Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The manufacturing sector in Kenya: an empirical analysis
(Department of economics, 1991)Manufacturing is the corner stone of Kenya's Industrial sector. This sector is not only seen as the economy's engine of growth but also as a means of diversifying it. However after three decades of existence, the sector ... -
The Effects of Life Assurance and Pension Schemes on Personal Savings: a Case Study of the Middle Income Group in Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 1994)An individuals earning capacity does decline beyond a certain age, because of uncertainty about future income individuals save during years of peak earning potential in order to finance consumption at the later date. ... -
Exports and Economic Growth Relationship in Kenya:causality and Co-integration Analysis (1970 - 2004)
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2006-07)The relationship between exports and economic growth has been analysed for a long period. Whether exports expansion cause economic gains or losses, whether economic growth causes exports expansion or reduction, and whether ... -
A Survey of the Extent to Which Kenyan Universities Practice Education Marketing
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2004)Higher education institutions are facing an increasing number of complex challenges that are threatening their future. These include an increasingly complex market place and constantly evolving customer needs. To manage ... -
Safety Awareness in Informal Construction Sector: a Case Study of Nairobi City
(Department of building economics and management,, 2004)This study is about safety awareness in the informal construction sector. Safety awareness as used in this study refers to a state of mind where one is constantly aware of the possibility of injury and therefore act to ... -
The extent of use of marketing mix variables in the sugar industry in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2004)The study had two major objectives. The first objective sought to determine the extent to which marketing variables are applied by the sugar industry in Kenya. The second objective sought to identify the constraints ... -
Competitive strategies adopted by members of the Kenya independent petroleum dealers
(Department of Commerce, 2001)The petroleum industry in Kenya has undergone changes that have tremendously affected the state of competition in the industry. The most recent fundamental development in the industry was its liberalization in October ... -
The determinants of export performance of the Kenyan horticultural industry
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, 1992-06)Kenya's horticultural industry earns the country much foreign exchange and horticultural products are set to overtake coffee and tea as the country's leading agricultural export commodities. The industry, however, is ... -
The role of local development initiatives in easing poverty with special reference to Takaba Development Initiatives (TDI) in Mandera district
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2006-08)This study sought to examine the role of community based organizations m poverty alleviation. Specifically TDI was studied as an example of community initiated projects. A random sample of 58 respondents and 11 purposely ... -
An analysis of demand for money in Uganda (1986 - 2003)
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2005-08)A stable money demand function is the essence of planning and implementing monetary policy. The main purpose of this paper is to Estimate Uganda's money demand function and to find out whether there exists a stable money ... -
Strategies in corporate communications:a case study of Kenya Commercial Bank
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2005-09)The study sought to elicit empirical evidence on the role of Corporate Communications Strategies as used by Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), during its transformation. With this evidence the study wished to show that Corporate ... -
Determinants of Family Size Preferences in an Urban Population:a Case Study of Mathare Valley-4b in Nairobi
(1990)This study aims at establishing the demographic, socioeconomic and cultural determinants of family size preferences in an urban population. It further aims at providing recommendations to policy makers and for further ... -
A Monetary Model of Exchange Market Pressure Applied to the Kenyan Experience:1967-1990
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics,, 1992-07)A monetary model within the modern quantity theory tradition(monetarist proposition) is developed which is then used to test the relevance of the monetary approach to the balanceof- payments adjustments using a framework ... -
Marketing strategies adopted by selected christian churches in Nairobi
(2004)The study is concerned with marketing strategies adopted by selected Christian churches in Nairobi. The study was aroused by the fact that despite the importance the church in Kenya has in shaping society little study ... -
Strategies in corporate communication
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2007-10)The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of information, education and communication (lEC) materials as a communication strategy at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The TSC has since 1999 embarked ... -
An analysis of effective exchange rate in Kenya (1970-2003)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2004-12)Since the mid 1970s, developing countries started altering their exchange rate regimes towards more flexible arrangements: The move was prompted partly by the desire to minimize the adverse effects on their economies ... -
Determinants of imports demand in Zambia
(2004)This study utilizes an error correction model to examine the determination of aggregate imports and components in Zambia between 1965 and 1997. The estimation results indicate that, in the short-run, (lagged) foreign ... -
Women's land tenure and property rights: A case study of settlement schemes in trans-nzoia district, Kenya
(2008)The objective of this study was to assess women's land tenure and property rights in settlement schemes, in Trans-Nzoia district. The research specifically reviewed provisions for women's land tenure and property rights ... -
Socio-economic impact of the mobile phone as a new consumer product in kikuyu division, Kenya
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2009-11-27)This research concerned the impact mobile phone communication has had in a peri-urban area, Kikuyu division, Kiambu District, Kenya. The modem world is information-driven in the sense that the capitalistic system which ... -
A survey of the factors that are associated with staff turnover in broadcast media houses in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Business Studies, 2006-09)Human resources are the most important aspect of any business enterprise. This is because this resource cannot easily be duplicated or shared among competing firms. The manner in which the human resource function is ...
