Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Business incubation practices adopted by the youth enterprise development fund and the financial performance of Youth-owned Enterprises in Kenya
(DBA Africal Management Reviw, 2020-11-25)n Kenya, Youth-Owned Enterprises (YOEs) create employment for youths and contributes to poverty reduction. Despite this, more than a third of start-up YOEs often fails before the third year of operation, resulting far-reaching ... -
Effect of environmental dynamism on organizational ambidexterity and performance of large manufacturing firms in Kenya
(DBA Africal Management Reviw, 2020-12-03)The study sought to examine the effect of environmental dynamism on the relationship between organizational ambidexterity and performance of large manufacturing firms (LMFs) in Kenya. The studies ... -
The joint influence of firm resources and organizational characteristics on export performance of Small And Medium Manufacturing Enterprises In Nairobi County, Kenya
(DBA Africal Management Reviw, 2020-12-01)The main objective of this study was to determine the joint influence of firm resources and organizational characteristics on export performance of small and medium manufacturing enterprises ... -
Moderating effect of information technology infrastructure on the relationship between business process re-engineering strategy and performance of food manufacturing companies in Kenya
(DBA Africal Management Reviw, 2020-12-01)The main objective of the study was to evaluate the moderating effect of information technology infrastructure on the relationship between business process re-engineering strategy and performance ... -
Moderating effect of firm age and size on the relationship between sustainable operations management practices and competitive advantage of manufacturing firms in Kenya
(DBA Africal Management Reviw, 2020-11)The Kenyan government has identified manufacturing as one of its big four-agenda for growth and employment creation. However, manufacturing activities consume considerable amounts of resources which are non-renewable ... -
Corporate governance, firm characteristics and earnings management of companies listed at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(DBA Africal Management Reviw, 2020-11)The relationship between corporate governance and earnings management may not be direct due to the varying characteristics of firms. The objective of the research was to establish the moderating influence of firm ... -
Effect of green logistics practices on performance of logistics firms in Kenya
(DBA Africal Management Reviw, 2023-11-03)Emissions from logistics industry are rising at a greater concern than any other industry and the trend is expected to continue such that 2030 these levels will be 80% higher than they were in ... -
Normative action influence on performance of biosocial projects in informal settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya
(EJBMR, 2020-10-30)This study sought to establish Normative action influence on performance of biosocial projects in informal settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to examine the extent to which normative ... -
Promoting Performance of the Building Construction Industry through Risk Identification: A Case of Exchequer Funded Building Construction Projects in Machakos County, Kenya
(EJBMR, 2020-12-30)Project failure is an increasingly worrying challenge in Kenya. In implementation of exchequer funded building construction projects, the challenge is real. The study examined the influence of risk management practices on ... -
The antecedents of innovativeness in manufacturing small and medium enterprises: a qualitative approach
(AJBUMA, 2020-11-30)The paper sought to establish the factors that influence firm innovativeness within manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nairobi County, Kenya. A descriptive instrumental multi case study design was adopted. ... -
Business process re-engineering strategy and service delivery: does the moderating role of information technology infrastructure matter?
(AJBUMA, 2020-11-30)The main objective of the study was to investigate the link between business process re-engineering strategy, information technology infrastructure and service delivery of companies manufacturing food in Kenya. Specifically, ... -
Market entry strategies and performance of multinational corporations in kenya
(AJBUMA, 2020-11-30)The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between market entry strategies and organisational performance of multinational corporations in Kenya. The specific objective is to establish the relationship ... -
Firm managerial capabilities, sustainable operations management practices and competitive advantage of Manufacturing Firms In Kenya
(AJBUMA, 2020-11-30)Successful implementation of sustainable practices requires resources and capability (Moldan, Janouskova & Hak, 2012). However, little is known about the moderating effect of managerial capabilities on the relationship ... -
The legal and tax architecture of collective investment funds in Mauritius
(Financing for Development, 2020-08-18)Mauritius is a small island nation in the heart of the Indian Ocean that is effectively an Offshore Financial Centre (OFC). The Global Business regime in particular which benefits from low effective tax rates and an extensive ... -
The ‘iron’ triangle, health act, 2017, and the cost of Universal Health Coverage Agenda in Kenya
(Financing for Development,, 2020-08-18)The ‘iron’ triangle concept emphasizes on three ingredients for proper policymaking in healthcare; namely access, quality and cost. Achieving the three however, is no mean fete. As such the Kenyan Health Act, 2017 while ... -
Privately Sponsored Students and Other Income-Generating Activities at the University of Nairob
(CODESRIA, 2004)Beginning in the 1994-1995 academic year, the government sharply cut university funds from the Kenyan exchequer, challenging the University of Nairobi to diver sify its revenue sources. In response, the university adopted ... -
Teachers’ use of class talk interaction as a predictor of learning outcomes in chemistry
(Springer, 2020-11-09)There appears to be a general, global trend of many students not taking chemistry related courses at post-secondary institutions, while the academic performance of the subject at secondary level is on the decline. Addressing ... -
Angel of justice or devil of crime? Female agency in the Kenyan women’s adventure novel
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2019-05-16)The question of female agency has been one of the key issues in modern gender-related discourse, in all its spheres, directions and trends. In “Well-being, agency and freedom” Amartya Sen generally defines agency as referring ... -
Some trends in Kenyan women’s novel of the 21st century
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2020-02-05)Kenyan women’s writing, which has become an established stratum of Kenyan literature since 1960s (and which I would loosely define as “literature by women, about women and for women”) has in the current century received a ... -
Mama jua kali: female resistance and resilience to the coloniality of modernism and neoliberalism in Nairobi, Kenya
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2020-09-08)The coloniality of modernism and neoliberalism peripheralises the informal sector. Individuals in the informal economy (also known as ‘Jua Kali’ or literally ‘hot sun,’ a term that is used to describe businesses in the ...