Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Factors influencing banking industry to adopt strategic positioning on mobile banking
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2010-11)Over the past couple of decades, the term strategic positioning has gained a much broader definition that includes other customer wants, needs and desires. People will sometimes buy from companies that are perceived to ... -
Information security practices in the Kenyan Capital Market
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012-10)The purpose of this research is to establish the information Security breaches in the Capital Market and to find out information security practices adopted by the companies within the Kenyan Capital Market. An empirical ... -
Relationship marketing strategy as a competitive advantage in the mobile telephony industry in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-09)The way of doing business has changed rapidly in the Kenyan business environment and world all over. Competition has become so stiff for a business without appropriate strategies cannot survive. Much of the cut-throat ... -
Analysis of the extent to which barriers to entry (bte’s) have contributed to profitability in the air compressor industry in kenya
(School of Business, 2007-11)Industry attractiveness is the (relative) future profit potential of a market. It is mainly measured by industry growth and average industry profitability. However other attractive industry characteristics like stability ... -
Strategic change management at Presbyterian church of east Africa Eastleigh community centre
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2011-09)Technology viii ABSTRACT Strategic change has become a constant phenomenon which must be attended to and managed properly if an organization is to survive. Changes in technology, the marketplace, information systems, ... -
Influence of attributes of directorship on corporate governance in small scale tea companies in Kiambu County in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012-11)In the recent past, corporate governance has become of great concern especially in running of institutions and companies. The board of directors are mandated to steward these institutions and oversee the work of management. ... -
Challenges of stakeholder management in implementation of Sondu Miriu hydro-electric power project in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2010-11)Implementation of Projects, especially huge ones with various stakeholders have faced several challenges over the recent years. Some of the challenges include lack of process owner buy-in, lack of champion support, ... -
Transfer pricing management strategies by multinational enterprises within the main investment segment of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(School of Business, 2012-10)The purpose of this study was to analyze the development of transfer pricing, why it is a key concern to both MNEs and revenue authorities and the management strategies put in place by MNEs to cope with TP challenges in ... -
Strategic responses adopted by Kenya ports authority to the environmental challenges
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The performance of the Nairobi Stock Exchange before and after the implementation of Automated Trading System (ATS)
(School of Business, 2009-10)The study was conducted with the objective of assessing the performance of the Nairobi Stock Exchange before and after the implementation of automated trading systems (ATS). A survey was carried out on 49 companies that ... -
Response strategies by the Kenya revenue authority to challenges of tax administration in the east African Community Common market
(University of NairobiSchool Of Business, University Of Nairobi, 2012-11)The implementation of the East African Community Common Market came with a number of requirements that required member states of the Common Market to enact legislations that would see that the provisions of the protocol ... -
Information Technology and procurement process in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012-11)The main objective of the study is to asses’ the impact of information technology on procurement process in Kenya. Organizations today continue to face business related problems like collection of timely reliable and ... -
Strategic responses to industry environment by The CIC Insurance group Ltd
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2011-10)ABSTRACT The research was meant to find out the strategic responses to industry environment by CIC Insurance Group Ltd. The research took the approach of a case study. The environment is very dynamic and every now and ... -
The effect of credit risk management practices on the level of non-performing loans. A case study of commercial banks lending to smes in Kenya
(School of Business, 2012-11)Small and medium Enterprises Sector was formerly considered as the missing middle because the businesses were too small to be financed by commercial banks and too large to be financed by microfinance institutions. This ... -
A Survey Of Job Satisfaction And Performance Of Secondary Schools’ Principals In Mombasa District
(School of Business, 2009-06)Few studies have examined job satisfaction and performance of workers in top management. The primary purpose of this research project was to establish whether there is a relationship between job satisfaction and performance ... -
Corporate financial distress: an anatomy of Uchumi supermarket stores in Kenya (2001 - 2006)
(University of NairobiSchool Of Business, University Of Nairobi, 2007)To investigate the missing link between prudent management, bankruptcy laws, and financial distress. We find that Uchumi supermarkets became insolvent when its Board of Directors decided to embark on unplanned expansion ... -
Customer retention by Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012-09)To cope with increased competition and increased customer expectations, many organizations are forced to adopt proactive strategies to become more customers driven and to offer higher service quality in order to avoid ... -
The relationship between employee retention management practices and voluntary labour turnover in five star hotels in Nairo
(University of NairobiSchool Of Business, University Of Nairobi, 2009)Previous studies suggest that organizations with effective employee retention management practices tended to have low levels of voluntary labour turnover. This study seeks to investigate whether this applies to the five ... -
The business value of information communication technologies in the financial departments of commercial banks in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2010-10)There began to appear theoretical arguments regarding the role of information technology (IT) in creating the value chain at firms and this opened up new lines of inquiry (Porter and Millar, 1985). This study was a survey ... -
Competitive strategies adopted by private hospitals in Nairobi
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)The evolution of business strategy was driven by the practical needs of the businesses and strategic planning process was associated with the problems faced by the managers in the 1950’s and 1960’s. They faced the ...
