University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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The Extent of Adoption of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices Among Cement Manufacturing Companies in Machakos County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)The adoption of strategic human resource management practices enables strategic decisions to be made by management that have major and long term impact on behavior, profitability and success of the organization. This is ... -
A Survey of Capital Budgeting Techniques Applied by Sugar Companies in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Capital budgeting is one of the most important factors in the process of corporate decision making. Capital budgeting models have been and continue to remain the predominant means for evaluating and selecting amongst ... -
Challenges Faced by Kenya Sugar Board in Implementing Strategy on Service Delivery to Sugar Cane Millers in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012-10)A company’s strategy is management’s action plan for running the business and conducting its operations. Strategy on service delivery is thus an important element of this management process. For global business market ... -
The Relationship Between Institutional Ownership and Proceeds of Rights Issues of Listed Firms at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
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Competitive Strategies Employed by Equity Bank Limited in Agency Banking in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012-11)One of the primary impediments to providing financial services to the poor through branches and other bank-based delivery' channels is the high costs inherent in thes traditional banking methods. When financial service ... -
Determinants Of Capital Structure: Evidence From The Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Capital structure decisions are at the core of modem finance thinking. Capital structure decisions offer opportunities to create value for shareholders, yet these opportunities are often neglected because of difficulties ... -
Strategic Responses by National Social Security Fund to Competition From Other Pension Funds in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011-11)Organizations operate within an environment that influences its business operations positively or negatively depending on the nature of its business. The environment is not only dynamic but also turbulent, discontinuous ... -
Product Innovation As A Competitive Strategy In Barclays Bank Of Kenya Limited
(University of Nairobi, 2011-09)The banking industry has remained relatively constant over the past several decades; however liberalized domestic regulation, intensified internal competition, rapid innovations in new financial instrument, the growth ... -
Challenges in Strategic Planning in the Dairy Cooperatives in Kiambu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)The aim of the research project was to investigate if the dairy cooperative societies in the Kiambu County practice strategic planning and the challenges they faced in strategic planning. The study population consisted ... -
Resistance of Escherichia Cdli From Urinary Tract Infections:- a Study on Wintomylon and Co-trimoxazole Student
(University of Nairobi, 1979)The research use conducted to Btudy the resistance of Escheclchia coll from urinary tract Infections to both Co-trimaxazole and Uintomylon. The specimens mere collected from the Kenyatta National Hospital and as such the ... -
Impact of Corporate Governance Practice on Financial Performance of the Banking Industry in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012-11)Due to the increased interest in corporate governance adherence by stakeholders and regulatory bodies of corporations in Kenya, the area has been of keen interest to scholars also. This study aimed at establishing the ... -
Inter Annual Variability of Onset and Cessation of the Long Rains in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study examined the spatial and temporal variability of the onset and cessation of long rains (MAM). The daily rainfall data used in the study was obtained from the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD. Both graphical ... -
Effects of Rainfall on Malaria Occurrences in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In this paper, we analyze data on malaria prevalence in Kenya and investigate if there are incidences of malaria in areas formerly not prone to malaria infection. It is hoped that the findings of this study shall be used ... -
Aerosol optical depth patterns associated with urbanization and weather in Nairobi and Lamu
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The massive increase in emissions of air pollution due to economic and industrial growth over the last century has made air pollution an environmental problem throughout the world. This study investigated the spatial-temporal ... -
Investigating the Homogeneity of Monthly Rainfall Records in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Homogenization of climate data is of major importance because non-climatic factors make avail-able data unrepresentative of the actual climate variation, and thus the conclusions of climatic and hydrological studies are ... -
The Relationship Between Financial Performance and Leverage of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-10)This research project undertook to study the relationship between financial performance and leverage of firms listed continuously at the Nairobi Securities Exchange for a six year period between 2006 and 2011. Financial ... -
Comparative Evaluation of Sucrose and Povidone as Binders for Sodium Salicylate Tablet Formulations
(University of Nairobi, 1986-06)This project was particularly intended for comparison of effectiveness and suitability of two different binders namely sucrose and povidone on the tablet characteristics and physical stability with time. The wet granulation ...
