Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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A survey of information and communication technology aspects of disaster recovery among companies quoted at the Nairobi stock exchange
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2005-11)The objectives of this study were three. The first was to establish the aspects of disaster recovery that exist within companies quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The second was to determine the importance attached ... -
Factors influencing the formation and operation of non-governmental organizations in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-11)The objective of this study was to explore the factors influencing the formation and operation of NGOs in Kenya. It focused on those NGOs with their headquarters in Nairobi. The number of NGOs operating in Kenya continued ... -
Determinants of liquidity of equity stocks listed at Nairobi stock exchange
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2003-10)This paper sought to identify the determinants of liquidity of equity stocks listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Various conventional liquidity indicators are constructed for the study period January 1995 to ... -
A survey of fire rating practices in the Kenya insurance market
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2004-11)Insurance rate making is the process of establishing a premium rate for a particular class of insurance. The rate is the price of a unit of insurance. The premium, say for a particular building, is arrived at by multiplying ... -
The Casual Relationship Between Exchange Rates and Stock Prices in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1999)At the least complicated level of economic theory lies the belief that certain pairs of economic variables should not diverge from each other by too great an extent, at least in the long-run. Thus, such variables may ... -
Strategy development at Lonrho Africa PLC
(School of Business, 2005)Lonrho PIc was a large multinational having operated diverse businesses in Africa for many years. There was no other London Stock Exchange listed group of similar size operating in sub-Saharan Africa that comprised such ... -
A survey of the extent to which advertising by textbook publishing firms influence customer preference of textbooks: The case of public primary schools teachers in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2004-11)The study of the extent to which textbook publishers use advertising to influence the preference of their consumers was carried out in Nairobi on a sample population of public school teachers. Evans et al (1996) have ... -
A Survey of the Criteria Used by Commercial Banks in Kenya to Determine Employees to Retrench
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2004-11)The survey for the study was carried out between August and September 2004. The study sought to establish the criteria used by commercial banks in Kenya to determine employees to retrench. The respondents were the Human ... -
An assessment of credit risk management techniques adopted by Micro-finance institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2006-11)Microfinance, the provision of financial services to poor people holds enormous potential to support economic activities and thus contribute to the alleviation of poverty Widespread experiences and research have particularly ... -
Responses to changes in the external environment-A case study of Postbank
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2005-10)Over the last 10 years, several changes have taken place in Kenya's business environment prompting each organization to develop appropriate response mechanisms. Postbank has not been spared these changes. This research ... -
A Survey of Computer Forensics Practices in Litigation Support: the Case of the Banking Industry in Kenya
(School of Business, 2005)The aim of the study was to investigate the existence of computer evidence; assess the extent of adoption of computer forensics practices and identify the challenges faced by the banking industry in Kenya when collecting ... -
The relationship between career development and job satisfaction:A survey of managers in commercial banks in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2003-10)A lot of studies have been done on job satisfaction but none has been done on the impact of career development on job satisfaction The primary purpose of this project is to establish whether career development opportunities ... -
The psychological contract, organizational commitment and job satisfaction: a study of commercial banks in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-09)This study sought to determine the relationship between the psychological contract and job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees in selected banks in Nairobi. The survey for this study was carried out ... -
A survey of employee participation in management in the top ranking private secondary schools in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2004-11)The possiblecause of good performance of students in private secondary schools is employee commitment to duty. This comes about through effective employee participation in management in schools. This study was undertaken ... -
The Impact of Economic Recovery Programme on the Manufacturing Sector in Tanzania:an Empirical Analysis
(School of Business, 2003)The objective of this paper was to explore and estimate the effects of the Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) on the Manufacturing sector in relation to exports, productivity changes and-export diversification. The study ... -
A survey of challenges and risks encountered in the Management of electronic records for companies quoted At Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2005)The objective of this study was to determine and document current practice in management of electronic records, challenges and risks encountered in the management of electronic records. The study also established the key ... -
An investigation of social cost-benefit analysis practice in the appraisal of public development projects in Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-10)Social Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is the most useful branch of welfare economics especially in the appraisal of public projects in developing countries. In practice it is controversial due to its basis in value judgments. ... -
A Survey of the Aspects of Personal Selling Process Perceived as Critical in the Purchase of Agrochemical Products by the Rose Flower Growers in Kenya
(School of Business, 2003)The study sought to investigate and document those aspects in personal selling process by the rose flower firms. It was based on forty-eight farms out of the total registered population of sixty firms. The key objective ... -
Improving banking supervision in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-10)In view of the crucial role financial systems play in an economy, high quality regulation and supervision of the banking sector is required, for purposes of ensuring financial stability. Grant, 1993 observed that a number ... -
Contribution of privatization to capital market development: the case of companies privatized at the Nairobi stock exchange
(School of Business, 2003)In 1954, the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) was constituted as a voluntary association of stockbrokers registered under the Societies Act. The business of dealing in shares was then confined to the resident European ...
