Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Development of a supplemantary food from selected local food ingredients to optimize nutritional and sensory qualities
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Comparative Assessment of Parents Perception of the Kenyan and the Ugandan Secondary Education Systems Using the Marketing Mix
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2006-11)The study sought to compare the parents' perception of the Kenyan and Ugandan secondary school education systems. The study used the service marketing mix to determine this perception. Th population of study included ... -
A Survey of State of the Information and Communications Technology Implementation in Retirement Benefits Administration in Kenya
(2006-05)The need for computer based information systems in retirement benefits schemes are now increasingly inevitable given that, the number of transactions are high and the number of customers is increasing rapidly. In such ... -
A Survey of Application of Information and Communication Technology for Competitive for Competitive Advantage of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2006-09)This study examined the application of lnformation and communication technology for competitive advantage by firms listed in the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The need for the study arose from the fact that many firms formulate ... -
A Survey of the Need for Cdf Audit Committee and Its Role in Promoting Accountability in the Management of Constituency Development Funds: a Case Study of Bomet District
(2011)Constituency Development Fund (COF) has been a topical issue in Kenya today since its inception in 2002. The fund was created to devolve funds to the constituency level and its contributions to poverty eradication has ... -
Managing Resistance to Change in Strategy Implementation in Public Universities in Kenya:a Case Study of the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2006-10)Organizations find themselves constantly implementing changes in order to align themselves with the increasingly turbulent environment and to meet their objectives, and the Public Universities are no exception. Some of ... -
Responses by AAR Credit Services Ltd to Changes in the Environment
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Liberalisation and globalisation of world economies have caused turbulence in the business environment.Hitherto protected organisations have found themselves in an unfamiliar trading environment.Their past operational ... -
Impact of Participative Management and Employee Services on Labour Productivity: a Case Study
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Human Resource Information Systems,human Resource Management Practices,differentiation Strategy and Competitive Advantage of Firms Listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Sustainable competitive advantage has become a major area of study in Human Resourcec Management (HRM). Many organisations have deployed human resource information systems to achieve efficiency,effectiveness and competitive ... -
The Relationship Between Technology Strategy and Competitive Performance in the Telephony Industry in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Technology ha been used extensively by many organizations to acquire a competitive advantage over the competition. The gap in the study and particularly basing in the Kenyan market environment is whether there really ... -
An Empirical Investigation Into the Relationship Between Trading Volume and Stock Returns of Companies Quoted at the NSE
(University of Nairobi, 2005-08)The relationship between trading volume and stock returns is a complex one which, when understood properly, can lead to many insights in financial theory, in particular the Random walk theory, and efficient market ... -
The Influence of Condom Positioning Strategies Adopted by Population Services International (Psi) on Behavoiur Change Among University of Nairobi Students
(University of Nairobi, 2008-10)The objective of the study was to establish the extent to which positioning strategies of condoms by Population services International (PSI) result to sustained behaviour change among students (regular) at the School of ... -
An empirical investigation into the relationship between stock prices and the number of shareholders of firms quoted at the NSE.
(University of Nairobi, 2006)Empirical investigations on stock markets traditionally focus primarily on stock prices and their behavior over time. Based on the available set of information about a company, its stock price reflects investor's ... -
A Study Into How Project Management Technique Are Utilised in Social Projects (a Comparison Between Canadian and Kenyan Project)
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Social Responsibility and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005-06)Society is increasingly viewing businessmen as trustees and as such, they must be responsible for balancing a variety of demands and rights of all stakeholders, rather than enhancing the wealth of a few claimants. One ... -
Beta Co-efficient as a Measure of Risk of the Common Shares Listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 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 unsystematic ... -
Evaluating the information content of stock dividend announcements: The case of Companies quoted at the Nairobi stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2004-04)Despite their longevity, splits have long puzzled finance theorists. After all, splits are at one level only cosmetic change, slicing the same pie into smaller pieces but not changing an investors fractional ownership of ... -
Response Strategies of Safaricom Limited to Macro Environmental Changes
(University of Nairobi, 2011-11)Organizations operate within an external environment. Firms can only prosper if they are well aligned within the external environment. There are major external and uncontrollable factors that influence an organization's ... -
Strategic planning practices by non governmental organizations in West Pokot
(2011-10)The objective of this study was to determine the strategic planning practices by the non Governmental organizations ( GO ) operating in West Pokot district. The research design was a survey of five NGO operating in West ... -
Investment Strategies of Investment Companies in Kenya: a Case of ICDC Investment Company Limited (ICDC)
(University of Nairobi, 2003-10)The study was conducted to establish the investment strategies adopted by ICDC over the five year period ended 2002 and their impact on performance of the company.