Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The extent of use of marketing in not-for-profit organizations: the case of non-governmental organizations in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,School of Business, 1989-06)Marketing writers often emphasize the universality of the marketing process as it applies to all organizations in our society, whether profit or not-for-profit, government or private, professional or nonprofessional, ... -
Management Education for the Healt Profesionals in Kenya, the Case of the College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi
(Univesity of NairobiSchool of Bussiness, 1986)As you read this, there are thousands of professional, paramedical and allied health workers - rural midwives, clinical officers, health educaters, doctors, nurses, research scientists and health administrators, to mention ... -
The Determinants of Corporate Debt Maturity Structure for Companies \quoted at the Nairobi Stock
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2003)This paper exarnmes the empirical determinants of a firm 's debt maturity structures for a sample of 30 firms quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange over the period 1998- 2002. The debt measure for debt maturity used is the ... -
An investigation of environmental information systems practices in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Faculty of Commerce,, 2004-12)Increasing globalization and a focus on sustainable development is forcing governments to rethink their environmental information systems that produce information for decision making. There is thus recognition that ... -
A Survey of Ethical Issues in the Use of Information Technology Among Commercial Banks in Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiSchool of Bussiness, 2001)IT -related ethical quandaries are receiving an increasing amount of attention. There is a vast terrain of unexplored ethical territory through which m~ny IT applications must travel. Such ambiguity is often ... -
Competitive Strategies Applied by Commercial Banks
(University of Nairobi,School of Business, 2001)The 1980s saw the beginning of Structural Adjustment Programmes in Kenya that sought to correct the slow economic growth and stagnation of the public sector. Subsequent to this, the 1990s ushered in the public sector ... -
Determining User Requirements for a Personnel Information System Using Prototyping Methodology: the Case of the Agricultural Development Corporation (a.d.c.)
(Univesity of NairobiSchool of Bussiness, 1991)This study was undertaken to determine user requirements for a personnel information system using the prototyping methodology. The research framework was a case study and the organisation studied was the Agricultural ... -
The Relationship Between the Nairobi Stock Exchange Index and Major Economic Variables: Inflation Rate, Money Supply,treasury Bill's Rate and Exchange Rate
(University of Nairobi,Faculty Of Commerce, 1998)This study sought to analyse whether or not macroeconomic factors affect the performance of the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The macroeconomic variables taken into account were inflation rate, money supply, interest rates and ... -
Factors Affecting Women's Progress in Management: the Case of the Universities of Nairobi and Kenvatta
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 1989)The survey for the study reported here was carried out between 20th April and 31:st May, 1989. The study sought to investigate the previous research findings on factors limiting women's success in management in a Kenyan ... -
Testing Whether Forward Exchange Rates Are Predictors of Future Spot Rates in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of commerce, 2002-10)Prior studies indicate that the predictive power of forward exchange rates for future spot rates is weak. Fama (1976, 1984) conjectures that the low forecast power of the forward rates is due to a failure to control the ... -
Forecasting Ability of Valuation Ratios (Nairobi Stock Exchange)
(Univesity of NairobiSchool of Bussiness, 2002)This research paper provides a test of the extent of predictive ability of three- valuation ratios-Price Earnings, Dividend Yield and Price Sales Ratios at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The research question was-how useful ... -
Some Factors That Influence the Capital Structures of Public Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Commerce, 1987-06)The subject of capital structure is one of the controversial areas in finance and one that has attracted a great deal of attention since 1958. Since then, a lot of theoretical and empirical work have been done in this ... -
Dealer perceptions of supplier power and influence strategies : A Survey of photographic products channel segment
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 1991)A literature search indicates conflicting evidence over a channel member's power, its choice of influence strategies and the relationships among the influence strategies as used within marketing channel dyadic relationships. ... -
An empirical assessment of the quality of service provided by the Kenya police force in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi,School of Business, 2004-11)Internationally, crime and violence are increasingly becoming recognized as a development problem, particularly in urban areas. The incidence of crime, rape, robbery and gang violence, as well as gender-based domestic ... -
An Empirical Evaluation of Factors Influencing in Kenya: the Case of Epzs
(University of NairobiFaculty of commerce, 2000-08)The study reported in this project was aimed at determining the factors influencing investment 111 Kenya's EPZs. Secondly, the study was aimed at determining the adequacy of the incentives offered by the Kenya Government ... -
An Analysis of Factors Which Inf'luence Supervisors' Motivation in Kenya's
(Univesity of NairobiSchool of Bussiness, 1996)The study's principal objective was to identify the factors that influence supervisor's motivation in the building and construction industry in Kenya as well as the relative importance of these ... -
An Investigation Into the Investment Practices of Reserve Funds in Savings and Credit Co-operatives in Nairobi
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Marketing Orientation and Sales Growth: a Case of Large Manufacturing Firms in the Food Industry in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi,School of Business, 1998-07)The study reported here analyzed the various programs and methods of marketing orientation that firms in the food industry in Nairobi had adopted. The study also explored whether firms that had adopted more marketing ... -
Adoption of smart card technologies in Kenyan Banking Institutions
(School of Bussiness, 2004)In the past several years technological advances have redefined how, where and when consumers can make payments for goods and services and get banking services. Today millions of people all over the world rely on a variety ... -
The Role of a Practicing Accountant in Estate Planning in Kenya
(Univesity of NairobiSchool of Bussiness, 1999)This study was predicated by an apparent lack of concern over the accountant's role in Estate Planning in Kenya, as compared with some other countries like, tbe United States. H~nce, the main purpose of the study ~s ...
