: a critical study of the Kenyan practice
(2008-11)
This paper is a presentation of a research done to assess the state of Public relations practice in Kenya. It has covered in detail relevant and pertinent aspects of Public relations in Kenya and the west taking comparisons ...
Term structure of interest rates in Kenya: a review of evidence
(2002)
The term structure of interest rates refers to the relationship between interest and maturity period. This
study examines the properties of term structure of interest rates. The subject of interest rates has
dominated ...
The impact of the collapse of Kenya Co-operative Creameries on smallholder dairy farmers' income: a study of Chepkorio Division - Keiyo
(2005)
The focus of the research is on the smallholder dairy farmers. It studied the consequences of the collapse of Kenya Co-operative Creameries on the farmers' income and how this has impacted on their welfare, their diversification ...
Macroeconomic determinants of manufactured exports in Kenya
(2001-11)
Despite policy efforts to diversify exports, Kenya's export base is still dominated by primary commodities. Trade and commodity concentration has led to export earnings instability, which usually breeds balance of payments ...
The Impact of investment climate on economic growth
(2006-08)
This paper investigates the investment climate by using the Solow model and the Endogenous growth model and assesses its impact on economic growth over the period 1965-1995. The empirical findings suggest that the Solow ...
Barriers faced by MSE entrepreneurs in accessing credit/ loans
(2008)
This study focused on barriers faced by MSE entrepreneurs in accessing finance from both
formal and informal financial institutions.
The study covers MSl': entrepreneurs within the Nairobi CI3I) and its environs, where ...
Equity risks and return factors on the Nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2002-09)
The study looks at risks and factors that affect returns on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
The study identifies sources of such risks; those that can be eliminated through
diversification (unsystematic) and those that cannot ...