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Optimal measures for minimizing the tax audit expectation gap in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2016-06)The purpose of this study was to find out whether a tax audit expectation gap exists between the tax authority and corporate tax payers. Specifically, the study sought to: establish the existence of the tax audit expectation ... -
Overhead allocation model for universities - a case for Strathmore University in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2019)An organization’s costing and overhead apportionment system is a system that helps the management with the strategy planning and the system also plays an important role in providing accurate cost information about the ... -
Participatory orientation to strategic planning process : does it pay?
It is postulated that a participatory orientation to the strategic planning process could influence the realization of the expected strategic planning outcomes. Past studies investigating the relationship between strategic ... -
Perceived factors influencing success of marketing activities of universities in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-06)Business schools have been established in an effort to improve business management practices locally and internationally. There has been an increase in marketing activities by universities with the aim of informing the ... -
Perspectives on the transformation of microfinance institutions in Kenya into regulated status under the Microfinance Act.
The government's move to regulate Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) was primarily to create an enabling environment for MFIs to maximize outreach on a population without access to financial services in Kenya. The Microfinance ... -
Perspectives on the transformation of microfinance institutions in Kenya into regulated status under the Microfinance Act.
(Strathmore University, 2009)The government's move to regulate Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) was primarily to create an enabling environment for MFIs to maximize outreach on a population without access to financial services in Kenya. The Microfinance ... -
Rationale for use of forensic accounting in reducing audit expectations gap : a case for central Kenya cooperative societies
This study examines the rationale for the use of forensic accounting as a mechanism for reducing the audit expectations gap. Fraudulent activities in Kenya have been responsible for widespread collapse and poor performance ... -
Real estate prices and economic fundamentals: an empirical investigation of the residential housing market in Nairobi City
(Strathmore University, 2011)The purpose of this research is to establish if the residential property prices in Nairobi, the capital city of the Republic of Kenya, are consistent with the economic fundamentals of the national economy. The study uses ... -
Reasons behind the choice of procurement practice: a survey of Large and medium sized manufacturing companies in Nairobi.
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Regulating Kenya’s securities markets: an assessment of the capital markets
The importance of an optimal regulatory and enforcement matrix in enhancing securities markets cannot be overemphasized. Countries with deep and vibrant securities markets generally have effective regulatory and enforcement ... -
Relationship between environmental management strategies and profitability among Kenyan manufacturing firms
(Strathmore University, 2014)Organizations formulate and implement varied forms of strategies to improve their performance. Environmental strategies are largely borne out of push by regulation unlike other strategies which are motivated by need to ... -
The Relationship between executive compensation and earnings management among non-financial companies listed on the securities exchange in East Africa
(Strathmore University, 2018)This research study aims at determining the extent of earnings management among non-financial companies listed on the securities exchange in East Africa and consequently, its relationship to executive compensation. The ... -
The relationship between governance practices and performance : evidence from deposit taking SACCOs in Nairobi and Central Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)This empirical study has used data for the year 2010 to 2013 extracted from the Sacco Society Regulatory Authority’s Sacco supervision reports for thirty eight Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Nairobi and Central Kenya. ... -
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 ... -
The relationship between macroeconomic variables and stock returns in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2014)A clear understanding of the movements and sensitivity of each macroeconomic variable with respect to behavior of the stock returns is of importance to the general economy as it facilitates its growth and enables investors ... -
Relationship between public spending by local government and health status in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-06)Public spending by Kenyan government in the health sector has been dogged by misallocation of resources, untimely disbursement of funds, under-spending, many medical facilities constructed and not in use and medical supplies ... -
The relationship between safety audit effectiveness and client satisfaction : a case study of private schools in Embakasi Constituency, Nairobi, Kenya.
(Strathmore University, 2013)The purpose of this paper was to establish if there exists a relationship between safety audit effectiveness and client satisfaction amongst private schools in Embakasi constituency in Nairobi. To address this objective, ... -
The Relationship between working capital management and profitability for companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
(Strathmore University, 2010)This study examined the effect of working capital management (WCM) practices on company profitability. Using agency, transactions cost and trade-off theories, the study also sought to establish whether the hypothesized ... -
Relaxing financing constraint in the microfinance industry : is commercialization the answer?
A critical question facing Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) is whether they can attract commercial capital as a solution to their financing problem and as a way of relaxing strained development aid. While donations have ... -
The Relevance of audit report lag and its corporate governance determinants among listed companies in the East African Community States
(Strathmore University, 2018)The objective of this study is to establish the relevance of audit report lag and its corporate governance determinants among listed companies in East Africa. Descriptive statistics were used to compare the different audit ...
