Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
Now showing items 16921-16940 of 24587
-
Systematic risk and business risk: a case of companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2001)The objectives of this study were firstly to find out whether a relationship exists between business risk and systematic risk The other objective was to determine whether companies with high ... -
Factors that influence the productivity of credit officers in microfinance institutions
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2000)This report presents the findings of a survey on the factors that affect the productivity of credit officers in Micro finance Institutions. The research was conducted in four of the leading MFls that use the replica of ... -
A survey of capacity building practices among evelopment non governmental organizations in Nairobi
(Business Administration, 2002)Kenya, a country that is largely reliant on agriculture for economic growth has st rong linkages between agriculture and industrial growth. However, the country has sullcrcd poor development arising from experiments, ... -
A study on the performance of colleges preparing CPA candidates and identification of institutional factors that affect the same in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1999-09)This research sought to evaluate performance of colleges preparing CPA candidates and identify institutional factors affecting the same in Kenya. This study was necessitated out of the curiosity to know exactly what ... -
Managers attitude and response towards social responsibility; The case of large scale manufacturing firms in Nairobi
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce,, 2001)Motivated by the increasing social concerns, large scale manufacturing firms have got their role to playas far as social responsibility aspects are concerned; specifically in terms of environmental, employee ... -
Application of the arbitrage pricing model in predicting stock returns at the Nairobi stock exchange
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2003)This study applies the multi-index (APT) to explore the relationship of NSE companies stock returns to selected market and industrial variables. In this study I have used a model i.e. the relative pricing (APT) model, ... -
A survey of product differentiation strategies adopted by firms in the water bottling industry in Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2006-01)The bottled drinking water a few years back was treated as a reserve for the well to do. This is no longer the case as the demand for safe drinking water has been on the increase in all sectors. This demand has been ... -
The challenges facing middle level managers in the implementation of corporate strategic plan at national social security fund
(Business Administration, 2006)This study seeks to acquire a deeper understanding of the role that middle managers play in strategy" implementation and how they deal with the challenges arising by examining the corporate strategic plan of NSSF. The ... -
The extent of usage of relationship marketing strategies to enhance -brand loyalty of industrial customers: the case of the paint industry
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2002)The Relationship Marketing concept is a philosophy of management that calls for the development of integrated marketing programme that places emphasis on creation of customer value for enhancement of customer relation. ... -
A survey of the strategic change management practices by Kenyan companies
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1999-11)The management of strategic change has gained tremendous attention in recent years. The 1990's have seen extreme changes in the competitive forces in the global and domestic markets. These changes have greatly affected ... -
The empirical relationship between dividend and investment decisions of firms quoted at the Nairobi stock exchange
(Business Administration, 2002)This study sought to investigate whether or not there is a relationship between dividend and investment decisions. The major source of data was financial records of publicly quoted companies obtained from the Nairobi ... -
An empirical investigation of the strategic marketing practices of the soft drink industry in Kenya.
(Business Administration, 2006)The first objective of the study was to identify the strategic marketing practices followed by the soft drink industry in Kenya. The second objective was to assess the relative importance of the strategic marketing practices ... -
Beta Co-efficient As A Measure Of Risk Of The Common Shares Listed At The Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Commerce, 2000-11)The Markowitz portfolio model (1952) derives the expected rate of return for the portfolio of assets and a measure of its expected risk. This expected risk may be divided into systematic risk (market risk) and ... -
The morality of the advertising practice in Kenya as perceived by the adult residents of Nairobi
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2002)This survey sought to find out the degree of morality perceived by the residents of Nairobi in the advertising practice in Kenya, the specific ethical issues on which advertising was perceived to be particularly unethical ... -
A survey of Corporate Governance systems in Sacco Front Office Savings entities (FOSA)
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2006-11)Corporate governance as practiced by SACCOS did not factor in the management of Front Office Savings Accounts (FOSAs), which, within a span of 15 years have tremendously grown in numbers, products and member deposits ... -
Factors that determine store loyalty: the case of selected supermarket chains in Nairobi.
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce,, 2002)This study was conducted with the objective of finding out the factors that determine store loyalty and also determine the most important of such factors. The focus of the studywas the main supermarket chains in ... -
Assessing the suitability of a regulatory framework for operations of micro-finance institutions in Kenya
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2001)The main objective of this research study is to identify and analyse the characteristics of Micro-finance Institutions (MFls) operating in Kenya so as to assess the suitability of a regulatory framework, and the form ... -
Compensation of professional employees:A survey of auditors in multinational audit firmsBaseo in Nairobi
(Business Administration, 2000)The natural goal of a compensation fonnula is to distribute income equitably based on capital, productivity and time in the firm. The aim of this study was to investigate the method of compensation of holders of audit ... -
Strategic planning and performance of civil engineering Construction firms in Nairobi
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2006)The ever changing environment in which industries operate, necessitates an equal need for rapid recognition of appropriate strategies and opportunities to be exploited; threats to be countered and weaknesses to be ... -
E- learning implementation: A survey of University of Nairobi academic staff attitudes and readiness to wards E-learning
(Business Administration, 2006)The advent of computers and the Internet is changing the face of education allover the world. Institutions of learning are frantically restructuring their old instructional methods to incorporate computers and the Internet. ...
