Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The Strategic Responses by the Kenya Television Network to Changes in Its External Environment
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Organizations are environment dependent .They operate within an environment that is constantly presenting new opportunities and threats. Successful companies take an outside view of their business .They understand the ... -
Factors Influencing the Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility of Financial Institutions in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2006)The Banking industry in Kenya is governed by the Companies Act, the Banking Act, the Central Bank of Kenya Act and the various prudential guidelines issued by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). The banking sector was liberalized ... -
Perceived Effects Of Occupational Stress On Employee Job Performance Among Non Teaching Staff At The University Of Nairobi.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-10)Stress in organizations is a wide-spread phenomenon with far-reaching practical and economic consequences. High levels of stress come at a high cost to organizations as growing stress levels greatly affect employee ... -
Logistics Outsourcing Practices Among Tea Processing Firms In Kericho County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Logistics outsourcing is currently viewed as a globally accepted best business practice. Through outsourced logistics organizations can improve; customer service, cut down costs, minimize risk, increase competitive advantage ... -
Determinants of Capital Structure: a Review of the Evidence
(University of Nairobi, 2007)One of the key unresolved issues in the field of finance is whether capital structure is a relevant input into the value of the firm. In addition, what are the key determinants of capital structure and why do these variables ... -
Financial Innovations and Financial Inclusion: the Case of Mobile Money Transfer Among the Urban Poor in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011-10)The main objective of this paper was to examine the factors determining access to financial services for the urban poor of Kibera slums, with an intentional bias towards mobile money transfer services. Being a Binary ... -
A Survey Of Market Segmentation Practices Used By Life Insurance Companies In Kenya
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Factors Which Affect Brand Loyalty of Mobile Money Transfer Services, Among Consumers of South B Residential Area.
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Mobile money transfer services are one of the major innovations in both money transfer and communications industry. The service that was first introduced in year 2007 has grown tremendously. It allows people to carry their ... -
Employee Perceptions of Factors Affecting Productivity at the Aga Khan University Hospital,Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2011)The objective of the study was to determine the perceptions of factors that affect employee productivity at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. The study sought to establish the extent to which categories of given ... -
The Relationship Between House Prices And Real Estate Financing In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012-10)In many countries, house price fluctuations which have been witnessed by the several booms and busts over the past two decades have been associated with financial instability. The degree to which such house price booms and ... -
Competitive Strategies Among Tour Operators in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2008)Although tourism industry in Kenya faces a myriad of challenges emanating from the external environment such as competition from other countries with tourist attraction sites such as South Africa, tour operators in Kenya ... -
Capacity Forecasting at Kenyan Airports
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Planning for growth in capacity requires accurate prediction of future volume data. Airports, like other national facilities requires good knowledge of both economic and social trends that is currently undergoing in a ... -
Relationship Between Service Design and Service Quality the Case of High End Fast Food Restaurants in Nairobi (Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2008)Service design and development is one of the aspects that lead to competitiveness in business. Service design includes both the development of a service concept and the design a system through which it is delivered. The ... -
An Assessment of the Impact of International Aid on Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries P
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The Relationship Between Credit Evaluation And Non-performing Loans In Commercial Banks In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Most of the commercial bank failures in Kenya are caused by non-performing loans. Arrears for the affected client firms form more than half the loan portfolios which are typical of the failed banks. Many of the bad debts ... -
The Effects of the Automation of Customs Process on the Export of Bulk Petroleum Products From Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of the automation of customs processes on the exportation of hulk petroleum products from Kenya as implemented by the Kenya Revenue Authority in 2005Thc researcher carried ... -
Performance Of Initial Public Offerings: The Evidence From Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University Of Nairobi, 2008)Numerous studies have documented three anomalies in the pricing of initial public offerings (IPOs) of common stock: (1) the (short-run) under pricing phenomenon. (2) the "hot issue" market phenomenon and, (3) the long run ... -
An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Financial Performance in Real Estate Development by Government Enterprises: a Case Study of National Housing Corporation
(University of Nairobi, 2011)The study has tried to explain the determinants of financial performance of NHC based on several factors which were firm and government based. The data used was derived from the projects undertaken for a period of six ... -
The Strategic Response To Social Changes By Catholic Secondary Schools In The Archdiocese Of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)According to Pearce and Robinson (1991) strategic responses are the set of decisions and actions that result in the formulation and implementation of plans designed to achieve a firm's objectives. It is thus a reaction ...
