Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The Extent of Indebtedness in Public Companies in Kenya: Prom 1972 to 1981
(University of Nairobi,school of business,, 1983)As we might all be aware, quite a number of companies have gone bankrupt, others are in receivership, while others are experiencing financial difficulties. There are several explanations that might be advanced, ... -
Competitive Advantage Through Outsourcing of Non-core Logistics Activities Within the Supply Chain of British American Tobacco Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Faculty of Commerce, 2001)Competitive advantage is found in the corporate technologies and production skills that are organised into core competencies. The root of competitive advantage lies in the core competencies, which allow businesses to ... -
Land and Violence in Kenya, in M.getui and P. Kanyagandago (Eds) From Violence to Peace
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The perceived relevance of non-financial business development services offered to small and micro-enterprises in the city of Nairobi
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 1999)This study was conducted with the objective of finding out the entrepreneurs' perceived relevance of business development services received by the small and micro-enterprises (SMEs) operating in Nairobi city. The focus ... -
Civic Education for Democracy in Kenya ,in Laurenti. Magesa & Zablon Nthamburi (Eds) Democracy and Reconciliatio
(University of Nairobi,Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, 1999) -
Business and the Concept of Social Responsibility: a Case Study in a Developing State: Uganda
(Univesity Of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 1977) -
A Discriminant Model to Distinguish Between Successful Accounting and Non-accounting Students in the Faculty of Commerce of the University of Nairobi
(Univesity Of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 1989)Students in the Faculty of Commerce of the University of Nairobi have often fond difficulty in choosing which options to pursue upon entering their second year of study.Whereas the Accounting Department has over the years ... -
A study of mercantile credit policies in Nairobi
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Matatu Operators Responses to Changing Government Regulation in Kenya: a Case Study of Matatu Owners in Nairobi
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Competitive Strategies Adopted by Small Scale Enterprises in Exhibition Halls in Nairobi
(Univesity Of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 2004)Small-Scale enterprises within Nairobi Central District have witnessed dramatic changes as a result of Business Clustering. This has impacted significantly on the state of competition. For enterprises to survive this ... -
Forecasting standard one enrollment using Markov chain process:a case of Nakuru municipality
(University of NairobiFaculty of Business, 1989-06)Standard one enrolment present a recurring problem to both the parents and the authorities in the urban centres in Kenya. The study detailed in this report sought to represent the standard one enrolment in Nakuru ... -
An Empirical Investigation Into the Relative Influence of Buying Centre Members in Nairobi's Manufacturing Firms
(Univesity Of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 1990)The study contained in this report investigated the relative influence of buying center members in Nairobi's manufacturing firms. The purchasing managers for each firm or any other person of whatever title but performing ... -
Community Participation in Self-help Water Projects in Kiambu District
(Univesity Of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 2000)Community Participation is a very popular paradigm in empowering the people to not only to be beneficiaries but also agents of development in their projects. It is a way to lead to successful and self sustainable projects. ... -
A Survey of the Extent to Which Publicly Quoted Companies in Kenya Consider Hiv/aids in Strategy Formulation
(Univesity Of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 2004)Most in the world have come to realize that my IAIDS is not just a health problem, but it reaches into every comer of society and has become an economic and development problem that threatens human welfare, socio-economic ... -
Overhead cost control in a sample of Uganda firms
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1982)The present study was motivated by, and is based on, a rather evident belief that overhead cost control and cost control in general, were generally poor in most Ugandan firms, irrespective of type/group of industry. A ... -
Strategic Responses by Firms Facing Changed Environmental Conditions - a Study of Motor Vehicle Franchise Holders in Kenya
(Univesity Of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 1997)The on-gomg econonuc reforms have created a fundamental shift in the environment in which firms operate. The major outcome of the reforms is liberalisation of trade. Firms m Kenya are now operating m a competitive env ... -
The extent of usage of forecasting methods in Kenya: a survey of large manufacturing firms in Nairobi.
(Faculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 1995) -
Statistical forecasting as a method of management and control of inventory: a case for guest soap at Block lodges A subsidiary of Block hotels management limited.
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1983-09)Guest Soap is a twenty grammes soap tablet supplied to overnight guests in all Block Lodges and Hotels. It is one of the seven hundred items purchased and supplied to Block Lodges and Hotels by the Central Stores of ... -
An Investigation On Aspects Of Strategic Planning By Insurance Companies In Kenya
(Univesity Of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, University of Nairobi., 2002)In a stable environment firms can exploit their historical strengths but with turbulence the environment becomes so unstable in that what used to work may not any more. During the last decade, the environment in which ... -
The Use of Information Technology as a Facilitator of Business Process Re-engineering: the Case of Bidco Oil Refineries Limited
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003)In the past, companies used information technology to mechanize the way they did their business. The existing processes were kept intact and computers were used simply to speed them up. But as Reynolds (1995) observes, the ...
