Foreign Exchange Risk management And Performance of Forex Bureaus in Kampala: A Case Study of ABC Forex Bureau
| dc.contributor.author | Atuhura, Sylivia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-27T09:20:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-27T09:20:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-04 | |
| dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted to the College of Applied Economics and Management Science in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The main aim of this study is to empirically examine the relationship between foreign exchange risk management, human capital and financial performance of ABC Forex bureaus in Kampala. drawn from literature, independent variables namely foreign exchange risk management and human capital will be formulated to link each research question per relationship and joint effect and Performance. The research motivation will be the unstable financial performance in sales volume and profitability of ABC Forex bureaus within Kampala. the cross sectional, correlational and descriptive study designs will enable the conceptual framework in the deliberate survey and will ease a structured interview schedule for data collection using proportionate stratified and purposive sampling on 103 firms. This caused a response rate of 90.3 percent (n=93 ). Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS) Version 17 tested for descriptive, rotated component, correlation, multiple regression and Variance analysis findings show significant factor inter-correlations between dimensions. PearsonĀ· s correlation coefficient (r) revealed that Foreign Exchange Risk Management proved a stronger positive association and predictor effect than the moderate Human Capital with regard to Financial performance. In addition, a multiple regression test showed a joint positive impact of 16.6 percent by both human capital and foreign exchange risk management to predict the financial performance. This significantly proved the conceptual and research literature. management insights and improvements on the indirect role of human capital and foreign exchange risk management can boost competitive advantage to better financial performance. Forex bureaus should endeavor procedural reforms in operations, in-house training, optimal Forex strategies, networking and needs assessment for firm specific human capital. key words: Foreign Exchange Risk Management, Human Capital, Financial Performance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/11420 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Foreign Exchange Risk management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Forex Bureaus | en_US |
| dc.subject | ABC Forex Bureau | en_US |
| dc.title | Foreign Exchange Risk management And Performance of Forex Bureaus in Kampala: A Case Study of ABC Forex Bureau | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |