School of Business: Recent submissions
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Business process outsourcing as a strategic decision and performance of Coca Cola Kenya Limited
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The aim of the study was to establish how business process outsourcing enhances performance of Coca Cola Kenya Limited in Kenya. This study adopted a case study design for the Coca Cola Kenya Study Unit. This research ... -
Organizational Strategy and Culture co-alignment, external environment and performance of large private Health Facilities in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)While strategy implementation represents one of the ways by which organizations achieve their goals and objectives, strategy alone may not significantly influence performance. It may need to be complemented with culture ... -
Effect of Use of Debt Financing on the Solvency Position of Non-financial Public Listed Firms in Kenya
(university of Nairobi, 2020)Business continuity is very critical and is a concern for every business stakeholder. There are several indicators of the business continuity but solvency position is a good estimator and predictor of a company’s ability ... -
Effect of Human Resource Management Practices on Retention of Millennial Work Force at Consolidated Bank of Kenya Limited
(university of Nairobi, 2020)Employee retention practices particularly in the last decade became largely effective because they focused more on older generational cohorts like baby-boomers who preferred to remain in the same job for life. Consequently, ... -
Remittance Inflows and Educational outcomes in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The impact of remittance on educational outcomes is of interest since human capital development may break the generation to generation transmission of poverty through higher incomes in the future. Therefore, this paper ... -
Enterprise Risk Management and Firm Performance Amongst Financial Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2020)In the recent past, there has been an approach to risk management where risk is consolidated and managed for the entire organization at once unlike previously where risk were managed per departments or per projects. ... -
Influence of International Donor Funding Strategy on Poverty Alleviation: a Case of Technoserve Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The objective of the study was to examine influence of international donor funding strategy on poverty alleviation: a case of Technoserve Kenya. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The study targeted ... -
Influence of working capital management on profitability of flour milling companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Effective working capital management is critical for organizational growth. This study examined the influence of working capital management on profitability of flour milling firms in Kenya. The study explored how cash ... -
Strategic management practices and performance of Hotels in Kabarnet Town, Baringo County of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Strategic management remains a key tool for firms to steer them through turbulent and competitive business environment. Organizations can only deliver superior and sustained performance in such environment through adopting ... -
Effect of Financial Literacy on Financial Decision of the Youth at Youth Enterprise Development Fund in Mombasa County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The purpose of the study was to examine financial literacy effect on financial decisions among Youth at Youth Development Enterprise Fund in Mombasa County. The theoretical framework of the study comprised of the dual ... -
Effect of Rail Freight Transportation on Operational Performance of Logistics Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The study’s general objective was to establish the relationship between rail freight transportation and operational performance. There is an increasing demand for delivery of smaller units in higher frequency across the ... -
Service Quality and Operational Performance of Registered Auto Garages in Mombasa County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The purpose of this study was to establish the effect of service quality practices on operational performance of auto-garage in Mombasa, Kenya. The study sought to achieve two objectives: To determine the extent of ... -
The Effect Of Loan Quality On The Financial Performance Of Commercial Banks In Kenya
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Influence Of Financial Risk Management On Financial Perfomance Among Small Medium Enterprises In Mavoko Constituency, Machakos County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The study sought to establish the Influence of financial risk management on financial performance of SMEs in Mavoko Constituency, Machakos County. The study adopted a descriptive design of research and a target population ... -
Enhancing Governance of Water Resources for Improved Uptake of on-farm Water Storage Technology Among Smallholder Irrigators in Tsavo Sub-catchment, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Innovations are vital to achieving sustainable water futures. However, the extent to which they can be adopted is subject to actions and interactions among institutions and stakeholders across governing levels. This study ... -
Effect of Technological Innovations on the value of manufacturing firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2020)A major assumption that many studies on improvement of operations is that innovations adoption is directly related to improvements in firm value. The success of many firms is mainly dependent on efficient operational ... -
Effect of Mobile Phone Based Loans on Performance of Small and Midium Size Enterprises in Kisumu County
(University of Nairobi, 2020)More than 60% of small and medium enterprises collapse before their fifth birthday and among the prominent reason for collapse is lack of capital or cash flow problems, yet the benefits of thriving small and medium ... -
Effect Of Circular Economy Practices On supply Chain Performance Of Chemical And Allied Sector Firms In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The study sought to determine how circular economy practices affect supply chain performance of chemical and allied companies in Kenya. It equally conducted an assessment of the challenges in adopting circular economy ... -
Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility And Stock Return Of Commercial Banks Listed In The Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Firms have strived to revamp their CSR initiatives with an aim of positively influencing societies and environments within which they do business. Firms that have actively engaged in CSR, social good and ethical business ... -
Entrepreneurial Training and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises Under Youth Employment Opportunities Project in Kisumu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Entrepreneurship training has been cited to promote innovativeness, risk taking, opportunity identification, business management, and technical skills development. This in turn leads to improvement in business performance. ...