Dr. Esther Nkatha M'ithiria

Position: Lecturer

Department: Accounting and Finance

Specialisation: Finance

Email: enkatha@cuea.edu

Dr. Esther Nkatha M'ithiria, CPA, specializes in Finance in the Department of Accounting & Finance, School of Business and Economics (SOBE). She is a Lecturer teaching Corporate finance, Security analysis, Investment banking, International finance, Entrepreneurship finance & venture valuation, Financial management, and related courses, and serves as Coordinator of undergraduate research projects. She is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), Women on Boards-Kenya, the Higher Education Academy (UK), and the Institute of Directors of Kenya. She led the finance working group to review the BCom finance and banking & financial services options, and has served in governance organs and boards of organizations including the Comboni Alliance for Social Entrepreneurship (CASE), AVSI Foundation Kenya, and Meru County Investment & Development Corporation. Her recent consultancy engagements include lead consultant for the evaluation of Globethics.net's project on ethical investment for African church-based organizations (2022), and facilitator for AMECEA capacity building and financial management training programs (2018-2022). She has published journal articles and book chapters and presented papers at international conferences.

BUILDING AND SCALING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESS MODELS FOR BOP MARKETS IN KENYA In: Base of the Pyramid Markets in Africa (2021), Routledge

ETHICAL ISSUES OF INSIDER TRADING: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND THE CASE OF KENYA In: Mainstreaming Ethics in Higher Education (2019), Globethics.net

BUILDING AND SCALING SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESS MODELS FOR BOP MARKETS IN KENYA In: Base of the Pyramid Markets in Africa (2021), Routledge, pp. 199–227

ETHICAL ISSUES OF INSIDER TRADING: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND THE CASE OF KENYA In: Mainstreaming Ethics in Higher Education (2019), Globethics.net

THE ROLE OF ACCRUALS ANOMALY ON STOCK MARKET RETURN (2022) Journal of Finance and Accounting, 6(3), 82-96

INVESTOR SENTIMENT AND STOCK MARKET RETURN (2022) Journal of Finance and Accounting, 6(3), 65-81

DISCLOSURE PRACTICES AND FIRM VALUE (2017) International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Research, 1(05)

Research interests: Social Enterprise; Business Ethics; Base of Pyramid Markets; Corporate Governance; Financial Markets; Disclosure Practices

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2022). Investor sentiment and stock market return of non-financial firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Journal of Finance and Accounting. Journal of Finance and Accounting. https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2081

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2022). University community Engagement as a catalyst for Social Innovation.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2022). Financing Micro Social Enterprises in informal settlements in Kenya.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2022). Financing Micro Social Enterprises in informal settlements in Kenya, Proceedings of the 13th International Social Innovation Research Conference (#ISIRC2021), Milan.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2022). University community Engagement as a catalyst for Social Innovation, Proceedings of the 13th International Social Innovation Research Conference (#ISIRC2021), Milan.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2022). The role of accruals anomaly on stock market return of non-financial firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Journal of Finance and Accounting. Journal of Finance and Accounting. https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2082

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2021). Building and scaling social enterprise business models for BOP markets in Kenya, in Base of the Pyramid Markets in Africa, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429424175-12

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2021). Determinants of personal financial management decisions: A comparison of self-employed Generation X and Generation Y in Embakasi East constituency of Nairobi, Kenya, African Journal of Emerging Issues.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2021). Management accounting techniques and firm performance of major construction companies in Nigeria, Journal of Finance and Accounting. Journal of Finance and Accounting. https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2016

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2020). Determinants of financial leverage in non-financial firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya, Journal of Finance and Accounting.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2019). Ethical Issues of insider trading: A review of literature and the case of Kenya, in Mainstreaming Ethics in Higher Education: Research Ethics in Administration, Finance, Education, Environment and Law Vol. 1, Globethics.net.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2019). Financial management as a determinant of financial sustainability in ASEC Sponsored Congregations of Women Religious in Nairobi Archdiocese, Journal of Management and Business Administration.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2019). Determinants of credit accessibility of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nairobi County, Nairobi Central Ward, International Journal of Research in Management, Economics and Commerce.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2018). Mobilization of resources, in Strengthening Financial Self-Reliance of Local Churches in Eastern Africa, CJSE, CUEA.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2018). Mobilization of resources.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2017). Disclosure practices and firm value: A quantile regression analysis of firms listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Research.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2017). Corporate governance, board structure and firm value: A review of literature, Journal of Business & Economic Policy.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2017). Assessment of financial management challenges facing the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Kenya: A case of merchandizing MSEs located in Nairobi River Road Area, Journal of Accounting.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2015). An overview of the development of the pension schemes industry in Kenya since independence, in Democracy, Civil Society and Development in Africa.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2014). Corporate governance, ownership structure perspective and firm value: Theory and survey of evidence, International Journal of Research in Management & Business Studies.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2014). Effect of corporate governance on firm value: A Review of Evidence, Proceedings of the AIB SSA Chapter Inaugural Conference at Riara University.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2014). Effect of corporate governance on firm value: A Review of Evidence.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2012). Role of Kenyan Universities in promoting entrepreneurship through entrepreneurship education, Management Digest.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2012). Economic perspectives for the Church in Africa.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2012). Economic perspectives for the Church in Africa, Proceedings of the International Conference on Self-Reliance, Rome, Missio.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2009). Pyramid schemes: An international review and the case for Kenya.

M'ithiria, D. E. N. (2009). Pyramid schemes: An international review and the case for Kenya, Journal of International Business.