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The External Environment and Performance of Tea Processing Firms in Bomet County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)External environment is important to organizations as it affects the readiness of resources and is a source of opportunities as well threats. Organizations are viable if they can take advantage of available opportunities ... -
External environment, firm capabilities, strategic responses and performance of large scale manufacturing firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The study was based on conceptualized relationship between external environment, firm capabilities, strategic responses and performance. External environment has been argued that it positively influences performance. Other ... -
External environment-strategy co-alignment, firm-level institutions and performance of publicly quoted companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)Performance implications of environment-strategy co-alignment derive from the Environment-Strategy-Performance (E-S-P) paradigm whose origin is the StructureConduct-Performance (SCP) paradigm of Industrial Organization ... -
External environmental challenges affecting the performance of health insurance sub sector in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-11)The health insurance also known as medical insurance aims at protecting the insured against financial constraints arising on account of a medical emergency, either illness or an accident. This study was set to determine ... -
External environmental factors affecting the performance of the export of services sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Organizations without exception are environment serving and environment dependent. A business is influenced by the environment in which it operates and the success of any business is dependent on its ability to adapt to ... -
External environmental factors influencing China-kenya trade: A case study of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Chinese Embassy in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2013-11)International trade has revolutionized over time with a number of environmental factors forcing the changes in ways tradeis conducted. Most of these factors stem down from the effect of globalization. The study aimed at ... -
External Environmental Factors Influencing Financial Performance of Kenya Airways
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Financial performance of an organization defines the organizations continuity. A firms‟ sustainability is highly dependent on its management of finances. Corporate success in todays‟ market environment is defined by some ... -
External environmental factors influencing International business transactions at Barclay's Bank of Kenya
(School of Business, 2012)The main aim of the study is to investigate external environmental factors influencing international business transactions at Barclays bank of Kenya; these factors include political, economic, social, technological, ... -
External linkages and product innovation in food processing equipment fabricating mses in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)An o pen innovation model underscores the importance of external sources of innovation ideas to enterprises. The case is particularly true for Micro and Small Enterprises ( MSE s) facing financial and technological ... -
External public debt servicing and economic growth in Kenya: An empirical analysis
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2008)A group of low-income countries have continueci to ex-petience c1ifflcu\tiesin m.ana-s'm-s and servicing their relatively huge stocks of external debt. Most of these countries, including Kenya are in Sub Saharan ... -
External Public Debt and Economic Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)This study examines the relationship between external public indebtedness and economic growth in Kenya. It uses data from 1970 to 2010 from World Development Indicators and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. The GDP ... -
External Public Debt and Economic Growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)This study examines the relationship between external public indebtedness and economic growth in Kenya. It uses data from 1970 to 2010 from World Development Indicators and Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. The GDP is ... -
External Shading for Passive Thermal and Daylighting Design a Case of Small Learning Spaces in Tropic Upland Climate of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2021)In a tropic climate, cooling dominates the highest energy consumption for buildings (UN-Habitat, 2014). Approximately 50% of these cooling loads occur through the building envelope, mainly due to the building form and ... -
External sources of ideational shift in domestic policy: The world bank and the Kenya public service
(University of NairobiInstitute of Diplomacy and International Studies, 2007)This study was concerned with external pressure on domestic policy change as opposed to conventional studies of domestic sources of foreign policy. The study recognized the problem of uncontrolled Corruption in Kenya in ... -
External Trade (exttrade) Statistics System For Central Bureau Of Statistics
(University of NairobiInstitute of Computer of Computer Science, 1990-09)The Central Bureau of Statistics(C.B.S) has the responsibility of producing annual and monthly statistical publications. The Economic survey is produced in may of every financiaI year. The Statistical Abstract is produced ... -
The extraction and characterazation of vernonia oil from vernonia galahensis seeds and its conversion into dibasic acids and some adhesive resins
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Extraction And Characterization Of Gelatin From Lates Niloticus Scales And Potential Industrial Applications
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)This study sought to extract and characterize gelatin from Lates niloticus (Nile perch) scales, then blend it with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). Hydrolysis of the scales was done using a crude alkaline protease harvested from ... -
Extraction and characterization of Vernonia oil and synthesis of N-(aminoalkyl) vernolamides and N,N' polymethylene bis (vernolamides)
(Depatment of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 1996)Vernonia galamensis is an annual herb found growing as a common weed in most parts of Africa, but its center of diversity is in East Africa. The dry seed of this plant consists of about 40% naturally epoxidized oil that ... -
Extraction and Evaluation of the Fuel Properties of Tyre Pyrolysis Oil
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The environmental degradation as a result of waste disposal and the energy crisis are some of the problems mankind is currently facing. It has resulted in the utilization of appropriate technologies that enable energy ... -
Extraction and Evaluation of the Fuel Properties of Tyre Pyrolysis Oil
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Shivering is a repetitive and involuntary skeletal muscle activity that is caused by a fall in core temperature. The aim of shivering is to increase metabolic heat production to counter the fall in core body ...