Challenges of doing business in Kenya from a Finnish perceptive
Odaba, Emma (2014)
2014
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014121219623
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014121219623
Tiivistelmä
This study is about the challenges of doing business in Kenya from a Finnish perceptive. The main objective was to identify possible challenges Finnish investors are likely to face when doing business in Kenya. There were several number of challenges that were discussed in this study.Those challenges were corruption, insecurity, counterfeit & substandard of goods, high cost of energy and poor infrastructure the study was to identify whether these challenges affect Finnish companies doing business in Kenya.
The literature review was supported by both primary and secondary data, the primary data was gathered through reports, semi structured interviews while secondary data came from books, newspaper articles and journals among others.
The study was approached by a qualitative research method. I considered the method to be appropriate for this study. An open ended questionnaire was sent to Finnish firms doing business in Kenya and phone calls were also made for the sake of clarification on issues that I needed to understand further clearly.
The findings indicated that the companies that answered my questionnaire had the knowledge of the present challenges facing businesses in Kenya. The common issues that the companies raised were the poor infrastructure in Kenya, fighting corruption in the public service.
The final conclusion presented in this thesis is only valid for this case study and cannot be generalized because the conclusion is only based on the companies that responded to my questionnaire.
The literature review was supported by both primary and secondary data, the primary data was gathered through reports, semi structured interviews while secondary data came from books, newspaper articles and journals among others.
The study was approached by a qualitative research method. I considered the method to be appropriate for this study. An open ended questionnaire was sent to Finnish firms doing business in Kenya and phone calls were also made for the sake of clarification on issues that I needed to understand further clearly.
The findings indicated that the companies that answered my questionnaire had the knowledge of the present challenges facing businesses in Kenya. The common issues that the companies raised were the poor infrastructure in Kenya, fighting corruption in the public service.
The final conclusion presented in this thesis is only valid for this case study and cannot be generalized because the conclusion is only based on the companies that responded to my questionnaire.