University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Strategic Change and Choice of Change Agency at Commercial Bank of Africa in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Strategic change is a result of the need to be or to continue to be more competitive. Strategic change can be an award winning success or utter failure due to one reason or the other. Many reasons have been found for ... -
Management of bacterial wilt of tomato by use of resistant rootstock
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) is a devastating disease of tomato that is quickly spreading and causing reduction in yield and income to farmers in Kenya. The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness ... -
Employee empowerment practices and performance of commercial banks in Kenya
(2014)Employee empowerment is a philosophy associated with real benefits for an organization. The banking sector is Human Capital Intensive since it relies heavily on its employees to offer services to its clients. Employee ... -
Determinants of outsourcing decisions in county governments in Kenya
(2014)county governments in Kenya. The study was guided by two specific objectives these are to establish the status of outsourcing practices in county governments in Kenya and to establish the determinants of outsourcing ... -
Determinants of Mobile Banking Revenues: a Case Study of Cooperative Bank of Kenya
(2014)This study investigated the determinants of mobile banking revenues in Kenya focusing on cooperative bank of Kenya as a case study. The study had four objectives namely; to determine the relationship between the number ... -
Maturity Models and Benchmarking of Ict Services Among Ministry of Agriculture Parastatals
(2014-11-27)The objectives of this study was to produce and test a simple questionnaire based maturity model that can be used in assessing ICT services maturity in Ministry of Agriculture parastatals. In addition, the study was to ... -
Energy Efficiency and Operational Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Energy is a critical input to the social economic development of anynation as well as to the protection of the nation’s environment. It fuels to industry, commerce, Transportation, agriculture and other economic activities. ... -
The Relationship Between Free Cash Flows and Stock Returns of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Nairobi Securities Exchange has experienced numerous agency conflicts especially among shareholders and management. Free cash flow theory proposes the reduction of free cash flows through debt and dividend payout to ... -
Application of Critical Success Factors and Performance of Gulf African Bank Limited in Kenya
(2014)There is abundant literature describing the performance of organizations based on strategy and competencies. Performance as a dependent variable can be explained by the focus on the extent of application of CSFs being ... -
Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in ambulant patients with Type 2 diabetes attending diabetes clinics at Kenyatta national hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Thyroid disease and Diabetes are two common endocrinopathies found in the general population. Thyroid disease is a pathological state which can adversely affect Diabetes control and contribute to negative patient outcomes. ... -
Strategic Change Management and Performance at National Bank of Kenya Limited
(2014)Successful organizations recognize the importance of strategy as a tool in management and realize that their survival is dependent on a how well they adopt new strategies or enhance existing strategies in an attempt to ... -
The determinants of health care seeking and by passing of health care facilities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)According to the Constitution of Kenya (2010) and the Kenya vision 2030, everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of health. In light of this, the health policy expects to make the realization of the ... -
Security in health workforce information systems: a case of regulatory human resource information system
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The health workforce distribution, efficiency and competence are a major concern in health care delivery in Kenya. A well designed health workforce information system can inform policy making to a great extent. However, ... -
The Effect of Corporate Governance on the Performance of State Corporations in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)Corporate governance is a concept that involves practices that entail the organization of management and control of companies. It reflects the interaction among those persons and groups, which provide resources to the ... -
Loanword adaptation in Boro-Ukwala dialect of Dholuo: a case of borrowing from Lumarachi,Lunyala and Kiswahili
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study seeks to investigate and establish loanwords in the Boro- Ukwala (B-U) dialect of Dholuo from the Luhya group of Lumarachi and Lunyala B who neighbour the speakers of B-U dialect of Dholuo. The study further ... -
Phytoremediation of polychlorobiphenyls (PCB’s) in landfill e-waste leachate with water hyacinth (E.Crassipes)
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The presence of e-waste in a landfill can release persistent organic pollutants (POPs) including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), into the environment. PCBs are a family of more than 200 chemical compounds (congeners), ... -
Liability of government hospitals
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The Effects of Earnings on Dividend Policy of Firms Listed at the Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)The main aim of this paper is to investigate on the effects of earnings on dividend policy of firms listed at the Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange. Dividend policy has been analyzed for many decades which refers to the issue ... -
The relationship between credit risk management and the financial performance of micro-finance institutions in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)
