Browsing by Subject "Investments"
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Analysis of the perceptions of the role of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund in fostering the growth of youth enterprises - a case study of youth enterprises in Nairobi county
(Strathmore University, 2016-05)The need to improve the economic status of the youth in any country has come to be a major preoccupation of many governments. The Kenyan government has in recognition of this set up the Youth Enterprise Development Fund ... -
An Analysis on the long term performance of Initial Public Offerings in the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2018)There have been a number of studies carried out that have tried to determine the long term performance of IPOs. The three key issues these studies try and dwell on is the long run under-performance, short term underpricing ... -
Behavioural Factors Influencing Investment Decisions in the Kenyan property market
(Strathmore University, 2011)This study applies Behavioral Finance theory to explain the performance of the property market in Kenya. The study investigates behavioral factors influencing investment decisions in the Kenyan property arena. This is aimed ... -
Corporate debt bias in NSE listed companies in Kenya - evaluation of an ACE reform on investmentments levels
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)This study looks at the corporate debt bias resulting from debt deductibility of interest. It aims at establishing whether an Allowance for Corporate Equity (ACE) tax reform within capital intensive firms listed on the NSE ... -
Effect of exchange rate volatility on foreign direct investment in East Africa
(Strathmore University, 2018)The aim of this study was to dete1mine the impact of exchange rate volatility on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into the East African region. The countries studied include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. The ... -
Empirical analysis of the value and growth investment styles in an African frontier market.
(Strathmore University, 2018)The choice of a stock is a headache for all equity investors worldwide ranging from well developed markets to developing markets. This study embarks on testing the Growth and Value investment styles in an African frontier ... -
Empirical corporate probability of defaults in Kenya: Merton and modified KMV framework
(Strathmore University, 2018)A firm's capital structure gives it an endogenous cause to default. Be that as it may, prior to default there is no way to precisely single out the firms that will default from those that will not. At best, we can only ... -
An evaluation of pension fund views of investments in infrastructure assets in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-03)With the increasing infrastructure gap and budgetary deficits, we have had an increase in the need for investment from the private sector. More so by pension funds because they are attracted to protect with low correlation ... -
Fostering Local Investment - 5 min with Dr. Robert Mudida
(Strathmore University, 2015-08-08)Dr. Robert Mudida, an Economist and Public Policy Expert from Strathmore Business School shares his thoughts on how to foster and encourage local investment -
Impact of ownership structure on dividend policy of listed banks in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)This study examines the effect of ownership structure of listed banks in Kenya on their dividend payout policy. The theoretical frmne7.uork of this study is based on dividend relevance theory dividend irrelevance theory ...
