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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 ... -
The responsiveness of bank deposit interest rates to policy rate changes in the Kenyan Commercial Banks
(Strathmore University, 2014-06)The Central Bank maintains price stability in the economy by managing the interest rate changes in the economy through monetary policy measures. It expects the interest rates to adjust in response to policy rate changes ... -
Role of microfinancing instituitions in poverty reduction in Garissa County : a case of Equity bank Garissa branch
(Strathmore University, 2012)The people of Garissa County have for a long time lived amidst abject poverty where they earn their livelihood from pastrolism at the subsistence level. The majority of the people in this area were victims of the drought ... -
The role of table banking on the empowerment of women in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2019)Women entrepreneurship in the society is critical towards the economic development. However, women still encounter a lot of challenges in their quest to start or expand their businesses through acquisition of credit from ... -
The role of the Kenya Defense Forces in disaster Management
(Strathmore University, 2013)This study aims at determining the role of the Kenya Defense Force (KDF) in disaster response management which has been adopted by Kenya Ministry of State for Defense (KMSOD), Kenya. It also seeks to determine various ... -
Service quality and customer satisfaction: a comparative analysis of conventional and Islamic bank customers in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2019-06)The purpose of this study was to analyse service quality and customer satisfaction by carrying out a comparative analysis between conventional and Islamic banks’ customers in Kenya. The specific objectives of this study ... -
Signaling as a determinant of rights issue performance in Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2019-06)The study sought to establish signaling as a determinant of rights issue performance in the NSE. To achieve this, the study used specific objectives. The object one was to establish debt-servicing capability of the rights ...
