Environmental Challenges Facing Multinational Enterprises in Kenya

Abstract

Multinational Enterprises play an important role in the economy of host nations. They achieve this through foreign direct investment, corporate social responsibilities, tax remittances, and transfer of knowledge. However, despite their immense economic contributions, multinational enterprises face a myriad of challenges that impede their operations which leading to suboptimal organizational performance in terms of productivity, competitiveness, and profitability. This study, therefore, isought ito iachieve ithe ifollowing objective: To idetermine ithe environmental challenges facing multinational enterprises in Kenya. The study used a idescriptive iresearch idesign where a total of 58 participants were selected for the study through isimple irandom isampling. The collection of data was through use of a istructured iquestionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS software. The study used descriptive statistics percentages and frequencies for data analysis and findings presented using tables. The study established those multinational enterprises mainly faced economic and technological challenges that hampered their operations. The study recommends that multinational enterprises should engage the Kenyan government to effectively address the impending environmental challenges facing MNEs in Kenya. MNEs should invest in new technological innovations to sustain their competitive advantage especially due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic.