Browsing by Subject "Investment"
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Contribution of foreign direct investment to job creation and skills development in selected multi-national companies in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to skills development and job creation in selected multi-national companies in Kenya. The study further investigated the ... -
Evolution of risk attitudes for different demographic characteristics with variant circumstances
(Strathmore University, 2017)This study endeavors to determine how risk attitudes in the context of personal business decisions and financial investing of persons from different age groups, gender and of different initially ascribed risk attitudes ... -
Factors that influence the establishment of venture capital firms in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2013)The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that influence the establishment of venture capital firms in Kenya. The research design adopted was descriptive. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews ... -
Impact of Information and Communication Technology investment on organizational performance
(2013-11-13)The impact of information and communication technologies (lCT) investment on business performance has been a major research subject for long time. Until the mid 1990s there was little empirical evidence of a ... -
The influence of peers on investment decisions: the case of university undergraduates in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)People's choices often look like the choices made by those around them. Such peer effects have been analyzed across different fields. These have been motivated by concerns of herding and financial l market instability which ... -
The relationship between interim dividend change and future earning for listed companies in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)Earnings forecast have serious implication in asset allocation and portfolio selection. Dividends play significant role in forecasting and signaling future earnings and investors expect share price to react positively or ... -
Why Trustees Shy Away From Investing in Riskier Asset Classes: The Kenyan Case
(Strathmore University, 2017)This paper seeks to examine the influence of trustees on the choice of investment classes, for the Kenyan case. We ask how trustees make decisions in investing in two classes allowed by the Retirement Benefits Act (2014) ...
