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A Survey of Product Diversification Strategies Adopted by Nzoia Sugar Company Ltd
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
Pursuing product diversification activities may enable a firm to exploit market opportunities and enjoy
the benefits of economies of scale or scope. Product diversification may also achieve competitive
advantage for ...
Factors Influencing the Choice of Health Care Financing by Informal Sector Employees
(University of Nairobi, 2009-11)
While universal health coverage has been the goal of health care reformers, and governments for many years, the specifics of how to equitably finance healthcare for the people in the informal sector, who are the majority, ...
Competitive Strategies Adopted by Small Airlines in East Africa
(University of Nairobi,, 2009-03)
An analysis of the airline industry today clearly shows that business growth and survival is
mainly determined by size. Relatively big airlines dominate the international flights market with
the few small airlines that ...
Spatial Analysis of Informal Settlement Sprawl and Its Environmental Impact: a Case Study of Kibera
(University of Nairobi, 2009-08)
One of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is to achieve
significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by the year
2020 (UN Habitat, 1990). This requires identification of slum ...
The Impact of Money Supply and Selected Macro Economic Variables on Stock Market Returns at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (Nse)
(2009)
The purpose of this study was to find out whether or not any meaningful relationship,
both direct and indirect, exists between monetary activity (as embodied by money supply,
interest rates and GDP) and stock market ...
Mobile Banking as a Strategic Response by Equity Bank Kenya Limited to the Challenges in the External Environment
(University of Nairobi, 2009-10)
The study focused on how Equity Bank Limited utilizes mobile banking as a strategic response to the changes in the external environment. Equity Bank is one of the leading commercial banks that started operating after being ...
Risk Management Strategies Adopted by Kenyan Commercial Banks in Lending to Smes
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
In the recent past, there has been an increased effort in the country to fund credit small-scale
enterprises. Awarding this credit to the small scale enterprises is a journey, whose success
depends on the methods applied ...
Effects of Change in Capital Structure on Performance of Companies Quoted in Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
Restrictions on the capital structure of a public company may harm the company's
performance by preventing owners [from choosing the best capital structure. Many theoretical
and empirical analyses have also dealt with ...
A Survey of Foreign Exchange Risk Management Practices by Textile and Apparel Firms in Export Processing Zones in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
The aim of this research study was to identify the nature of foreign exchange risk exposure
faced by apparel firms in Kenya and to ascertain the foreign exchange risk management
practices employed by apparel firms in ...
Strategic Response by Kenya Government to Increased Refugee Influx
(University of Nairobi,, 2009)
Strategy refers to the means by which policy is effected. The environment in which
organizations, of which countries are cases in point, operate is constantly changing with different
factors influencing the organizations. ...