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The Aboriginal Woman's Voice in Canadian Literature: Jeannette Armstrong and Beatrice Culleton
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
This study is a critical analysis of four works by two aboriginal Canadian women with the broad objective of giving voice to aboriginal Canadian writers, Jeannette Armstrong and Beatrice Culleton. The four works are used ...
The Politics of Peacekeeping in Africa:a Case Study of Oau in Chad 1981-1982 and Ecomog in Liberia 1990- 1997
(University of Nairobi, 2007-10)
This study examines the politics of peacekeeping in Africa, by evaluating and
highlighting the challenges, problems, prospects and ramifications of the
peacekeeping missions in Africa. In the process the study examines ...
An Analysis of Tripartite Labour Institutions and Their Contribution to Social Dialogue in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
A Study of Empty Containers Management by Logistics Firms in Mombasa
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
The study had two major objectives. The first objective sought to investigate the current
empty container logistics management practices by logistics firms in Mombasa. The
second objective was geared to investigate and ...
Strategic Responses of Kenyan Large Manufacturing Firms Operating Within East Africa to Opportunities and Challenges of Regional Integration
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Firms are environment dependant and changes in the environment shape opportunities and challenges facing the organization. The environment in which the firm operates helps it define its objectives and develop competitive ...
A Survey of Credit Card Risk Assessment Practices in Kenya Banks
(University of Nairobi,, 2007-10)
Banks provide financial services to everyone, holds enormous potential to support economic activities and thus contribute to the development in an economy. Widespread experiences and research have particularly shown the ...
Response Strategies to Increased Competition by Spare Parts Dealers Franchised by Japanese Motor Vehicle Companies in Kenya
(2007-10)
Kenya's motor Sector has undergone major transformations since the advent of Structural
Adjustment Programs (SAP) in the 1990s. The environmental change created pressure to
the firms to adapt their operations to the new ...
A Survey of the Extent of Implementation of Benchmarking Practices in the Manufacturing Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007-10)
Manufacturing firms the world over have since the mid 1980s adopted continuous
improvement techniques such as benchmarking to build organizations that are internally
and externally geared towards an enhanced customer ...
Strategy Implementation Challenges in the Main Stream Churches in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2007)
Much of the shortcomings in strategy are attributable to failures in the implementation process rather than in the formulation of strategy itself (Beer et al., 1990; Woolridge and Floyd, 1990). Wessel (1993) stated clearly ...
Study of Holiday Effect at the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(University of Nairobi,, 2007-12)
The objective of this study was to investigate whether the stock returns at the NSE exhibit holiday effect. The holiday effect portends that on a day prior to the public holidays, stocks exhibit relatively high returns ...