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The relationship between executive renumeration and credit risk of banks listed in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
The collapse of the financial system in 2008 brought into light the strong impact that executive remuneration had in the management of credit risk in banks is the United States. The relationship of agency looks at executive ...
Insurance for the Public Service Vehicle industry in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-03)
The Matatu industry has been faced by a myriad of challenges in the recent past in Kenya. One of the most evident challenges is the past poor performance of the Public Service Vehicle Insurance niche under the Motor ...
An analysis of the absorption capacity of Official Development Assistance in Kenya from 1981 - 2010 and its relationship with economic development
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
One of the key components of development funds for Kenya is Official Development Assistance (ODA). However, given ODA's general underwhelming nature and overall ineffectiveness in fostering economic development, it would ...
Origins, sector destinations and determinants of foreign direct investment in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-04-04)
This is a study on Kenya's foreign direct investment inflows' determinants, source countries and sector destinations. The motivation for researching these is the current low rate of foreign direct investment flows into ...
Retirement income adequacy - a comparison of the defined benefit and defined contribution schemes in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-03-24)
The pension industry has initiated various policy actions and plans geared towards development and growth of the retirement benefit industry with a key policy action being the conversion of defined benefit schemes to defined ...
The causal relationship between the stock market and foreign direct investments - evidence from Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)
The paper aims at investigating the nature of the causal relationship between Foreign Direct Investments and the Stock Market index in Kenya. The relationship has proved to be significant
enough to solicit an empirical ...
A comparison of performance of unit trusts and the stock market in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)
This paper seeks to make a comparison between the performance of equity unit trusts and the stock market. It answers two questions; whether equity funds are better performers than the market and whether the results obtained ...
Empirical analysis of the desires and concessions of impact investors and social entrepreneurs in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-03-18)
Using a mixed methods approach, the content study finds evidence of significant rifts between the entrepreneur's desire to create social impact and the investor's expectation of financial return. Inadequate provision of ...
An evaluation of individual pension funds in Kenya, the factors that affect their growth and the opportunities they have.
(Strathmore University, 2014-03)
One of the sectors in the economy that has been involved in mobilization of the savings is the Pension fund industry. The role of savings in economic growth has been given considerable attention given the fact that for any ...
The viability of long term care insurance in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014-11)
Kenya's population aged 60 and above is rapidly ageing. The available facilities catered towards meeting the health care needs of Kenya's ageing population are inadequate and may not be able to manage this growing population.2 ...