Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Federalism as an Instrument for Peace and Reconstruction: the Case of Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Somalia has been exceptionally prone to disputes over representation, making it difficult to identify representatives at the negotiating table who are both legitimate and authoritative. Somalia’s susceptibility to political ... -
The impact of conflicts in the horn of Africa a case study of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The Horn of Africa has witnessed many incidences of violent conflicts in the last few decades as compared to any other part of the world. Conflict and instability trends in the Horn of Africa make the region one of the ... -
Challenges of Implementation of Derivatives Related Strategy Concept at the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)In today’s ever changing environment, the major determinant of an organisation’s success is the implementation of its strategic plans. Strategy implementation is the process that turns plans and strategies into actions ... -
Markovian application to product switching in Kenya’s hotel industry: a survey of shower gel and guests’ soap
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Product switching is the process of changing from the routine use of one product or brand to steady use of another but similar one. Previous studies on product switching have not looked at the concept in the hotel industry ... -
The gender perspectives of Somali refugees in Eastleigh, Nairobi City County, on repatriation to their Country
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This study was carried out, in Eastleigh, which is a suburb within Kamukunji Constituency, Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study examined the attitudes of the Somali refugees in that area regarding their impending repatriation ... -
Operations management practices and perceived service quality a case study of Kenya sugar industry
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Globalization and rapid technological developments have contributed to industries adopting new tools and techniques to produce goods and services through excellence in operations management practices, to compete and survive ... -
A discrete time analysis of export duration in Kenya: 1995 - 2014
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)The scarcity of studies on export duration in Kenya provide the drive of this study. It looks at the determinants of export duration in Kenya in a discrete-time model. Using HS-6 digit export product-level data between ... -
The role of women in conflict management: an assessment of Naboisho conservancy in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)This study contends that on one hand, cultural effects and the absence of appropriate policies in Kenya and within conservancies which protect women‟s rights handicaps their participation in decision making. However, on ... -
The Impact of Pension Savings Scheme on Kenya's Investment Growth - an Empirical Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)The accumulation of physical capital has long been linked to growth by various theories of Growth and development. In his well-established empirical fact (Kuznets, 1973), draws strong association between investment ratios ... -
Public procurement process in Kenya: a review of its performance in the University of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)In the past decades, the public procurement system in Kenya has undergone significant developments. From being a system with no regulations in the 1960s, and a system regulated by Treasury Circulars in the 1970s, 1980s ... -
Challenges of corporate restructuring at lake basin development authority, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Organizations are being faced with rapidly and constantly changing technologies, customer expectations, rules and regulations. This means that the same organizations have to constantly change the way they operate in order ... -
The effect of dividend pay out on the share prices of firms listed at the Nairobi securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)This study attempts to explain the effect of dividend payout on share prices of companies listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. A census of all the 64 listed companies from the Nairobi Securities Exchange was examined ... -
The role of regional organizations in peacemaking in Africa: A case study of the intergovernmental authority on development (IGAD), in Somalia.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Violent conflicts and resultant humanitarian tragedies in large parts of the world remain to be blight in human life that even the United Nations' still feels incapable to address this area effectively. This led to the ... -
Effects of economic liberalization on trade unions: a case study of the Kenya plantation and agricultural workers union, 1980-1998.
(2015)This study endeavored to assess the effects of economic liberalization on trade unionism in Kenya, with the specific reference to the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers‟ Union (KPAWU). It interrogated the effectiveness ... -
Effects of working capital centralization on the cash flows of listed manufacturing companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)The objective of the study was to establish the effect of centralization of working capital management on the cash flows of quoted manufacturing companies in Kenya. Secondary data was collected from published financial ... -
The Announcement Effect of Capital Gains Tax on Stock Performance at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Shareholders returns are in form of dividends issued and the capital gains realized from the sale of investments. Capital gains tax is levied on the capital gains realised by investors on sale or transfer of chargeable ... -
The effects of education on economic growth in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The key reason for carrying out this research was to offer a response to the fundamental question as to whether education at different levels and economic growth in Kenya have a relationship and if so, how significant ... -
Adoption of institutional repositories in dissemination of scholarly information in universities in Kenya with reference to united states international university Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2015)World over universities and colleges are increasingly adopting institutional repositories in order to effectively communicate scholarly output. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of adoption of institutional ... -
Challenges of the implementation of business process outsourcing strategy at the East African Portland cement company ltd in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)In the current rapidly changing competitive business environment, organizations endeavors to outperform one another. Thus the company must deliver greater value to customers or create a comparable value at lower cost or ... -
Influence of relationship marketing on competitiveness among commercial banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)This research project was aimed at studying the influence of relationship marketing on the growth in the commercial banks in Kenya. This study was a cross-sectional survey undertaken among the commercial banks in Kenya. ...
