| dc.contributor.author | Rosasi, Thomas O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oteki, Evans B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mwangi, Grace W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muriithi, Ruth W. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-26T15:25:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-26T15:25:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-08 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East African Journal of Business and Economics, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2023 Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.6.1.1348 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://journals.eanso.org/index.php/eajbe/article/view/1348/1992 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6405 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.6.1.1348 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://journals.eanso.org/index.php/eajbe/article/view/1348 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The focus of the study is to investigate the role of public procurement preference schemes in enhancing the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. The general objective of the study was: To investigate the role of public procurement preference schemes in enhancing the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in Nyamira County, Kenya. The specific objectives included; establishing the role of 30% preference on the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, to investigate the role of waiver of bid bond on the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, to establish the role of local firm preference on the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises and to assess the role of easy access to procurement opportunities registration on the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. The study was guided by agency theory. A descriptive research design was applied to the study. The study population included 35700 registered and licensed SMEs, from where a sample of 391 was arrived at by Yamane’s formula. Data collection involved the use of self-administered questionnaires. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to perform data analysis. The results of the model summary indicate that R2 equals 0.498 at a 0.05 significance level, thus revealing that 49.8 % of the SME growth can be accounted for by the public procurement preference scheme. The study concluded that there was a positive influence of public procurement preference schemes on the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises. The study recommended that SMEs may team up with one another under joint bidding in order to get higher chances of preference and also compete with large-sized firms for public procurement opportunities. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Role of Public Procurement Preference Scheme on the Growth of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Nyamira County, Kenya | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
