Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Integrated Financial Management Information System Adoption and Public Procurement Performance in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The government of Kenya has for a long time been very much concerned over the persistent poor performance in financial management due to lack of reliable and timely information for decision making. A review by the Department ... -
The Weekend Effect on Stock Returns at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Scholars particularly in the field of finance have over the years sought to understand the factors affecting the security returns and how to mitigate these factors. The weekend effect being one of the anomalies is very ... -
Perceived effectiveness of e- recruitment in talent acquisition in the kenyan public service
(2015-11)In the rapidly changing global world economy, it’s important to keep pace with the competition and succeed. Today, one of the most crucial sources of competitive advantage is based on human resource efforts through attracting ... -
Marketing strategies, environmental dynamics and performance of banana small scale farmers in muranga and meru counties,kenya
(2015-10)The study objectives were to determine the effects of marketing strategies on the small scale farmers’ performance in the banana markets in Murang’a and Meru Counties. To determine the effect of environmental dynamics ... -
Operations Management Strategies and Mobile Phone Companies in Kenya: a Comparative Study of Safaricom and Airtel Kenya
(2015-11)In the past few years, the mobile industry has grown steadily outperforming other sections of the Kenya’s economy with an approximate growth rate of 20% annually. However, the industry is dominated by Safaricom with 67.1 ... -
The Low Share Price Effect on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2015)The low price effect is a phenomenon where low priced stocks significantly outperform the high priced stocks on a risk-adjusted basis. The objective of this study was to test the existence of the low share price effect ... -
The effect of mergers and acquisitions on the financial performance of oil firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)A Merger refers to the combination of two or more firms, in which the resulting firm maintains the identity of one of the firms, usually the larger. An acquisition, also known as a takeover or a buyout, is the buying of ... -
Board Performance Measurement Practices and Performance of Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies in Mombasa County
(2015-10)Performance of the board of directors of organizations has been of great concern in the business world today as we have lately had instances of corporate failures and company closures due to the lack of mechanisms to check ... -
The Effect of Education on Youth Employment in Kenya
(2015)The global youth unemployment rate is estimated at 12.6 per cent, with about 73 million young people being unemployed (ILO, 2013). In Kenya, it is established that youth unemployment rate has always been higher than total ... -
Contribution of Saccos’ to the Growth of Entrepreneurship in Kenya: a Case of Mwalimu National Sacco
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Entrepreneurship is emerging as a major contributor to enhanced economic development for any nation world over. It has assumed the importance for accelerating economic growth both in developed and developing countries ... -
Sustainable supply chain management incentives and operational performance of food franchising outlets in kenya
(2015)Food franchising outlets are facing rapid growth in markets such as Kenya and a concurrent need for sustainable supply chain management. The companies attempt to address supply risk and threats to the triple bottom line ... -
Influence of Human Resource Policies on the Police Performance (1963-2015): the Case of Nairobi Kenya
(2015-11)The study intended to investigate the strategies that can be employed in promoting the police performance in the Kenya National Police Service. The central research question was: “What is the influence of career development ... -
Challenges of the Implementation of Strategic Decisions in Bungoma County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Implementation of strategic decisions is critical to a company’s success. Strategic decisions are the chosen alternative that affects key factors which determine the success of an organization's strategy. Strategic ... -
Academic Integrity and Its Inference on Knowledge Sharing Among Postgraduate Students at the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of knowledge sharing on academic integrity among postgraduate students at the University of Nairobi. The study was guided by the following objectives: to find out factors ... -
The Effect of Social and Economic Factors on Food Security Amoung Smallholder Farmers in Kitui County: a Case Study of Kyuso Sub-county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study examines the effects of socio and economic factors on food security situation in Kitui County with Kyuso Sub-County as a case study. Kyuso Sub-county is semi-arid and is a typical dry land area. Frequent food ... -
The effect of finance shared service on financial performance of manufacturing firms listed at Nairobi security exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)Finance Shared services (FSS) entered the corporate environment in the early 1990’s as large decentralized firms sought to combine basic transactional processes such as payroll, purchasing and accounts payable, and sell ... -
The effect of over confidence bias on stock returns of companies listed at the nairobi securities exchange
(2015-08)The main objective of this study was to establish the effect of over confidence bias on stock returns of companies listed at the NSE. The target population of this study was the 64 companies listed at the NSE. To conduct ... -
The Effect of Corporate Diversification on Capital Structure of Firms Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Firms have to constantly review their strategies for them to remain competitive in the changing environment. Diversification is thus almost inevitable for firms with new entrants into the market threatening existing firms. ... -
Application of garman kohlhagen model in pricing of currency options in the Kenyan foreign exchange market
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)Currency options are derivative financial instruments that are used to hedge against foreign exchange rate exposure. All the international business transactions involve an exchange of one currency for another. Most ... -
The role of regional integration in combating terrorism in the horn of Africa:a case study of East African community (EAC)
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This research examines the role, ability and the potential of regional integrated bloc to respond to terrorism in EA, which has seen the region as theatre for the most heinous terrorists’ attacks in the sub-Saharan Africa. ...
