ABSTRACT This research was carried out to analyze the effect of retailer-supplier relationships on company competitiveness; a case study of TM Pick „n Pay Gweru branch supermarket. The study had three objectives, to determine the role of collaborative partnerships on enhancing company competitiveness, to establish strategies to maintain long-term successful retailer-supplier relationships and to determine challenges facing retailer that leads to business to business relationship failures. T...
INTRODUCTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 3. 1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES. 4 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 4 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY 4 1.5.1 Practical Significance 4 1.5.2 Theoretical Significance 5 1.6 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS 5 1.7 DELIMITATION (SCOPE) OF STUDY 5 1.8 LIMITATIONS 5 1.9 DEFINATION OF KEY TERMS 6 1.10 CHAPTER SUMMARY 7 CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0. Introduction 8 2.1 An Overview of Loan Performance 8 2.1.1 Determinants of Loan Performanc...
Abstract This study investigated the effect of supplier and customers’ collaboration on product innovativeness in manufacturing SMEs. Using a cross sectional survey design with a sample size of 196, a standard multiple linear regression (MLR) was performed between product innovativeness as the dependent variable and the dimensions of supplier and customer collaboration, as independent variables. The results of the supplier collaboration regression indicated that the predictors explained 45....
ABSTRACT Management of public primary school projects is vital for school. However, the head teachers who are in charge of the projects must strive to acquire the necessary skills to enable them to effectively manage school projects in Wajir East Sub-County. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between challenges faced by public primary school head teachers and management of school projects in Wajir East sub county, Kenya. The following objectives were used in the stu...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find out the factors affecting the financial performance of micro finance institutions in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study are to find out the effect of leadership style, competition, motivation, banking policy and micro finance supervision on the financial performance of micro finance institutions in Kenya. Secondary data will be collected from various sources including books and past study. The information gathered will be analyzed using...
Abstract The research was done to examine the strategic response to the de-industrialization effect on the hospitality sector in Mutare. Mutare City has not been spared from the trend of declining industrial output that has characterized Zimbabwe for more than a decade. As a result, the hospitality sector suffers, since its business depends on the viability of the industry. A well-performing industrial base provides business to hotels through hiring conference facilities and funding hotel st...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at evaluating employee perceptions on the reward system adopted by Telone Pvt Ltd. It was motivated by the continuous decrease in employee performance through poor revenue collection ,poor customer service and prolonged time in fixing faults even in the presence of a reward system . The study examined the effectiveness of the reward system, its effect on employee perceptions and the challenges of the current reward system. Literature put forward by different scholar...
ABSTRACT The factors affecting the price of an equity share can be viewed from the macro and micro economic perspectives. These factors will affect the demand and supply of a stock in the market which in turn will affect the price of the stock. The purpose of the study was to evaluate selected factors influencing share price behavior of commercial banks listed in the NSE. The factors to be evaluated were dividend per share, financial leverage, book value per share and interest rates. The stu...
ABSTRACT The research sought to analyse mobile banking as a strategy to curb cash shortages in the Zimbabwe Banking Industry with specific emphasis on Agribank. Banks in Zimbabwe were experiencing cash shortages as evidenced by long queues as well as continuous reduction of daily cash withdrawal limits. Mobile banking is one of the many strategies implemented to curb cash shortages. In August 2016 Agribank introduced mobile banking to its customers. In this research, data was collected throu...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to find the causes of student poor performance in A‟ level Business Studies at two selected high schools, which are in Chimanimani District of Manicaland province. The study sought to explore the challenges faced by both students and educators in the teaching and learning of Business Studies at A‟ level which results in poor student‟s performance. Both home environmental factors and the school environmental factors were looked upon as target areas...
ABSTRACT This study sought to analyse the factors hindering effective teaching and learning of Business Studies in secondary schools in Gwanda district. The objectives of the study were to identify and analyse the administrative, teacher and student related challenges hindering the learning and teaching of Business Studies at Ordinary and Advanced Level and to suggest ways of addressing the challenges available in the teaching and learning of Business Studies. A descriptive research design w...
ABSTRACT The study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of the survival strategies employed by the retail hardware sector in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. The objectives of this study was to establish the challenges faced by SMEs, to establish survival strategies used by SMEs and to establish alternative survival strategies that can be used by SMEs in the retail hardware sector. Descriptive research design was used to provide further insight into the research problem by describing variables of intere...
ABSTRACT The overall objective of this study was to determine the Technical Skills affecting the effectivenessof financial control in Community Support Funds in Kenya: A Case of Maasai Mara Community Support Fund. The specific objectives of the study were: to find out the effect of numeracy skills, book keeping skills, budgeting skills and auditing skills as factors affecting the effectiveness of financial controlin Maasai Mara Community Support Fund. The study used a descriptive cross-sectio...
ABSTRACT This study is an investigation of the impact of brand equity on company performance a case of Tristar Insurance Company. The company is facing a lot of challenges given the fact that its clientele mainly comprised of corporate customers who are struggling under the current economic conditions. Also competition is intensifying in the industry. Tristar Insurance Company is now turning its focus on individual customers. The study focuses on examining whether the strengthening of Trista...
ABSTRACT The objective of the research was to determine the role of forensic accounting as a tool for fraud detection and prevention by companies in Kenya of which a case study of companies in Nairobi county was used. The specific objectives of the study were to identify the role of forensic accounting in fraud detection and prevention by companies in Kenya; to determine the forensic accounting techniques and services used and applied by companies in Nairobi county. The data used in the stu...