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Role of Advertising Strategies on Product Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Rwanda
(Journal of Marketing and Communication, 2021-11)Advertising strategies and product performance are very important facets of a company for surviving in the worldwide competitive souk. Advertising strategies define the achievement of a business by the way advertising has ... -
Role of Agriculture-based Cooperatives on Socioeconomic development in Rwanda
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2021-05)This study focused on contribution of agriculture based cooperative on socio-economic development in Rwanda. The general objective of the study was to investigate the contribution of agriculture based cooperative on ... -
Corporate Core Values And Service Delivery
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2021-02)This research examined the corporate core values and service delivery, the case of Magerwa Ltd. Specifically the study had two objectives: to assess the ways in which corporate core values of integrity and efficiency are ... -
The Role of Micro-Finance Institutions to the Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) in Thika, Kenya (Empirical Review of NonFinancial Factors)
(International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 2014-10)Micro and small enterprises (MSE) known as Jua Kali are the biggest employer in Kenya and accounts for 10 million and 8.3 million of this number are in the informal sector. It also continues to employ more each year–at an ... -
The Influence of Branchless Financial Innovation on Market Capitalization of Commercial Banks Listed in NSE, Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 2018-10)The study sought to evaluate the impact of Branchless financial innovation on Market capitalization of listed Commercial Banks in Kenya. Financial sector in Kenya has experienced a noteworthy change over the most recent ... -
The Impact of Agency Banking Financial Innovation on Market Capitalization of Commercial Banks Listed in NSE, Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 2018-10)The study sought to evaluate the impact of Agency banking, a form of financial innovation, on Market capitalization of listed Commercial Banks in Kenya. In the past recent years, the Kenyan Financial sector has been ... -
Relationship between Power Supply Interruptions and Financial Performance of Manufacturing Companies in Machakos County
(Journal of Human Resource & Leadership, 2019-09)The importance of power supply to economic development of any nation cannot be overemphasized. Availability and access to reliable electricity supply has a rippling effect on productivity of manufacturing firms. Unreliable ... -
Moderating Effects of Bank Ownership on the Relationship between Securitization Uptake and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Keny
(Academic Journal of Economic Studies, 2015-06)Securitization is a process in which commercial banks can raise low-cost financing by assigning asset risks to investors’ appetite for risk. This has been one of the most dominant and fastest growing means of capital ... -
Effects of Estimating Systematic Risk in Equity Stocks in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) (An Empirical Review of Systematic Risks Estimation)
(International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 2014-10)Capital Markets have become an integral part of the Kenyan economy. The manner in which securities are priced in the capital market has attracted the attention of many researchers for long. This study sought to investigate ... -
BITSS((Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences) CATALYST REPORT
(2018)For the last six months between December 2017 and May 2018, we had our first BITSS Catalyst project (Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) in Rwanda geared towards sharing knowledge on the ... -
The Welfare Effects of ICTs in Agricultural Markets
(AGRODEP, 2016-10)The use of mobile ICTs (information and communication technologies) in Africa’s agricultural sector has proven to be an efficient and cost-effective method for sharing and exchanging information more widely. ICTs allow ... -
The effect of Severity of Conflict on Social Capital Development in Post-Conflict Rwanda
(2018)This study investigates the relationship between severity of conflict and three different structures of social capital in Rwanda. Severity of conflict is measured using two indicators which are intensity and incidence of ... -
AEGIS Policy Brief
(2017)This research investigates social capital formation in post-genocide Rwanda. Social capital is defined as membership to associations and social networks which defines structural social capital. Structural social capital ... -
Effects of Materials Management on Performance of Selected Construction Projects in Rwanda
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020-09)This research project examined the contribution of material management practices on performance of construction of project. Specifically, the present research assessed the effects of material estimation costs on project ... -
Contribution of Non-Governmental Organization’s Financial Services on Social Economic Development in Rwanda: Case of Plan International’s Village Saving and Loan Associations Project Model in Bugesera District
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020-10)The study intended to assess the economic status of the beneficiaries of savings in the village and loans associations in Bugesera District, Rwanda. The researcher adopted the descriptive survey design because the study ... -
Exploring the Use of Mobile Money Services among Tea SACCOs in Rwanda
(USAID, 2021-01-07)This project explored the social impact of mobile money services among tea Savings and Credit Co-operatives (SACCOs) members in Rwanda, following the implementation of a payment automation project funded by Access to ... -
Measuring credit risks for sustainable lending of SMEs towards achievement of MDGs in Rwanda
(2013)Credit risk refers to the risk of default by borrowers which arises from the uncertainty over the cash flow from the borrower’s project (Morris and Shin, 2009). Traditionally, the terms of the loan have been linked to the ... -
Assessment of Inventory Control on the Performance: A Case Study Fair Construction Company
(Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 2016)This research was the assessment of inventory control on the performance of Fair Construction Company and its specific objective was, to determine approaches of inventory control used by Fair Construction Company, to find ... -
Clean Production and Profitability: An Ecoefficiency Analysis of Kenyan Manufacturing Firms
(SAGE Publication, 2013-06-30)This study examines the linkage between the profitability of firms measured by return on assets (ROA) and environmental performance measured by eco-efficiency and also the impact of a good environmental management system ... -
Technical and Environmental Efficiency of Kenya’s Manufacturing Sector: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
(Conference Paper presented at CSAE Conference, Oxford University, 21st-23rd March, 2010, 2010-01-01)The overexploitation of environmental resources for production purposes has become a major source of environmental degradation threatening the entire ecosystem. For the manufacturing sector, overdependence on fossil fuel ...