Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Genetic characterization and viral tropism of HIV-1 among patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2013-04)CCR5 antagonists have clinically been approved for prevention or treatment of HIV/AIDS. Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with the highest burden of HIV/AIDS are yet to adopt these regimen . However, HIV can also use CXCR4 ... -
Responses by AAR Credit Services Ltd to Changes in the Environment
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Liberalisation and globalisation of world economies have caused turbulence in the business environment.Hitherto protected organisations have found themselves in an unfamiliar trading environment.Their past operational ... -
Impact of Participative Management and Employee Services on Labour Productivity: a Case Study
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Human Resource Information Systems,human Resource Management Practices,differentiation Strategy and Competitive Advantage of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Sustainable competitive advantage has become a major area of study in Human Resourcec Management (HRM). Many organisations have deployed human resource information systems to achieve efficiency,effectiveness and competitive ... -
The Relationship Between Technology Strategy and Competitive Performance in the Telephony Industry in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Technology ha been used extensively by many organizations to acquire a competitive advantage over the competition. The gap in the study and particularly basing in the Kenyan market environment is whether there really ... -
An Empirical Investigation Into the Relationship Between Trading Volume and Stock Returns of Companies Quoted at the NSE
(University of Nairobi, 2005-08)The relationship between trading volume and stock returns is a complex one which, when understood properly, can lead to many insights in financial theory, in particular the Random walk theory, and efficient market ... -
The Influence of Condom Positioning Strategies Adopted by Population Services International (Psi) on Behavoiur Change Among University of Nairobi Students
(University of Nairobi, 2008-10)The objective of the study was to establish the extent to which positioning strategies of condoms by Population services International (PSI) result to sustained behaviour change among students (regular) at the School of ... -
An empirical investigation into the relationship between stock prices and the number of shareholders of firms quoted at the NSE.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Empirical investigations on stock markets traditionally focus primarily on stock prices and their behavior over time. Based on the available set of information about a company, its stock price reflects investor's ... -
A Study Into How Project Management Technique Are Utilised in Social Projects (a Comparison Between Canadian and Kenyan Project)
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Social Responsibility and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005-06)Society is increasingly viewing businessmen as trustees and as such, they must be responsible for balancing a variety of demands and rights of all stakeholders, rather than enhancing the wealth of a few claimants. One ... -
Beta Co-efficient as a Measure of Risk of the Common Shares Listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2000-11)The Markowitz portfolio model ( 1952) derives the expected rate of return for the portfolio of assets and a measure of its expected risk. This expected risk may be divided into systematic risk (market risk) and unsystematic ... -
Personnel records system for Pamba engineering limited.
(University of Nairobi, 1993-10)The purpo5e of this project is to design and implement the computer based Per5onnel Record5 System for the department of Manpower Development and Admini5tration of Pamba Engineering Limited (PEL). In the current system ... -
Evaluating the information content of stock dividend announcements: The case of Companies quoted at the Nairobi stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2004-04)Despite their longevity, splits have long puzzled finance theorists. After all, splits are at one level only cosmetic change, slicing the same pie into smaller pieces but not changing an investors fractional ownership of ... -
Response Strategies of Safaricom Limited to Macro Environmental Changes
(University of Nairobi, 2011-11)Organizations operate within an external environment. Firms can only prosper if they are well aligned within the external environment. There are major external and uncontrollable factors that influence an organization's ... -
Strategic planning practices by non governmental organizations in West Pokot
(2011-10)The objective of this study was to determine the strategic planning practices by the non Governmental organizations ( GO ) operating in West Pokot district. The research design was a survey of five NGO operating in West ... -
Investment Strategies of Investment Companies in Kenya: a Case of ICDC Investment Company Limited (ICDC)
(University of Nairobi, 2003-10)The study was conducted to establish the investment strategies adopted by ICDC over the five year period ended 2002 and their impact on performance of the company. -
Community Participation in Solid Waste Management Within Urban Informal Settlements: a Case Study of Kibera, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 1999-06)This study examines the factors that influence the performance of community groups in solid waste management within informal settlements and the role of women in the same. A case study of Kibera, Nairobi is used......... ... -
Perceived Factors Affecting Employee Performance Management in the City Council of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2012-11)Organizations are investing ever-increasing amounts of resources into performance management, but it is still not clear what the} can expect in return. or how they might influence the likelihood of positive system outcomes. ... -
A Survey of Operations Improvement Practices in the Kenyan Oil Industry
(University of Nairobi, 2010)This study sought to find out the operations improvements practices that are being applied in the oil industry in Kenya and to establish the challenges facing the industry that constrains its performance. The findings ... -
The Relationship Between the Risk Based Audit and Corporate Governance in the Central Government of Kenya
(2012)The corporate governance (CG) os a way in which stakeholders assure themselves of getting a return on their investment following the separation between those who control and those who own residual claims. Effective corporate ...
