Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
Now showing items 16761-16780 of 24587
-
An Analysis Of The Usefulness Of Annual Financial Statements To Credit Risk Analysts In Kenyan Commercial Banks
(School of Business, 2003)The management of risk is key to the success of any organization. In the financial sector the most significant risk is credit risk. The import of credit risk can be seen from the fact that the primary reason a bank fails ... -
Challenges faced by African airlines in selecting and entering international markets
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2006)Airline business is the fastest means of transport among countries of the world and plays a significant role in the growth of economies all over the world. Globally, African airlines' contribution to the world air travel ... -
Risk-based capital standards and the riskiness of bank portfolios in Kenya: an empirical investigation
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-10)Using empirical data from the Banking Industry in Kenya for the five-year period of 31st December 1998 to 31st December 2002, the research assesses the ex ante and ex post relationship between capital adequacy ratio and ... -
A survey of the strategic role of information and communication technology among insurance companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2006)Capabilities and potential of technology are increasing more rapidly than ever before. Developments in IT have seen the enhancement of communication technology. The use of Internet, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ... -
Perception of the private legal practitioners in Nairobi on the quality of services offered by the Kenyan judiciary
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2006-11)Achieving and maintaining customer-perceived service quality is regarded as essential strategy for the successful provision of overall customer satisfaction and customer retention in today's competitive environment. The ... -
Vertical integration and performance of food manufacturing firms in Nairobi
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-11)This study sought to establish the relationship between the degree of vertical integration and performance in food manufacturing firms in Nairobi. It examined the correlation between profitability performance ratios ... -
Analysing The Effect Of Treasury Bill Rates On Stock Market Returns Using Garch
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2006-11)This paper examines the relationship between the returns of assets on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Treasury Bills Rate using GARCH Analysis. Existing studies in Kenya on the relationship of factors affecting ... -
Financial statements and success of rights issues at the Nairobi stock exchange:1998 - 2002
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-09)The study set out to determine the role financial ratios help in forecasting the success or failure of a rights issue. This is a number of companies at the Nairobi Stock Exchange have failed in their attempt to raise ... -
A Survey Of Managers' Perception Of Critical Success Factors In Classifiedhotels In Nairobi
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2006-11)This study explores critical success factors (CSFs) in hotels classified as 3-star and above in Nairobi through a questionnaire survey designed to ascertain Managers' perception of the critical success factors in those ... -
Employee discrimination and job satisfaction of teachers in private international schools in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-09)The survey was carried out between 15lh September, 2003 and 26m September, 2003. The study sought to establish the nature and extent of employee discrimination among teachers working in private international primary and ... -
The Effects Of Tax Reforms On Tax Productivity In Kenya
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2006-11)The key role of tax reforms in Kenya was to ensure that the tax systems put in place could achieve revenue mobilization and reduce fiscal imbalances persistent in Kenya. This was to be achieved through tax laws and ... -
A survey of the outsourcing of human resource management services among manufacturing firms in Nairobi
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2001-09)The Primary objective of this study is to investigate the extent of outsourcing of Human Resource Services in the manufacturing sector for firms based in Nairobi. Outsourcing here has been studied as a technique whose ... -
Responses of Catholic health care institutions to environmental changes.
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2006)Organizations continually consume resources from the environment (as inputs), transform (throughput process) and release them (as output) to the same environment. The firm's environment is turbulence. In turbulence ... -
Strategic responses of British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd to current environmental challenges
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-09)British American Tobacco Kenya is the leading tobacco manufacturing firm in Kenya, which has been operation in the country since 1907 and currently commands an estimated 71% of the market share of the tobacco industry. ... -
A survey on use of marketable securities by firms quoted at Nairobi Stock Exchange
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-10)The study set to investigate the use of marketable securities by firms listed at Nairobi Stock Exchange. This was done with the objective of finding out the extent of use of marketable securities by managers. The study ... -
Challenges to strategy implementation at Madison Insurance Company (K) limited.
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2008-10)This research was designed to investigate into the challenges to strategy implementation at Madison Insurance Company of Kenya Limited. The study sought to achieve one objective: to determine challenges to strategy im ... -
The predictive ability of closed-end value-at-risk model on changes to portfolio composition for selected investment intermediaries in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2001-09)Managers are confronted with the need to continuously shift resources among competing uses. The interest is to ensure allocation to the best venture. A good risk measurement tool affords meaningful estimation of exposure ... -
A survey of customer perception of telephone provider's value propositions in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-10)The study was carried with the aim of establishing how the users of fixed line and mobile telephone service perceive value and whether it compares to what the provider proposes. In order to achieve the objectives a ... -
Strategic planning by tea manufacturing companies in kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2003-03)Organizations generally depend on the environment for their inputs and outputs. The nature of this dependency is crucial for the survival of the organization, particularly in the long-term. In an environment, which ... -
Physical distribution and sales performance: A case of dairy processing firms in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi.School of Business Studies, 2001-09)This study has two main objectives (I) To identify physical distribution strategies employed by the dairy processing firms, and (ii) To find out if there is a relationship between physical distribution strategies and ...
