Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The role of intangible assets in sustaining competitive advantage among the Kenyan pharmaceutical manufacturers
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2007-09)Sustaining a competitive advantage is imperative for fums that are in dynamic industries, which require effective strategic implementation to manage such changing situations. The pharmaceutical company, which is a business ... -
Strategic response to competitive environment: A case of Safaricom limited.
(University Of NairobiSchool Of Business,, 2007)Firms have to respond strategically to environmental factors in order to be sustainable (Hamel and Prahalad, 1993). One of the environmental influences to a business arises from competition. Increased competition threatens ... -
Factors affecting the growth of foreign food Restaurants in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007)The foreign food industry in Kenya has experienced a significant growth. This industry has become particularly notable in this decade. Foreign food restaurants of Indian, Italian, Chinese and Japanese categories have ... -
A Socio-cultural Analysis of Factors Influencing Gender Participation in Informal Sector Business: the Case of Kangemi Market and Its Environs,nairobi
(University of Nairobi,, 2008)The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing gender participation 111 informal micro-enterprises, growth of entrepreneurship and their contributions to income generation at household levels and subsequent ... -
Green supply chain management practices by manufacturing firms in Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2007)The green management literature argues that in order for construes to embrace new environmentally responsible values, beliefs and behaviours, there is strong need to green the entire supply chain. The objective of the ... -
Competitive priorities and trade-offs in physical distribution of Kenya oil industry
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007)Because of the increased competition and liberalization of oil industry in Kenya, it has become imperative for the players to identify the dimensions through which to compete. This study was based on twenty four oil ... -
Automated teller machine services outsourcing practices by Kenyan banks.
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2007-10)The banking industry in Kenya has been struggling in a hyper competitive environment since the days of economic market liberalization. In current years the competition has been extremely intense with each bank fighting ... -
The future of an agricultural bank in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,School of Business, 2007)This study set out to determine the factors necessary for the establishment of an Agricultural Bank in Kenya and to identify the challenges of operating an Agricultural Bank in Kenya. A cross-sectional survey was conducted ... -
The role of women in peace building: the case of the women networks in Somaliland.
(University of Nairobi.Institute Of Anthropology, African And Gender Studies, 2007-11)Conflicts and wars are justly argued as a patriarchal phenomenon and the role of women is more often than not obscured under the guise of passiveness and victim hood. This study sought to explore the role of the ... -
Food security in the households headed by the Elderly caretakers in Nyang'oma sub Location, Bondo district of western Kenya.
(Institute of anthropology, gender and African studies, 2007)This thesis focused on food security in the households headed by. elderly caretakers in Nyang'oma sub-location, Bondo district of Western Kenya. The main objective was to investigate the factors in the households headed ... -
Response strategies of tobacco companies in Kenya to global competition.
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007)This study sought to find out the response strategic of tobacco manufacturing companies in Kenya to global competition. With the advent of globalization and hence the creation of a border-less business world, many ... -
An empirical study of marketing responses of tour operators to changes in tourism industry in Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2007)Tourism has become one of the most important sectors of Kenya's economy. Tourism is currently making the largest contribution to Kenya's Gross National Product (GNP). Tourism business environment in Kenya has been changing ... -
The Potential of Community Institutions in dissemination and Adoption of Agricultural Technologies in Emuhaya, Western Kenya
(Institute of anthropology, gender and African studies, 2001)This thesis examines the potential of community institutions and their networks in dissemination of agricultural technologies in Emuhaya Division, Vihiga District. Objectives of the study were to (i) identify characteristics ... -
Testing for the reliability of the Nairobi Stock exchange indices
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2006)The stock market indices are today a vital tool for both economists and actors in the financial world. The multiplication and the very importance given to the indices raise the question of their accuracy and of the ... -
The relationship between interest rate risk and net interest income of commercial banks quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2006-12)Changes in banks' competitive environment, products, and services have heightened the importance of prudent interest rate risk management. Historically, the interest rate environment for banks has been fairly stable. ... -
Competitive strategies adopted by travel agents in Kenya
(University Of NairobiSchool Of Business, 2007)This study sought to determine the competitive strategies adopted by travel agents in Kenya and to establish the challenges faced by travel agents in initiating competitive advantages and applying strategies so formulated. ... -
Economic optimization of integrated soil fertility management strategies for maize-based production systems:a case study of smallholder farm typologies in central Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Agricultural Economics, 2006-05)In recent years, intensive cultivation with inadequate nutrient replenishment has widely been practised in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. This land-use system has led to massive soil degradation and declining per capita ... -
An assessment of performance of active mutual fund management and passive fund management
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2007)This study set out to assess the performance of Kenyan actively managed equity mutu funds with the stock market as a whole using the NSE 20 share index as the benchmark. Tl research study was done over the period 1.7.2003 ... -
Management of strategic change at Tamoil Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2007)Academicians and practitioners are in agreement that change is a constant feature of organizational life (Burnes, 2004; Causon, 2004; Staniforth, 1996), and that change is all about learning (Beer, Eisenstat and Spector, ... -
Factors influencing husband-wife communication on HIV/AIDS in Kibera, Nairobi.
(Institute of anthropology, gender and African studies, 2004)This study was designed to investigate factors that influence husband-wife communication on HIV/AIDS in Kibera, Nairobi. Specifically, I investigated whether the level of education of married couples, gender power-differences, ...
