Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Determinants of strategic alliances in the Airline Industry in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)The concept of strategic alliances has received a lot of attention from scholars for a very long time now. Despite numerous studies in this area, interest has not faded away. To this end, the objectives of this study ... -
Strategies used by commercial banks in Kenya to manage operational costs
(School of business, 2012)Commercial banks like any other institution require sustainability. Any organization over time needs to sustain itself through cost management. The objective of this study was to determine the strategies that are used ... -
The impact of financial sector deepening on economic growth in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of business, 2012-09)ABSTRACT The depth of the financial sector has generally been found to promote economic growth by increasing economic efficiency, investment and growth. Financial sector deepening enable the financial intermediaries ... -
Managing challenges of strategic change at Nairobi Water Company limited
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-08)It is about ten years since the water act 2002 came into force, bringing about what is considered the most radical overhaul of the water sector in Kenya. It is also eight years since Nairobi Water Company, a creation of ... -
Strategy implementation at Nzoia Sugar Company Limited, Kenya.
(School of Business, 2012)This study was carried out to establish strategy implementation at Nzoia Sugar Company limited. The study had two objectives to achieve: To establish strategy implementation practices at Nzoia Sugar Company and to determine ... -
Survey of the value of information and communications technology (ICT) in the banking industry in Kenya
(School of business, 2009)The purpose of this study was to determine the role that ICT played in the value creation of services in the Kenyan banking sector. The study had two objectives, namely, to determine the business value of ICT in terms ... -
Factors that influence the perception of realistic job preview among management staff in large Commercial Banks in Kenya
(School of Business, 2009)Organizations view a realistic job preview as a recruiting approach that is designed to communicate both the desirable and undesirable aspects of a job before an applicant has accepted a job offer. Research has demonstrated ... -
The Information Content of Annual Earnings Announcements for Companies Quoted at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of UniversitySchool of Business, 2010)The objective of the study was to examine the information content for annual earnings announcement for firms listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). A sample of 20 firms that had been consistently listed at the bourse ... -
Strategic Human Resource Management Practices That Influence the Retention of Core Employees at Becton Dickinson Kenya Limited
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-09)Employee retention is one of the challenges facing many business organizations today. For many organizations, strategic staffing has become a concern because the ability to hold on to highly talented core employees can ... -
Determinants of individual investors’ behaviour in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(School of Business, 2012)The study of individual investors‟ behaviour, anchored on the behavioural finance theory, is of interest and a relatively new phenomenon in Kenya. Behavioural finance theories are based on psychological attempts aimed at ... -
Competitive strategies adopted by Aga khan university hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and challenges faced in their implementation
(School of business, 2012)Most previous research projects into competitive strategies have concentrated generally on developed countries. Not many local studies have focused on the Competitive Strategies adopted by Aga khan University Hospital in ... -
The impact on conflict between controlling and minority shareholders the case of Kakuzi limited
(School of Business, 2002)The main agency conflict in concentrated ownership environments occurs between controlling and minority shareholders. This study investigates the impact on share prices when news released on the media indicates that the ... -
Determinants of local retail investors behavior for companies quoted in the stock exchange
(School of business, 2011-10)The study sought to answer the following research questions, what are the behavioral finance tendencies in the Nairobi Stock Exchange and its investor‟s decisions? How do different education levels influence the investor‟s ... -
Challenges of operational budgeting at the Ministry of Finance in Kenya
(School of Business, 2009)A budget can act as a motivator and communicator, as well as for functional co-ordination and performance evaluation (Dominiak and Louderback, 1988) of an organization. This study aimed at investigating various challenges ... -
The influence of relationship marketing by Telecommunication Vendors on Kenyan Telecommunication Service providers’ customer loyalty:
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)Increasingly, marketing is moving from a focus on individual transactions and towards a focus on building value-laden relationships and partnerships with the customer. The goal is to deliver long-term value and relationship ... -
The effect of financial liberalization on the efficiency of commercial banks in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of business, 2009-08)Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the effect of financial liberalization on the X-efficiency of commercial banks in Kenya. The study hypothesized that there exists a positive relationship between ... -
A survey of the extent of adoption of Blue ocean strategy by Mobile content providers in Kenya
(School of Business, 2009)This ever-changing and converging environment of the global mobile market creates multiple new business opportunities for mobile content providers. However, the competitive pressure is escalating, which poses major ... -
The relationship between supply chain failures and customer satisfaction among milk processing firms in Kenya
(School of Business, 2012)A study was carried out to establish the relationship between supply chain failures and customer satisfaction among milk processing firms in Kenya. The study had two objectives to achieve: To determine the factors of ... -
The relationship between interest rates and financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool Of Business, University Of Nairobi, 2011)This study set out with an objective of establishing the relationship between interest rates and financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. To achieve the objective of the study regression models were developed ... -
Environmental challenges facing KENGEN in the energy industry
(School of business, 2011)In Kenya, the drive to deregulate and liberalize the power generation market has led to attempts at more precise economic definitions of what constitutes a natural monopoly: taking cost as exogenous. KenGen is in direct ...
