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Six-Sigma Enablers And Service Quality Of Commercial Banks In Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)The banking industry in Kenya has always faced numerous challenges with many banks struggling to stay afloat. Stiff competition in the banking industry, increased cost of operations leading to diminished profits, rapid ... -
Size and profitability of banks in Kenya
(University of UniversitySchool of Business, 2012)The main purpose behind establishment of every business is to make profit. For the achievement of this objective various factors facilitates ease of attain it, size of the business being one of the main factors. Banks as ... -
The size effect at the Nairobi stock exchange (nse) An empirical investigation
(School of business,University of Nairobi, 2003)The size effect is one of the best known academic market anomalies. There have been a considerable number of empirical studies that have found a relationship between equity returns and the size of a firm. Collaborating ... -
The Size, Earnings and the Leverage of Agricultural Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2014)Financing viable business project is an issue that each and every financial manager poses to think seriously about to enable them carry it out in a way that will enable the firm maximize its return. This has therefore ... -
Slaves Fugitives, and Freedmen on the Kenya Coast, 1873-1907
(1976)In the late nineteenth century African slaves played an important role in the major economic, social, religious, and political developments on the Kenya coast. Procured from Zanzibar, Kilwa, and later the Kenya interior, ... -
Slaying the Corruption Dragon With Bare Hands: a Case for Granting Prosecutorial Powers to Kenya's Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)The study begins by acknowledging that corruption is not a new phenomenon in Kenya. As early as 1956, The Colonial Administration saw it fit to put in place a legislative framework for fighting corruption through the ... -
Slum Dwellers' Response to Free Primary Education: a Case Study of Kibera Slum, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)It has been a government development agenda since 1963, to wipe out ignorance, illiteracy and disease. Thus realization of universal basic education has been identified as a pillar; the most powerful instruments for reducing ... -
Slum Upgrading Programs in Kenya: Performance of Kiberasoweto Upgrading Project, Nairobi.
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Small and medium enterprises in regionalism: a comparative study of Kenya and Rwanda
(2014-09)The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) dominate private sector enterprises in all the East African States. The SME sector in the region is considered as the engine of economic growth. The sector requires to be supported ... -
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Nairobi East Tax District
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In this study the researcher sought to explore the different factors that determine tax payers’ compliance in Nairobi East Tax District. Using a linear regression probit model the researcher found some similarities and ... -
Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in Central Kenya: Structure, Role and Location
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Small and Micro Enterprises Adoption of ICT for Competitive Advantage in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2017)ICT has been viewed as the driver for both the countries that have developed and those that are developing. Due to the increased competition and the need to enter the global market and remain relevant, most businesses have ... -
Small Enterprise in Nairobi: Golden Opportunity or Dead End?
(University of Nairobi,, 1988)This study, based on interviews of 248 owners of small-scale manufacturing businesses in Nairobi, Kenya, explores the potential of small enterprise to contribute to economic development. Set within the context of an ongoing ... -
Small firm effect on stock market returns at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The study sought to investigate the existence of small firm effect at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The secondary data for analysis was gathered from the firms listed at the NSE. The listed stocks were divided into 4 ... -
Small holder food production: A geographical analysis of maize production in Rongo division, South Nyanza district
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Geography, 1990)This study is an investigation of small-scale maize production in Rongo Division, south-Nyanza District, Western Kenya. It is an attempt to analyse the factors responsible for spatial variations in maize yield, field ... -
Small holder household labour allocation in food production: a case study of Ikolomani Division, Kakamega District.
(Department of Arts geography, 1996)This study was based on Ikolomani Division of Kakamega District in Western Kenya. It deals with a rural part of Kenya where the standards of farming are still low and the majority of the farmers ... -
Small scale business loan repayment performance in Kenya: a study in the East lands regions of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)A large number of Kenya's total population earns their living from income received from small scale businesses. Businesses depend mainly on stock of goods to be sold. These, however, are not enough to expand businesses. ... -
Small Scale Industries in Rural Areas:a Study of Informal Metal Work Enterprises in Bunyore, Vihiga District
(University of Nairobi,Department of sociology, 2001)This work is about the informal metal work sector, popularly known as the Jua kali sector, in rural areas. The study sought to establish the social characteristics of entrepreneurs ... -
The small size effect in the Kenyan stock market: An empirical study
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2004)The objective of this research project was to determine whether the small size effect is experienced in the local stock market, The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). The small size effect, also called the size anomaly, is a ... -
Small-holder Farmers Against the State in a Liberalized Market Economy: a Case Study of the Boycott by Mwea Irrigation Scheme
(University of Nairobi,, 2003)The study's main objective was to investigate the existing problems at the Mwea Irrigation Scheme that contributer to the farmers violent severing of their links with the National Irrigation Board. The study therefore ...
