Research Papers: Recent submissions
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The bull and bear market at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2008)This research sought to establish the existence of the bull and bear market at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The bull market is experienced when the prices of securities are in an upward trend while the Bear market is ... -
Biotechnology and farm size in Kenya
(1989)Examines the extent to which food supply, incomes, employment and exports have been boosted through the use of biotechnology applications on small farms. -
Jogoo Kimakia: The Making of a Kenyan Entrepreneur
(University of Nairobi School of Businessformer editorial Director, The Daily Nation, Nairobi Kenya, 2013)Some people silently pass through this small planet unnoticed. Even the most sensitive radars do not notice their presence. Others, make a bang, and everyone notice them, admires them, envy them or at times hate them. The ... -
Credit risk management system of a commercial bank in Tanzania
(Emerald Group Publishing LimitedSchool of Business, University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce and Management, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaUmeå School of Business, Umeå, Sweden), 2008)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual model to be used further in understanding credit risk management (CRM) system of commercial banks (CBs) in an economy with less developed financial sector. ... -
Management for Development: Priority Themes in Africa Today
(1988)This book consists of papers from a symposium of the Kenya Chapter of the Society for International Development, Nairobi in 1985, highlighting the importance of proper economic management in the development of Africa. The ... -
University - Industry Linkage in Tanzania and its impact on SMEs ’ Development
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Assessing Sustainability Of Faith-based Enterprises In Kenya
(Emerald Group Publishing LimitedSchool of Economics, 2006)Purpose – This paper is concerned with sustainable development (supporting profit-making enterprises as alternatives to providing relief efforts in developing countries) of faith-based enterprises in Kenya focusing on the ... -
Mass media-state relations in post-colonial Kenya
(Department of Goverment, University of Nairobi, 1995)This paper examines the relationship between the state and the mass media in post colonial Kenya. Proceeding from the premise that this relationship has been characterized by uneasiness and conflict, the paper seeks to ... -
The media as civil society and its role in democratic transition in Kenya
(Department of Goverment, University of Nairobi, 1996)This paper discusses the contribution of the mass media to the transition from single to multi-party democracy in Kenya. Considering the media as part and parcel of civil society, the author argues that access to the ... -
Capacity Building Needs for preservation and maintenance of Biological Diversity related knowledge of indigenous and local communities with traditional lifestyles
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A Scoping Study on China- Africa Economic Relations: The Case of Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute for development studies, 05-03-08) -
Total factor productivity in Kenya: The links with trade policy
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2002)As an objective of development policy, productivity growth has been difficult to achieve in many countries. For this reason, studies on sources of growth are a field of great importance to policy makers. Recent experience, ... -
Psychology in Kenya .” Psychology International
(College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007)
