Browsing Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM) by Subject "Kenya"
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Determinants of manufactured exports in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management ReviewSchool of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2012)This paper uses firm level survey panel data to estimate parameters of export propensity and intensity in Kenyan manufacturing. The effects of unobservable factors that would otherwise bias the estimated parameters are ... -
Developing a Sustainable Funding Frame-Work to Support the Road Transport Sub-Sector in Kenya – What Role for Public-Private Partnership?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2010-09-02)Road transport sub-sector accounts for 90% of passenger and freight surface transport in Kenya. The latest available reports on road network condition show that it is characterized by very poor pavement surfaces of all ... -
Developmental social work in South Africa and Kenya : some lessons for Africa
(Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, 2010)Africa’s governments have made a commitment to both the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Social development has created a platform from which developmental ... -
Economic Growth and Public Sector Size: Examples from Kenya's Vision 2030
(Department of Economics, 2012-10-15)The Vision 2030 proposes to contain growth of total expenditures with expenditure rationalization that shifts resources from non-priority to priority areas. This is expected to see the development expenditure increase from ... -
The effect of education on the timing of marriage in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies, University of Nairobi, 2005)This paper investigates the effect of education on the timing of marriage among Kenyan women and the relative effects of education across generations of women. Data used is drawn from the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health ... -
Effect of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund on Youth Enterprises in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011)This study sought to determine the effect of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) on youth enterprises. The study location was in Siaya County, Kenya and stratified random sampling was used to select 28 financiers ... -
Effect Of Workforce Diversity Management On Employee Performance In The Banking Industry In Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)The rapid growth in the Banking industry has posed several challenges such as workforce diversity which is a natural phenomenon that has both negative and positive impacts on employee performance depending on how well ... -
Effectiveness of advertising in the promotion of domestic tourism in Kenya
(School of Business, 2009-11)This study was conducted with an objective of finding out the effectiveness of advertising in the promotion of domestic tourism in Kenya. The main objective being to test the extend to which various advertising attributes ... -
Effects of investor psychology on real estate market prices in Nairobi,Kenya
(School of Business, 2012-11)This research project is a study on the effects of investor psychology on real estate market prices in Nairobi, Kenya. Chapter one is an introduction to the study which covers the background to the study, statement of ... -
An empirical investigation of selected strategy variables on firms performance: A study of supply chain management in large private manufacturing firms in Kenya
(Department of Business Administration, 2011-10)This paper focuses on the joint effect of selected strategy variables on performance of large private manufacturing firms of the supply chains in Kenya. To guide the study, two specific objectives have been used namely: ... -
An empirical test of competing corporate governance theories on the performance of firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2013-05)The focus of this study was on linking these variables to the contrasting and competing theories of Corporate Governance such as Agency Theory, Stewardship Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory, among others. The role of ... -
Essays on Earnings and Human Capital in Kenya
(GUPEA, 2003)Among Sub-Sahara Africa countries, Kenya has had a rapid educational expansion. This dissertation provides empirical analyses of the impact of education on labor earnings in Kenya, based on surveys of manufacturing firms ... -
Exit the State: Decentralization and the Need for Local Social, Political, and Economic Considerations in Water Resource Allocation in Madagascar and Kenya1
(Institute For Development Studies, 2008)This paper focuses on the iconoclasticism of water as a plentiful resource and the near universalization of decentralizing institutions to manage it. The authors explore two agro‐pastoral regions — Ambovombe District ... -
Exploring Cash Transfer as an Instrument for Food Security in Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi, 2013)Cash transfer schemes in which beneficiaries receive a monthly payment in cash are relatively new in Kenya. This paper uses available secondary and primary data collected from senior personnel from government ministries ... -
Factors Affecting Performance of Trade Unions in Kenya
(School of Business, 2013)Trade unions have been used to settle disputes between members and management, the implementation of changes and securing adequate representation of members in government, public and private sector. The objective of this ... -
Factors causing reversed bullwhip effect on the supply chains: A case study of Kenya Pipeline Corporation.
(School of Business, 2010)The study sought to determine the factors that cause supply variability along the supply chain of organisations. The study location was Kenya Pipeline Company, Kenya where from a population of 7 depots, purposive sampling ... -
Factors Contributing Towards Adoption of Green Marketing Practices in the Mobile Phone Service Providers in Kenya
(School of Business, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012)The effects of the changing weather patterns and climatic conditions have started being felt the world over. Social norms regarding the environment are changing and consumers today are increasingly holding brands accountable ... -
Factors influencing adoption of dairy goats in Meru County, Kenya: prospects and constraints
(2013-06-12)Improving milk production through crossbreeding of local goats with exotic breeds has increasingly become important in developing countries. Although, the dairy goat technology has been promoted in the central Kenyan ... -
Factors that are Important in Vertical Integration Decisions
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 1996)The principal objective of this study was to identify the factors that the management of vertically integrated firms considers in making decisions to integrate either backward or forward. In order to meet this objective, ... -
Families in Kenya
(Department of Sociology, 2005)