Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Potential for Women Fish Traders to Upgrade within the Fish Trade Value Chain: Evidence from Kenya
(DBA Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)Fishing is an important economic activity in Kenya which provides employment, income and food to a significant share of Kenyan population particularly the local community around Lake Victoria. Over the last decade the ... -
Outsourcing Practice And Performance Of Mobile Telephone Service Providers In Nigeria
(DBA, Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)The aim of this study is to find out the effects of outsourcing practice on performance of mobile telephone providers. Purposes of the study are to investigate if outsourcing practice of mobile providers result in ... -
Top Management Team Diversity, Involvement Culture & Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)The study of the effect of Top Management Team (TMT) diversity on organization performance produces mixed results. This study investigated the effect of involvement culture on the relationship between TMT diversity and ... -
Perceived Factors affecting Performance Management among Local Authorities in Kenya: A Case of the City Council of Nairobi
(DBA Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)Organizations are investing ever-increasing amounts of resources into performance management though it is still not clear what they can expect in return or how this might influence the likelihood of positive system ... -
The Influence of Firm Capabilities on the Internationalisation and Performance of Publicly Quoted Companies in Kenya
(DBA, Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)This research is based on an integrated theoretical approach. Internationalisation theory is integrated with the resource based view, and a theoretical model is developed that examines the influence of firm capabilities ... -
Capacity Utilization: The Forgotten Secret in Trading Out Poverty
(DBA, Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)Policy makers, academics and practitioners see economic growth as the secret behind the high standards of living worldwide. The ingredients that go into economic growth are still being debated, the only reason few countries ... -
Mitigating African Conflicts Through Securitization of Development
(DBA, Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)The 1990s introduced profound shifts in the realm of peace and security in Africa. With the demise of the Cold War, the East-West tension eased considerably. South Africa and Namibia installed democratically elected ... -
Factors Affecting Consumer Perception Of Kenyan Manufactured Fast Moving Consumer Goods In The East African Community: A Case of Laundry Detergents Products
(DBA, Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting consumer perception of Kenyan manufactured fast moving goods in East African Community (EAC), a case of laundry detergents products. The study was guided ... -
Forecasting Patient Needs in a Donor Funded Health Care Project in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)Forecasts are crucial for practically all economic and business decisions. The focus of this research paper is in the area of forecasting. The research approach adopted is a case study of the Nutrition and HIV Program ... -
Comparisons of Performance of Traditional And Labour-Only Procurement In Construction Projects In Nigeria
(DBA Africa Management ReviewSchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-08)Two procurement methods of Traditional and Labour-only are investigated and compared for performance. Labour-only procurement is recently thought to offer cheaper, better and quality projects than Traditional method for ... -
Encyclopaedia of African Literature
(University of NairobiDepartment of literature and language, 2003)