Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Contract discipline:The case of small scale manufacturing enterprises in Nairobi
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1998-07)Small scale enterprises are ,generally viewed as lacking contract discipline in terms of the quality of products, meeting of deadlines and cost. This negative perception of the enterprises as lacking respect for contractual ... -
A Study of corporate governance.the case of quoted companies in kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2001)Corporate governance, the system by which companies are controlled, directed and evaluated, has gained prominence throughout the world in the 1990s. According to the Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance (CACG), ... -
A study on performance measurement at the university of Nairobi
(school of Business, University of Nairobi, 2006)This study explored the practises of Performance Measurement at the University of Nairobi. Focus was on three research questions: Why performance measurement? What measures? and forces impeding the design, implementation ... -
The use of reference reports in the selection of staff in diplomatic international non-governmental organizations in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2006-09)Selection processes used for employee hiring involves several activities aimed at ensuring that the best candidate is picked for the job opening. Among these activities is reference checking, which is a deliberate attempt ... -
Financial structure and growth of small and micro enterprises in Nairobi
(school of Business, University of Nairobi, 2006)Small and Medium Enterprises have been recognized as key in the government strategy for raising income and employment in Kenya. This is in realization that the sector contributes about 18%to the Gross Domestic Product ... -
An evaluation of the relationship Between tax cash flows and the key factors determining the quantum of indirect taxes in the oil industry case study of Mobil oil Kenya ltd
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2001)One of the major factors facing the oil industry in Kenya is the high level of taxation of petroleum products, a factor that impacts significantly on the cash flows of the oil marketing companies. The potential ... -
The state of market segmentation practices of micro and small scale furniture manufacturing businesses in Mombasa town
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2000)This study was conducted with the main objective of finding out if micro and small-scale furniture manufacturers operating in Mombasa town segment their markets. The study considered those firms in Majengo, Mwembe Tayari, ... -
Stock market seasonalities at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1995-10)Investors are interested in the stock returns as these determine how much they can expect to receive from their investment. But growth in the firm's earnings power alone does not guarantee good returns to the investor.· ... -
Strategies and the forces influencing them within Kenya’s dairy industry
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2001)An industry is made up of many players. The number of players in an industry is determined to a large extent by the attractiveness of the industry in sustainable growth and profitability. The players in an industry are ... -
Retail marketing strategies adopted by Commercial banks in Kenya
(Business Administration, 2006)The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the various strategies adopted by commercial banks in Kenya with particular focus to retail banking marketing strategy. The objectives of the study were to ... -
A study of the strategic responses by Kenyan insurance companies following liberalisation
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2000)The economic reforms in Kenya made the business environment very turbulent and affected business practices. The study therefore sought to document the sector's response to the changes in the business environment. The ... -
Effects of the tobacco regulation on the marketing mix of tobacco firms in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2002-09)This study sought to identify the effects of the tobacco regulation on the marketing mix variables of the tobacco firms in Kenya. It also sought to identify the problems these firms were experiencing as they modified the ... -
Job satisfaction of grades a-f employees of the University of Nairobi
(Business Administration, 2006)This was a survey kind of study. The major purposes of this study were to establish the level of job satisfaction among staff in Grade A-F in the University of Nairobi and secondly to identify the factors that influence ... -
Analysis of the factors which affect the operations of firms in export processing zones in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2002)This study is an analysis of the factors that affect the operations of firms in EPZs with the aim of determining why despite the heavy investment that firms undertake and the attractive incentives offered by the Government, ... -
Capacity utilization in Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) : The case study of small garment enterprises in the Nairobi city council markets
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2000)This study concerns micro and small enterprises (MSEs), capacity utilisation decisions and the factors that influence these decisions. MSEs playa special role in the developing countries where they form the largest ... -
Factors that influence organizational buying behavior: Acase of coffee dealers in Nairobi
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2001)The objective of the study was set out to identify important factors that influence coffee dealers buying behaviour. The factors were grouped into five categories, the product choice, the supplier choice, processes ... -
Continuous quality improvement climate survey: a case of Colgate-palmolive Kenya.
(Business Administration, 2006)CQI climate survey used in this study is a very important diagnostic tool which helps 1I1 assessing the level of readiness and progress with CQI implementation. The purpose of conducting CQI Climate Survey was to assess ... -
Accounting determined measures of systematic risk at Nairobi stock exchange: an empirical study
(Faculty of Commerce, 2000-09)The study contained in this report investigated whether the accounting numbers call be employed to determine the "market risk" measure where the stock market risk measure is not easily obtainable. The data used was ... -
Determining the accuracy of the Nairobi stock exchange 20-share index
(school of Business, University of Nairobi, 2000)The study set out to determine the accuracy of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) 20- .J Share index. The need for the study emanated from the apparent weakness of the NSE 20- Share index to effectively report on the ... -
An assesment of the viability of real estate securitization in Kenya
(Business Administration, 2006)This research examines the attitudes of Kenyans towards real estate securitization. To a large extent the respondents' answers as to why there were no listed property companies seemed to mirror the findings of Kimura and ...
