Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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How to exploit scholarly resources on the net
(Library Department, 2009)The internet (Net) has an enormous amount of scholarly information due to information explosion and advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). However, it has been observed that it is not easy for someone ... -
The economics of shoe shining in Nairobi
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The effect of education on the timing of marriage in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies, University of Nairobi, 2005)This paper investigates the effect of education on the timing of marriage among Kenyan women and the relative effects of education across generations of women. Data used is drawn from the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health ... -
Effects of selected corporate governance characteristics on firm performance: empirical evidence from Kenya
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2011)This paper examines the interrelations among ownership, board and manager characteristics and firm performance in a sample of 54 firms listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). These governance characteristics, designed ... -
Project procurement systems in the attainment of sustainable construction
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2000)The construction industry makes a vital contribution to the social and economic development of every country, but, at the same time, its building sector has major impacts on the environment. Construction is a major consumer ... -
The effect of protest zeros on estimates of willingness to pay in healthcare contingent valuation analysis
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)'Protest zeros' occur when respondents reject some aspect of the contingent valuation (CV) market scenario by reporting a zero value even though they place a positive value on the amenity being valued. This is inevitable ... -
Gender Inequality in Kenya: Gender Inequality in Agricultural Households in Kenya: An Economic Analyis
(Population studies, 2010)N/A -
Human capital externalities and private returns to education in Kenya
(Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 2006)We use survey data of full-time workers in Kenya to analyse the effect of human capital externalities on earnings and private returns to education. The estimation results show that education human capital generally associates ... -
Evolving sales taxation in Tanzania and Kenya
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 1990)No abstract -
'Planning for Neutral Money Supply in African Economies with Special Application to Kenya'
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 1993)'Planning for Neutral Money Supply in African Economies with Special Application to Kenya' -
Introduction to May 1996 Plenary Session The Political Economy and Effects of Macroeconomic Policies
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 1997)No abstract -
Can Africa's saving collapse be reversed?
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2000)Private saving in Sub-Saharan Africa declined from more than 11 percent of disposable income in the 1970s to less than 8 percent in the 1980s and only partially recovered (to less than 9 percent) in the 1990s. This article ... -
Engaging men who have sex with men in operations research in Kenya
(Institute of Anthropology, Gender & African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2009-11)Research on men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa is severely constrained. This paper examines the process of engaging MSM in research in a context where same-sex relationships are criminalised and socially stigmatised. ... -
Relationship between inflation and dividend payout for companies listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Prime Journal of Business Administration & Management (BAM)School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-04-22)Earlier studies conducted have a mixed opinion on the effect of inflation on dividend payout. Due to the nominal increase in the volumes of money, which result from the increase in inflation, at least for a short run, ... -
Supporting Entrepreneurship Education in East Africa
(School of Business, University of NairobiDean Plymouth Business School, United Kingdom, 2013-02)The University of Nairobi School of Business and Plymouth University Business School were commissioned by the UK Department for International Development to assess the capacity of business schools and other institutions ... -
Adjustment and liberalization in Kenya: the financial and foreign exchange markets
(Journal of International Development, ,School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 1999)The paper analyses the impact of liberalization on two key and interrelated markets in Kenya, the financial and the foreign exchange markets. It is shown that the inflation profile changes with exchange rate policy, interest ... -
Capital financing behaviour: evidence from firms listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(School of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2008)This study investigates the determinants of capital structure for a sample of 22 firms listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange during the period 1991–1999. Reduced form equations derived from the static trade-off model and ... -
The choice of a mediator in Internationalised conflict; a case study of Kenya in the Sudan North-South mediation peace process:2000-2005
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi, 2009)Kenya continued to pursue duality of hosting the talks while supporting SPLM/A to the point of facilitating the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). This anchors our interest in this peace mediation process ... -
The future of organizations
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-04)Dominant forces of the last century, developments in science and technology, the presence of ideological rigidities and the complexity of organizational environment will continually shape the future. Developments in human ...
