Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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A survey of competitive strategies employed by shipping companies in Kenya
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2008)The major objectives of the study were to determine the competitive strategies employed by shipping companies in Kenya and the factors which determine their competitiveness. The turbulent environment in which businesses ... -
Influence of Reference Groups in the choice of retail services in petrol Service Stations in Nairobi
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2004)Retail service stations in recent years have been experiencing challenging times. Some of the challenges include, increasing crude oil prices, higher pump prices, emergence of new independent players in the market, and ... -
Testing for variations in the capital structure of companies quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange:An empirical study
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2000-06)In 1958, when Modigliani and Miller came up with the irrelevancy theory of capital structure a number of controversies sprang up, most of which sought to establish the relationship between capital structure and the value ... -
A Survey Of Marketing Promotion Techniques Used By Ngos In Their Social Campaigns Against HIV/AIDS In Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2003-09)The HIV/Aids pandemic threatens to destroy the very fabric of the Kenyan society. The government of Kenya declared the scourge a national disaster, and put into place numerous mechanisms to address the problem. The private ... -
Competitive strategies adopted by the retail stall exhibitors in Nairobi Central Business District
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2008-10)This was a descriptive survey study designed to determine the competitive strategies adopted by the retail exhibition sector in the Nairobi Central Business District. Data was collected using self administered questionnaires ... -
Strategies adopted by manufacturing multinational corporations to cope with social cultural challenges in Kenya
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2009)The study on manufacturing multinational corporations in Kenya, is motivated by a desire to understand how these firms are able to face this changed environment, the challenges they face when dealing with social cultural ... -
Net bank interest margin and interest rate risk among commercial banks in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2005)This study set out with the objective of determining the relationship between net bank interest margin and interest rate risk among registered commercial banks operating in Kenya as of 31SI march 2004. This study was ... -
Relationship Between Employee Empowerment And Performance Of The City Council Of Nairobi
(University of NairobixSchool of Business,, 2008)Local authorities in the country have been known for poor performance. In recent times, the trend has changed due to the introduction of performance contracts where employees must set and meet work targets from their ... -
An Empirical Study On The Week-end Effect On The Stocks At The Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2003)The objective of this study was to establish whether the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) exhibits the week-end effect on the securities traded there. To achieve this objective, a sample of 43 equity stocks traded at the NSE ... -
Competitive strategies employed by the sugar manufacturing firms in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2005)The major objectives of this study were to determine the competitive strategies employed by the sugar manufacturing firms in Kenya and to determine the challenges facing the attainment of these strategies. The turbulent ... -
Application of competitive strategies to the challenges of increased competition faced by Safaricom mobile phone airtime dealers in Nairobi Central Business District.
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2008-11)To grow and thrive in today's competitive environment, organizations must deal with several major challenges that have been caused by increased competition in their industries. For these organizations to survive the ... -
Challenges faced by the Kenya Commercial Bank in its regional growth strategy
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2008)Banking sector plays a significant role in the growth of economies all over the world. The objective of this study is to determine the challenges that KCB is facing in selecting international markets and the modes of ... -
Strategies used by state corporations to manage problems experienced by the survivors of retrenchment: a survey of state corporations in Nairobi
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2008)In order to salvage State Corporations from poor and declining performance, and mismanagement prohibiting sustainable economic growth, the Kenya government initiated reform programs in 1993, which included the reorganization ... -
Why do companies go public? Evidence from nairobi stock exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business,, 2008)The study sought to find out the reasons that drive firms to go public. The study analysed fifteen companies which went public between 1990 and 2008. Exploratory survey was used as it enabled the researcher to obtain ... -
A survey of performance measures for executive compensation schemes in public listed companies in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2004-08)This is a survey seeking to establish the performance measures for executive compensation schemes in public listed companies in Kenya. The study covered a sample of thirty-nine companies listed in the Nairobi Stock ... -
A survey of the multinational pharmaceutical firms awareness and practice of key opinion leader management
(Business Administration, 2003)It is widely recognized by medical markets today that the leading healthcare practitioners and researchers have retained their position as the primary influence over who prescribes what and when. This is despite the rise ... -
The effect of mergers and acquisitions announcement on share prices - evidence on the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2008-10)The mam objective of this study was to evaluate market efficiency in relation to information content of merger announcement by companies quoted on the NSE. The study covered 11 companies quoted on the NSE from 1997 - ... -
A survey of job satisfaction and work behaviours: a study of the para-legal staff in the Kenyan judiciary
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2008)Studies have been done on variable(s) influencing job satisfaction but none has been done on the impact of work behaviour on job satisfaction. The primary purpose of this project was to establish the relationship between ... -
Shareholders' pressure on the firms decision to pay dividends at Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2005-08)This study was conducted to assess the possible impact of shareholders pressure on the decision of management to pay dividends for companies quoted at the Nairobi stock Exchange.Data were collected in form of ordinary ... -
The expectation gap in the Statutory audit of quoted Companies in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2004)This study sought to find out whether an expectation gap exists in the audit of quoted companies in Kenya. The study also sought to find out whether the public expectation or" the auditor is reasonable and achievable. In ...
