[PDF] Top 20 Operational risk management practices and performance of small and medium enterprises in kakamega county

... Based on the results, a number of policy decisions can be made for example; the Government should proactively engage in creating a conducive environment under which SMEs will operate in because there is a positive effect ... See full document

... the performance of SMEs in ...the management can track efficiency and productivity of each member of staff and use this information to increase salary and wages and also award ...The management can ... See full document

... www.ijsernet.org Page 10 SMEs should broaden their financing instruments range to financial markets, Sacco, crowd- funding and mutual guarantee schemes, to enable them innovate, grow, develop and research. SMEs should ... See full document

... providing performance reports, listing all variances and evaluating ...performance. Management accounting analyzes variances between what occurs in reality during the course of operation and ... See full document

... evolving management paradigm known as ‘corporate sustainability’ (CS), offering an alternative to the traditional growth and profit-maximization model (Schaltegger, Burritt & Peterson, 2003; Sharplin, 2003; ... See full document

... and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in both developing and developed economies play crucial roles in economic development through wealth creation, employment opportunities and poverty ...their risk ... See full document

... Financial Performance of Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises in Nairobi County, ...capital management in SMEs facilitates wealth ...financial performance depends on ... See full document

... capital management increase the corporate cash availability but meanwhile firms has to be prepared against the risk of holding less inventories, accounts receivable and increasing accounts ...capital ... See full document

... control risk and mitigate uncertainty, maximize communication efficiency within the team by being willing to ...facing small and medium-sized enterprises in order to comprehend the true ... See full document

... four practices are proposed: broad application of training, planned and long-term oriented training, team-oriented training and multi-skills oriented ...these practices we have used four five-point ... See full document

... SMEs performance, growth and development acknowledge that lack of credit is the greatest constraint that SMEs ...the performance of SMEs and conclude that accessibility to finance is utmost problem which if ... See full document

... manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Kericho ...Kericho County were 47,340 out of which 1,857 were in the manufacturing sector as shown by Table ... See full document

... knowledge management practices in manufacturing firms: Use of target costing and IT ...knowledge management (KM) strategies in manufacturing firms: explorative, exploitative, mixed and ...the ... See full document

... Clarke (2009) investigated ICT in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. He found out that the inclusion of ICT into business operations of SMEs has an important technique to ensure growth, competitive ... See full document

... business performance occasioned by loss of goods, a cumulative majority of respondents ...FMCG enterprises were incurring high costs in storage and management of ... See full document

... In Africa, SMEs play important roles in the process of industrialization and economic growth. Apart from increasing per capita income and output, SMEs create employment opportunities, enhance regional economic balance ... See full document

... quality management still brings different interpretations and it means that there is no agreement of the expert related to quality ...quality management (Garvin, 1987). The difference in quality ... See full document

... Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) are vital contributors to the overall performance of an economy. SME is drawing attraction in developed and developing countries as well as in transition ... See full document

... In! the! competitive! business! world! of! today,! in! which! flexibility,! speed! and! adaptability! are! essential! for! survival! and! progress,! small! and! medium! sized! enterprises! (SMEs)! ... See full document

... capital management is important due to many ...of small and medium enterprises ...to small and medium enterprises being inefficient users of working ... See full document