Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Benchmarking Practices and Perfomance of Kenya Revenue Authority
(University of Nairobi, 2014)n an ever-changing global economy, organizations must find ways for operating by developing new competences as the old advantage and competences gained is quickly eroded owing to environmental changes. Benchmarking has ... -
Relationship Between Health and Safety Programmes and Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Mombasa County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This research is about the relationship between health and safety programmes and performance of manufacturing firms in Mombasa County, Kenya, the objective being to establish the relationship between employee health and ... -
Comparison of Performance Between Guaranteed and Segregated Pension Funds
(2014-09)Social security is a very important aspect of any economy to cater for the vulnerable groups in the society. With this in focus, findings in vision 2030 indicate that more than fifty percent of the Kenyan population is ... -
The Effect of Debt Financing on Dividend Policy of Firms Listed at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Firms engage in three critical decisions namely, financing, investment and dividend. Financing decisions entails how firms source for funds through debt and equity financing while investment decisions entail how the ... -
Factors Influencing Turnover among Doctors At The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu
(University of Nairobi, 2014-12)The purpose of the study was to determine the factors influencing turnover among doctors at the Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu. To achieve the objective of the study, the researcher interviewed respondents from each of the 10 ... -
Product Diversification Strategies and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The Kenyan banking industry has been experiencing cut throat competition which has risen to the point where even international banks have been forced to change their strategies in order to maintain and enlarge their ... -
Organizational Culture and Change Management Practice in the Kenyan Media Industry
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)The objective of this research is to analyze the effects of organizational culture on change management practice in the Kenyan media industry. Change is an inevitable part of any growing industry and especially a dynamic ... -
An Evaluation of Market Information System of Finger Millet Farmers in Teso South District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-12)Marketing information system emerged as an accompanying measure to market liberalization to improve competitiveness and functioning of markets. Market information systems were intended to correct the asymmetries created ... -
Challenges of the Implementation of E-business Strategy, by Companies Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This research paper discusses the challenges faced by companies listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange while implementing e-business strategy. The research paper analyses these challenges and presents the results in ... -
Challenges of strategy implementation at the Nairobi county government
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Strategy implementation involves allocation of sufficient resources financial, personnel, time, and establishing a chain of command or organizational structure. It involves assigning responsibility of specific tasks or ... -
Consumerism as a determinant of multinational product consumption in Kenya
(2014)Consumerism is defined as an economic and social dogma that promotes social and economic acquirement of goods and services above and beyond your basic needs and in greater amounts. Consumer demand is now recognized as ... -
Relationship Between Dynamic Capabilities and Opportunity Exploitation by Petroleum Importing and Marketing Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)High demand of petroleum products, price volatility, increased competion and stringent regulatory requirements bring market dynamism in the petroleum industry and require quick responses in matching the firm’s resource ... -
The Effect of Interest Rate and Inflation on Growth of Collective Investment Schemes in Kenya
(2014)The importance Collective Investment Schemes as an investment vehicle today lies in the fact it’s the most effective ways of mobilizing savings and investments across the socioeconomic divide especially from small investors ... -
Purchasing Power Risk and the Performance of Non-life Insurance Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study aimed at re-examining the consequences of purchasing power Risk on Non-Life Insurance Industry in Kenya. Specifically, the study targeted at examining the extent to which inflation rate especially in developing ... -
Transferability of Brand Equity to the Blue Label Products; a Case Study of Nakumatt Supermarket in Nairobi Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2014-10)Private brands in the fast moving consumer category were introduced in our local market through the “kadogo” economy, where retailers repackaged products in smaller packages for resale to cater for the needs of the low ... -
The effect of budgetary control on effectiveness of non governmental organizations in Kenya
(2014)Budgeting involves the establishment of predetermined goals, the reporting of actual performance results and evaluation of performance in terms of the predetermined goals. Budgetary control systems are universal and have ... -
Managers’ Perceived Effectiveness of Competitive Strategies Adopted by Nation Media Group, Kenya in Response to Environmental Changes
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study sought to establish the perceived effectiveness of competitive strategies adopted by Nation Media Group. Measuring the effectiveness of a strategy is not standardized but can be deduced from causation of ... -
Implementation of Public-private Partnerships at Kajiado County, Kenya
(2014)Strategy formulation has been widely regarded as the most important component of the strategic management process – more important than strategy implementation or strategic control. However, recent research indicates ... -
An evaluation of financial performance on portfolio holdings by pension funds in Kenya
(2014)The primary role of pension funds in the country Kenya is to ensure that staffs both in public and private corporations have a form of income regular or lump sum on retirement. Recently most of the pension funds prefer ... -
The Relationship Between Earnings Volatility and Dividend Pay-out of Firms Quoted at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The study was undertaken to examine the relationship between Earnings Volatility and Dividend Pay-out of companies listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). A sample of forty two companies listed continuously from ...
