Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Operations Improvement App Roaches and Customer Satisfaction Among Private Security Firms in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)This study sought to determine operations improvement practices in private security firms in Nairobi County and to establish the relationship between these approaches and customer satisfaction. Primary data was collected ... -
Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of Financial Regulations in Kenya’s Public Sector: a Case of Government Ministries and State Owned Enterprises
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)Governments are fundamentally different from business enterprises because they have different purposes, processes of generating revenues, stakeholders, budgetary obligations and propensity for longevity. These differences ... -
Supply Chain Risk Factors and Performance in Petroleum Industry in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Competitiveness and continuous innovation to maintain it have been the driving force of the dynamism observed in the modern world of business. The petroleum industry is one of the most dynamic sectors with the sector being ... -
Quality Management Practices and Financial Performance of Cement Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The study was set to establish the quality management practices adopted by cement manufacturing firm in Kenya and financial performance of the same. The study used a cross sectional research design since it focused on ... -
Relationship Between Trading Volume and Stock Return Volatility: Evidence From Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Trading volume and volatility are two key concepts in finance. The relationship between volume and volatility provides an insight into structure of financial markets, since the predicted price-volume relation depends on ... -
Political Voices in Selected Novels of Mwangi Ruheni
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The advent of colonialism and eventual attainment of independence in the 1960s left indelible marks on the social, cultural, economic and political aspects of the colonized societies. Different genres of arts capture ... -
Public statements by USA, European union and other like-minded partners on the electoral processes- a case study on Kenyan elections
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)The use of public statements during Kenyan elections by foreign governments and their diplomatic missions has been growing in Kenyan, especially since the 2003 General Elections. However, this became even more evident ... -
The Relationship Between Liquidity and Profitability of Nonfinancial Companies Listed in Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Liquidity management and profitability are very important issues in the growth and survival of business and the ability to handle the trade-off between the two is of great concern for financial managers. This study has ... -
The Effect of Cost Effeciency on Financial Performance of Companies Listed on Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study sought to investigate the effect of cost efficiency and financial performance of companies listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya, The 60 companies listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange formed ... -
Macro-economic determinants of stock market performance in Kenya: case of Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)The study sought to establish the determinants of stock market performance and used Nairobi Securities Exchange. The study was guided by an objective; to examine the effect of the selected macro-economic determinants of ... -
Stock Price Response to Earnings Announcements at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)The Efficient market hypothesis EMH concept states that a market is efficient if security prices immediately and fully adjust to reflect all available information. Therefore, no excess returns can be made from buying and ... -
Application of Balanced Scorecard as a Tool for Strategy Evaluation and Control by Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has evolved from an important tool used to measure the performance of an organization to a strategic performance management framework that allows organizations to manage and measure the delivery ... -
Challenges of Strategy Implentation by Kenya Golf Union
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)As the operating environment changes drastically due to the forces of globalization, internationalization and advancements in information technology, organizations too have to develop appropriate strategies that would ... -
Contestation Between Memory, History and Fiction in One Day I Will Write About This Place
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The intersection between memory, history and fiction is important in the understanding of a life narrative. Memory although selective in nature plays an important role in the presentation of lived experiences; the writer ... -
The Relationship Between Board Structure and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(2014)There is no specific optimal board structure that applies to all banks; every board considers whether its size, diversity and demographics make it effective. The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship ... -
Autobiographics in Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s Dreams in a Time of War: a Childhood Memoir and in the House of the Interpreter
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The autobiography portrays characteristics which show its worth as a creative work. It is on this strength that this study attempts a literary inquiry into Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir ... -
Strategic Changes Brought About by Bomet County in Kenya to Improve Performance
(2014)Change is an alteration of a company’s strategy, organization or culture as a result of changes in its environment. Static competitive environment has been replaced by an increasingly dynamic uncertain environment thus ... -
Effect of Access to Micro Financing on Financial Performance of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Gikomba Market, Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the socio-economic development of any country. They provide an appropriate channel for the achievement of national macroeconomic objective in terms of employment ... -
The Relationship Between Corporate Board Structure and Financial Performance of Companies Listed at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Boards of directors have been largely criticized for the decline in shareholders’ wealth and corporate failure. Thus, corporate governance affects firms’ financial performance as companies with better corporate governance ... -
Turnaround Strategies Adopted by Kenya Planters Cooperative Union in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Turnaround strategies involve components of managing, stabilizing, funding and fixing an underperforming or distressed company. The overall goal of turnaround strategy is to return a distressed company to normal in terms ...
