Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Title
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Testing the Validity of Capital Assest Pricing Model in Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of NairobiSchool of Business, 2013)There have been various innovation of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). These innovation are meant to redress the assumption of the CAPM in view of capturing the variability of the asset returns. Many attempts have ... -
TESTING THE WEAK-FORM EFFICIENCY OF THE NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGE MARKET
(UoN, 2018-11)In an efficient market, prices of securities always respond rapidly and accurately to new information because there are no delays in system facilitation of trading. The main purpose of the study was to test whether the ... -
Testing whether contrarian investment strategy offer profitable opportunity at Nairobi stock exchange
(Business Administration, 2005)Contrarian investment strategy i.e. the act of buying past losers and selling previous winners have been studied widely in developed markets such as the US, and UK. In spite of the importance of studying past performance, very ... -
Testing Whether Forward Exchange Rates Are Predictors of Future Spot Rates in Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of commerce, 2002-10)Prior studies indicate that the predictive power of forward exchange rates for future spot rates is weak. Fama (1976, 1984) conjectures that the low forecast power of the forward rates is due to a failure to control the ... -
Testing whether the price-earnings ratio is an Indicator of investment performance of ordinary Shares on the Nairobi stock exchange
(Business Administration, 1999)Investors constantly evaluate performance of different firms and their aim is to determine which firms are doing better so that they can invest their funds in them and which ones are deteriorating in performance so that ... -
Testing whether the price-earnings ratio is an indicator of investment performance of ordinary shares on the Nairobi stoke exchange.
(University of Nairobi,, 1999)Investors constantly evaluate performance of different firms and their aim is to determine which firms are doing better so that they can invest their funds in them and which ones are deteriorating in performance so that ... -
A text linguistic analysis of political speeches: A case study of Obama speeches
(Department of Linguistic and Languages, University of Nairobi, 2009-07)This study attempted an analysis of political rally speeches. It specifically focused on the standards of cohesion, coherence, acceptability and situationality of speeches delivered by the current US President, Barrack ... -
Textual function of style in advertising using women images in Kenyan magazines
(University of Nairobi,Department of Linguistics & Languages, 2004)This is a linguistic study that examines the advertising register in Kenya. It analyses the functional role of advertising language using Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar. Our data specifically comes from Eve and ... -
Tharaka Age-organization and the Theory of Age-set Systems
(Universi ty of Illinois at UrbanaInstitute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, University of Nairobi, 1973) -
The Jerusalem Church of Christ: a prophet healing Independent church in Kenyan'
(1993)This study is an investigation into the history, beliefs and practices of the Jerusalem Church of Christ. The study describes the historical background and development of the Church including membership composition. ... -
The relationship between corporate social responsibility practices and financial performance of firms in the manufacturing, construction and allied sector of the Nairobi Securities exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2012-11)This study sought to establish the relationship between corporate social responsibility practice and financial performance of firms listed in the manufacturing, construction and allied sector of the Nairobi Securities ... -
Theatre of the Absurd
(University of NairobiDepartment of literature and language, 1989) -
Theatrically in the Songs of Okot P'bitek
(University of NairobiDepartment of literature, 1992) -
A thematic analysis of Mbuthia Muruthi's comic works
(2008)This study brings to you an interesting study of Gikuyu contemporary comedy, in which we focus on a popular artist, Mbuthia Muruthi Mbuthia, a producer and an actor under the stage name 'Machangi ' has taken the Gikuyu ... -
A thematic analysis of the poetry of struggle and resistance from Southern Africa
(University of NairobiDepartment of Literature, 1980) -
A thematic appreciation in wahome mutahi's doomsday and the house of doom
(2005)The study is based on the belief that there is need for an academic critical analysis on Wahome Mutahi's ideas. It sets out to state and explain various issues of concern as they are portrayed in Doomsday and The House ... -
A Thematic Study Of Peter Abrahams' Novels
(University of Nairobi.Department of Languages, 1980)This thesis, "A Thematic Study of Peter Abrahams' Novels", consits of the Introduction Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three and the Conclusion. The Introduction deals with who Abrahams is, and what influenced his ... -
Theme and Freedom in Nurudin Farah's Trilogy
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The Theme of Alienation in Selected Kenyan Films
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This study is an analysis of the theme of alienation in selected Kenyan films; Nathan Collets Kibera Kid (2006), Bob Nyanja’s The Rugged Priest (2011) and Tosh Gitonga’s Nairobi Half Life (2012). Alienation is a state ...