Firm’s Characteristics and Productivity in Kenya
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Date
2015
Authors
Mugendi, Charles Ndegwa
Gachanja, Paul Mwangi
Nganga, Tabitha Kiriti
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American Research Institute for Policy Development
Abstract
There has been different theoretical argument on the link of different firm’s characteristics on productivity.
According to various literature size of the firm, firm’s ownership characteristics, skilled labour force and
expenditure on research and development are some of the firm’s characteristics that affect productivity.
However different empirical studies conducted in both developing and developed countries have produced
contradictory results. This study therefore examines how different firm’s productivity has affected various
firms’ productivity in Kenya. To achieve this objective primary data was collected from various firms.
Thereafter analysis was done using Feasible Generalized Least Square method (FGLS). According to the
results foreign firms were more productive in most of the sectors in Kenya. Other factor that affected
productivity included: research and development, gender diversity, skills and firms size. Ethnicity was found
to have no impact on productivity.
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Keywords
Firms characteristics, gender diversity, skills, Productivity
Citation
Mugendi, C. N., Gachanja, P. M., & Nganga, T. K. (2015). Firm’s Characteristics and Productivity in Kenya. Journal of Economics and Development Studies, 3(3), 105-115.