An Empirical Survey on the Effect of Business Alignment on the Organizational Performance of Microfinance Banks in Kenya.

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dc.contributor.authorWandiga, Eunice Ngina
dc.contributor.authorKaranja, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorKahuthia, Julius
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-25T12:15:58Z
dc.date.available2024-11-25T12:15:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.descriptionJournal Article
dc.description.abstractMicrofinance banks play a key role in complementing banks in the provision of financial services, especially to the population that is poor and lacks access to commercial banks. The performance of Microfinance banks has been on the decline in Kenya due to slow processing time, lack of new products, low number of customers and lack of staff retention. Microfinance banks offer financial services to a population that cannot get the same services from commercial banks due to the high costs. Microfinance banks in Kenya have been performing poorly in the last few years occasioned by the closure of some of the branches of the microfinance banks while some like Century microfinance banks have been acquired by other Fintech companies. These microfinance banks need to leverage and reconfigure all the resources they have to achieve and maintain sustainable competitiveness. This study sought to investigate the effect of business alignment on the performance of Microfinance banks in Kenya. This study adopted the positivist research philosophy and also adopted the cross-sectional descriptive and explanatory research design. The study employed stratified proportionate sampling and simple random sampling from the 14 registered Microfinance banks regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya. Primary data was collected through structured questionnaires. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics using means and standard deviations while inferential statistics were done through multiple linear regression and analysis of variance while observing the significance levels of p value<0.05. Diagnostic tests on multicollinearity, normality and heteroscedasticity were carried out. Tables and narratives were used to present the results. The study found that business alignment significantly positively affected the performance of microfinance banks. The findings of this study add to the knowledge by developing a conceptual framework based on the strategic alignment model and also revealing the specific alignments that are key to improving the performance of microfinance banks in Kenya. Management of microfinance banks should work with their regulators to change their business model of loan awarding, and leverage technology to offer appraisal and disbursement of quick loans on the mobile.
dc.identifier.citationWandiga, E. N., Karanja, S., & Kahuthia, J. (2023). An Empirical Survey on the Effect of Business Alignment on the Organizational Performance of Microfinance Banks in Kenya. International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM).)
dc.identifier.issn2349-7807
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5669
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management (IJRRCEM)
dc.relation.ispartofseries(10)3
dc.subjectMicrofinance banks
dc.subjectcommercial banks
dc.subjectfinancial services
dc.titleAn Empirical Survey on the Effect of Business Alignment on the Organizational Performance of Microfinance Banks in Kenya.
dc.typeArticle

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