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Factors influencing sales force motivation: A study of insurance companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004-10)
Companies in Kenya today are operating in a very competitive
environment and survival of firms will depend on their managers' ability
to understand and respond to the external environment. All insurance
companies use ...
The impact of the cold war on the Sudanese civil war, 1956- 1989
(2004)
This research is a historical analysis of the relationship between the Cold War and the
Sudanese civil war for the period 1956-1989. The study seeks to demonstrate that the
external events did affect the nature of the ...
Child labour and school performance: a study of Kyeni division, Embu district
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
The study had two major objectives; to find out if children's work activities at home had any effect on their performance in school and to establish if the child's socio-economic background and personal characteristics ...
Determinants of imports demand in Zambia
(2004)
This study utilizes an error correction model to examine the determination of aggregate
imports and components in Zambia between 1965 and 1997. The estimation results
indicate that, in the short-run, (lagged) foreign ...
Market structure in regional integration: analysis Of the Kenyan sugar industry in COMESA
(2004)
The study analysed intra - industry trade in sugar within COMESA and also
evaluated the market with regard to distribution of production share. Theoretical
foundations contend that intra - industry trade normally takes ...
The relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and performance of firms quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
The objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between corporate governance
mechanisms and firm performance in Kenyan publicly quoted firms and also to document the
corporate governance mechanisms present ...
Evaluation of risk in the price to book value ratio of firms at the Nairobi stock exchange.
(2004)
This study examines the relationship between price to book value ratio and
risk of stocks listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange at single asset level. The
price to book value (PBV)ratio belongs to a family of relative ...
The impact of external debt on private investment in Kenya: empirical investigation for the period 1970-2002
(2004)
A group of the low-income countries classified as Highly Indebted Poor Countries
(HIPC) have continued to experience difficulties in managing and servicing their huge
stocks of external debt and this has constrained ...
A survey of employee participation in management in the top ranking private secondary schools in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2004-11)
The possiblecause of good performance of students in private secondary schools
is employee commitment to duty. This comes about through effective employee
participation in management in schools. This study was undertaken ...
The effect of dividend policy on the value of the firms quoted at Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi., 2004-11)
The three major decisions of the firm are the investment, financing and the dividend decisions.
The crucial question in dividend policy is whether dividends have an influence on the value of the firm
given the firm's ...