Board Characteristics and Performance of East Africa Companies

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-146
Author(s):  
Dorika Jeremiah Mwamtambulo
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Board Characteristics ◽  
And Performance

Imperial Business in Africa Part II. Interpretations

1976 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Size Structure ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Business History ◽  
African History ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Performance

This article, which is in two parts, aims to establish expatriate business history as a necessary and important part of modern African history. Part I surveyed approximately fifty histories of European companies in West, Central and East Africa during the colonial period and drew attention to newly-discovered and little-known records. Part II begins by assessing the quality of the studies listed in Part I, and suggests ways in which the level of scholarship can be raised to meet standards set by professionally-written business history. The article then formulates and explores a number of propositions concerning the spatial distribution and changing size, structure, strategy and performance of expatriate business in Africa. It is argued that many of these propositions cut across established but inadequately supported views, and that the development of business history has wider implications for the study of the colonial history of Africa.

scholarly journals PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN EAST AFRICA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Dr. Rutto Peter Ketyenya
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Structure ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Net Interest Margin ◽  
And Performance

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze Performance Measurement, Growth and Structure of Commercial Banks in East AfricaMethodology: The study used cross country data analysis of 100 commercial banks and collected secondary data from annual published audited financial statements for the period 1997-2011Results: The results indicate that the OPM which combines productivity and profitability captured a high percentage of similar banks when the top 20 commercial banks were ranked; 80% for return on assets, 60% for profit margin and 55% for net interest margin. A positive and significant relationship between economic growth and performance measures was confirmed. Similarly market structure had a positive relationship with the performance. The results further showed an insignificant relationship with financial structure which conforms to the financial structure theory.Policy recommendation: The study recommended that the OPM should enable central banks to assess the performance levels of banks and be able to detect those that are underperforming and take corrective measures to either improve productivity, profitability or both. For policy makers in the EAC secretariat, the measure will enable comparison on the performance of banks in East Africa for subsequent integration to the monetary union

scholarly journals Actuarial Risk Management Practices, Underwriting Risk and Performance of P & C Insurance Firms in East Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Caren B. Angima ◽  
Mirie Mwangi ◽  
Erasmus Kaijage ◽  
Martin Ogutu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Loss Ratio ◽  
Insurance Firms ◽  
Actuarial Risk ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of the study was to establish the intervening effect of underwriting risk (loss ratio) on the relationship between actuarial risk management practices (ARMP) and performance of property and casualty (P & C) insurance underwriters in East Africa. Findings from primary and secondary data gathered from 82 general insurers from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania show that there is a significant positive relationship between ARMP and non-financial performance and that loss ratio significantly mediates this relationship. The relationship with financial performance was however insignificant. The implication is that P & C insurance firms should keenly watch their loss ratios in order to improve their non-financial performance by correctly underwriting, pricing and reinsuring their risks in order to influence their claims ratio and also have a strategic claims management program in place that controls costs and leads to better firm reputation, which in turn will have ripple effect in increasing business volumes and performance. It is recommended that further empirical studies be carried out to establish other factors that especially influence financial performance.

scholarly journals Board Characteristics, Type of Insurance and Performance In Indonesia Sharia Insurance Companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Hikmah Endraswati ◽  
Bayu Tri Cahya
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Board Characteristics ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Split Sample ◽  
Board Directors ◽  
Insurance Business ◽  
And Performance

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the board characteristics on the performance of Indonesia sharia insurance companies with insurance types as moderating variable. The board characteristics in this study are the size of board directors, the size of board commissioners, the proportion of women in board directors, and the proportion of women in board commissioners. This study uses 22 sharia insurance business units as a sample with the periode of 2014-2019. We use purposive sampling as a sampling technique. Multiple regression with split sample is used in this research as technical analysis. The results showed that the size of the board directors influence performance negatively. In addition, the type of insurance moderate the influence size of board directors and the proportion of women as directors on performance. There are differences for size of the board of commissioners and the proportion of women as board commissioners.

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