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The Determinants of Interest Rates Spreads Among Commercial Banks Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
In Kenya, there is a widespread perception that interest rate spread is too wide. Banks, on the other hand, have justified the wide interest rate spread on the basis of some economic variables that affect the banks. This ...
Alcohol Abuse As A Risk Factor In Hiv Infections In Kiambu County, Central Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)
The study concerned itself with the perceptions of alcohol abuse as a risk factor in HIV infections in Kiambu County, central Kenya. The study centred on two specific objectives; the first one was to assess the association ...
The Effect of Financial Innovations on Risk Management by Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)
The rapid rate of change in the financial sector no doubt calls for an assessment of the
efficacy of risk management systems of financial institutions on one hand and devising
appropriate regulatory responses to the ...
The Effect of Interest Rate Volatility on Money Demand in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)
Studies have shown that interest rate volatility has the potential to affect the economic performance and monetary policy decisions of a country through the effect on demand for money. A factor that increases the demand ...
Influence of Adoption of Strategic Management Practices on Performance by Technology Startup Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Strategic management is a major contributor to the success of any organization. It is not limited to larger companies or organization in specific sectors but to all. Due to the advances in technology and the opportunities ...
Challenges Facing Gender Mainstreaming in the Kenya Prisons Service
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The study was carried out in the prisons department in the Central Region of Kenya. Central region has got 15 prisons; 4 women prisons and 11male prisons (KPS 2015). All prisons in the Central Region of Kenya were covered. ...
Challenges of Strategy Implementation in a Devolved Government System: a Study of Kenya Rural Roads Authority
(University of Nairobi, 2015-10)
A myriad of factors can potentially affect the process by which strategic plans are turned
into organizational action (Noble 1999). Noble argues that it is not surprising that, after a
comprehensive strategy or single ...
The Relationship Between Dynamic Capability and Performance in Shipping Industry in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Dynamic capabilities help units extend, modify, and reconfigure their existing
operational capabilities into new ones that better match their changing
environment. Global competition, technological advances and changing ...
The Effect of Stock Splits on Stock Returns of Firms Listed at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Stock split is an action by which a company lowers the face value of its stocks,
simultaneously increasing the number of outstanding shares, but keeping the
company's total capital base intact. Over the years the ...
Quality Management Systems and Coffee Quality in Small Scale Coffee Sub-sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Quality management systems are developed for use as a management technique to communicate
to employees what is required to produce desired quality of products and services and to
influence employees‟ actions to complete ...