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The Influence of Women's Activities on Infant and Childhood Mortality in Embu District: a Case Study of Two Sub-locations
(University of Nairobi,, 1992)
The first task of this study was to examine mortality differentials in Embu district by Divisions. It then looks at the influence of women groups activities on infant and childhood mortality In Embu ...
Protection Across Steel and Steel Related Industries in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 1992)
This research examines the extent to which the impact of the structure of protection on relative resource pulls, manifested as defensive over-investment among the wire products firms. This occurred in response to the ...
The Relationship Between Investment Ratios and Share Performance of Companies Quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University Of Nairobi, 1992)
Investors need information in making decisions
about their investments. Information for this
purpose may be found in the financial statements.
This information can be broken down into ratios
which makes it easier for ...
The Effects of a Firm's Capital Structure on the Risk of Common Stocks a Test of the Nse
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
The risk - return trade off 1.s almost a concluded issue in finance today. Studies have shown that the higher the risk of a
security, the higher the returns the investors require. However, two major questions that this ...
The Relative Importance of Various Macro-environmental and Organisation Factors in Influencing Buying Decisions
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
This study investigated the relative influence of varous organizational and macro-environmental influences on the purchase decisions of different categories of selected manufacturing firms within Nairobi.
Purchasing ...
Measuring Market Performance of the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 1992-06)
This study set out to construct an alternative index for the
Nairobi Stock Exchange. The need for the study emanated from the
weaknesses of the current NSE 17-Share daily Index. The index
excludes most of the active ...
The Extent of Voluntary Financial Disclosure of Quoted Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
This project reports on the extent of voluntary
disclosure by listed companies of Nairobi Stock Exchange. The
study analyses voluntary disclosure in terms of popular infor-
mation items as being those items that are ...
An Investigation of the Problems in the Compensation System for Personal Injuries and Deaths in Motor Insurance in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
The Insurance industry plays a major socio-economic role
in a developing country like Kenya. The Motor Insurance
specifically is very vital in a growing economy like ours.
The vast aggregation of the premiums collections ...
Nurse Scheduling by Shift:the Case of Inpatient Care in the Medicine Unit at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi., 1992-06)
Literature indicates that the use of Management Science
techniques in health service management is less frequent than
expected. Yet, health service management is faced with many
challenging problems such as allocating ...
An Investigation Into the Problem Faced by Small Scale Indigenous Businesses as Perceived by the Owners:the Case of Kitui Town
(University of Nairobi,, 1992-07)
This study soughht to find out the problems faced by small
scale indigenous businesses as perceived by the owners. It also
souqht to document the measures considered important in solving
these problems. The need for ...