Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Outsourcing of facilities management services by multinational manufacturing firms in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2009)Strategic outsourcing is gaining wide spread acceptance throughout the World, top executives of leading multinationals turn to outsourcing as a strategic management tool for improving corporate performance, profitability ... -
A contribution to the study of subsistence patterns of elmenteitan populations with reference to animal bones from Gogo falls in Sourh Nyanza District, Kenya
(Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, 1986)This study presents a detailed analysis of the faunal remains from the Elmenteitan horizon at the Gogo Falls archaelogical site in South Nyanza, western Kenya. From this the ecology and subsistence patte ~s of the people ... -
Factors influencing the implementation of the 8-4-4 Prevocational curriculum in Kenya primary schools: A comparative study of Nairobi city and Nyandarua District
(Kenyatta UniversityDepartment of Educational Foundations, 1989)In this study, the researcher presents the results OJ.. a research investigating the factors influencing the implementation of the 8-4-4 prevocational education curriculum in Kenyan primary schools by comparing one ... -
Challenges of financing higher education in developing countries
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2005)This study sought to find out the challenges that are being faced by the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) as it strives to fulfill its mandate of financing needy Kenyans pursuing higher education. The need for this ... -
A survey of the influence of competitive strategies on performance of oil firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.School of Business, 2009-10)The oil industry in Kenya plays a significant role in the economic development of the country. It makes a major contribution in the transport industry and other commercial industries which use gas and diesel. The industry ... -
Logic and rationality in legal reasoning
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2001)This study attempts to show that the positivistic use of logical objectivity epitomized in constrained inference and consequence relations, as a model for rationality is a narrower conception of rationality. The study ... -
Factors that determine customer loyalty: the case of mobile telecommunications operators in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2009-11)The mobile telephone platform has been heralded as the next frontier for modem business creating entirely new paradigms for interactive marketing initiatives. In a growth industry characterized by competition and alternative ... -
The drivers of return for firms listed on the Nairobi stock exchange.
(University of Nairobi.School of Business, 2009-10)The research provides a test on what are the drivers of return for the firms listed on the Nairobi stock exchange. The data collected covered the period covering 2002 December to 2008 December. The focus was to come up ... -
The socio-economic impact of land tenure reform in the former African areas of Kenya, 1950-1987
(York University, CanadaSchool of Law, 1989)During the 1950s, the British colonial administration in Kenya introduced fundamental and wide ranging land tenure reforms in those areas of the country which were inhabited by traditional African societies. African ... -
Deviation and foregrounding in chosen Swahili literary texts
(Arts-Literature and linguistics, 1982)In this thesis we will be concerned with the examination of deviation and foregrounding in three literary texts: Asali Chungu, a prose text by Said Ahmed Mohammed, Swifa Ya Nguvumali, a poem by Hassan bin Ismail, and ... -
The Relationship Between Corporate Governance and Capital Structure for Companies Listed in the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2009)This paper examines the relationship between capital structure and corporate governance for companies listed in the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The paper specifically assesses how the adoption of corporate governance structures ... -
The effect of board size on share performance of quoted companies at the Nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi.School of Business, 2009)The issue of whether directors should be employees of/or affiliated with the firm (inside directors) or outsiders has been well researched, yet no clear conclusion has been reached. On the one hand, inside directors are ... -
An investigation of themes in Swahili literature and an application of stylo-statistcs to chosen texts.
(Arts-Literature and linguistics, 1982)The central aim of this is to subject samples of the three major genres of Swahili literature, i.e., Ushairi –poetry, Riwaya-prose, and Tamthilia-drama texts, to stylosatistical analysis. Under the type of analysis in ... -
The short-run performance of initial public offerings in the Nairobi stock exchange.
(University of Nairobi.School of Business, 2009)This study was aimed at contributing to the growing question surrounding the performance of IPOs on the Nairobi stock exchange. It aimed at testing whether investors can make abnormal returns by buying IPOs at their ... -
The effects of ownership structure, board effectiveness and managerial discretion on performance of listed companies in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2008)The study investigated the effects of ownership structure, board effectiveness and managerial discretion on performance of listed companies in Kenya. Pertinent literature on corporate governance has paid much attention ... -
A survey of critical success factors (CSF) adopted by commercial banks in Kenya
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2009)The research report is about the critical success factors that enhance commercial banks in Kenya to gain a competitive edge on the market. The objectives of the study was to examine how Kenyan commercial banks utilized ... -
Children's literature in Kenya: an analysis of children's prose fiction
(Arts-Literature and linguistics, 1980)This thesis is divided into five chapters. In the introductory chapter I have tried to map out the place of children's literature in Kenya. That oral literature is more popular than written literature is a fact clearly ... -
Socio-cultural factors influencing educational attainment among muslim women in Mumias Division, Kakamega, Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1998)This study aimed at investigating the major socio-cultural factors which influence educational attainment and subsequent occupation and occupational mobility of Muslim women in Mumias division, Kakamega district A sample ... -
Challenges of strategy implementation at Kenya wildlife service
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2009)The general purpose of the study was to establish the challenges of strategy implementation at Kenya Wildlife Service. The study was carried out through; a case study research design focusing on the top management of ... -
Strategies employed by business partners international Kenya limited to provide tailor made loans to business women in the small and medium enterprises sector in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi.School of Business, 2009)While access to finance is an obstacle to all firms, women have consistently rated it as the single biggest constraint preventing them from growing their businesses. Research findings indicate that female entrepreneurs ...
