School of Business and Economics: Recent submissions
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Determinants of demand for sweet potatoes at the farm, retail and wholesale markets in Kenya
(Horizon Research Publishing, 2013-09)Despite the potential of sweet potato in helping to meet Kenya's food needs and poverty reduction through income generation, detailed information on sweet potato demand relations is unavailable to enable the traders ... -
Biosecurity Factors Informing Consumer Preferences for Indigenous Chicken: A Literature Review
(2011)Indigenous chicken sector exhibits a very low adoption of biosecurity practices, thus is highly precarious in the wake of avian disease outbreak. Consumer preferences on the other hand seem strong for this chicken ... -
Head teachers’ Computer Competency and Computerized Management Systems Adoption in Public Primary Schools, Kadibo Division, Kenya
(2011)Introduction of education management information systems may contribute to improved management and academic performance. Kenyan schools however still use manual record keeping for daily managerial activities. Relationship ... -
Might SACCOs be tribally managed successfully
(2011)Savings and co-operative societies (SACCO) serve as an economic cushion for employees' social welfare, however members bear the brunt of huge losses caused by mismanagement despite the set out regulations and guidelines. ... -
Effect of airport expansion on business opportunities in Kisumu
(2011)The objective of this study is to analyze the effect of airport expansion on business opportunities. The study location was in Kisumu, Kenya and the population was 11,132 businesses comprising of wholesalers, retailers, ... -
Mediating Effect of Marketing Communication in the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Micro-Entreprise
(2011)Performance of micro-enterprises has been linked to entrepreneurial orientation (EO). However, this cannot be viewed in a direct perspective as suggested in past studies because this direct link accounts for a small ... -
Influence of Marketing Communication on Micro-Enterprise Performance in Kericho County, Kenya
(2011)Past research has shown that marketing communication influences financial performance of firms never the less, scanty information is available on non-financial measures. This Study intends to empirically determine the ... -
Literature Review on Strategic Fit and Performance of Public Universities in Western Kenya
(2011)Strategic fit is defined as an alignment and has assumed a core position in both organizational studies and strategic management research. Theoretical literature links strategic fit to desirable performance implications. ... -
Application of the Marketing Concept and Performance of Supermarkets in Kisumu City, Kenya
(2011)This paper sought to examine the relationship between the application marketing concept and performance of retail supermarkets in Kisumu City, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive survey design to explore the above ... -
Adding Customer Value Through Effective Distribution Strategy: The Case of Coca-Cola's Equator Bottlers Limited, Kenya
(VDM Publishing, 2011)Adding Customer Value Through Effective Distribution Strategy: The Case of Coca-Cola's Equator Bottlers Limited, Kenya -
Chronic dietary aflatoxins exposure in Kenya and emerging public health concerns of impaired growth and immune suppression in children
(Ivyspring International Publisher, 2011)Page 1. Available online at http://ajol.info/index.php/ijbcs Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 5(3): 1325-1336, June 2011 ISSN 1991-8631 © 2011 International Formulae Group. All rights reserved. Review http://indexmedicus.afro.who.int ... -
The relationship between customer service quality and customer loyalty among retail pharmacies in Western Kenya
(2012)The sought to establish the effect of relationship quality on customer loyalty among registered pharmaceutical firms in Western Kenya. The study used descriptive research design in which multistage sampling technique ... -
Influence of promotional strategies on banks performance
(African Field Epidemiology Network, 2012)This paper examines the nature and influence of the relationship between the bank's promotional strategies and its performance and seeks to determine the importance of promotional strategies in explaining the bank's ... -
The future of organizations: Musings of a Manager
(Leena and Luna International, 2013-04)The future of organizations: Musings of a Manager -
Validating Biosecurity Principles for Indigenous Chicken Scale
(Horizon Research Publishing, 2013-08)Indigenous chicken are populous in most developing countries, supporting the livelihoods of many rural folks yet are produced under very low or no biosecurity principles, leading to low productivity. Consumers on the ... -
Relationship between Bio security principles and consumer attitudes
(2013-08-31)Indigenous chicken abound in Kenya and are produced under minimal/very low levels of biosecurity principles resulting in low productivity. Consumers however exhibit high preferences indigenous chicken products. The aim ... -
Uptake of task shifting as a community strategy in Kenya
(2013-05-30)The objective of the study was to evaluate the uptake of task shifting as a community strategy in Kenya. This study adopted qualitative data collection methods in three different contexts; peri-urban, rural and arid ... -
The Determinants of Inflation in the Kenyan Economy
(IPRJB, 2016)Purpose: In many Sub-Saharan countries it is challenging for monetary authorities to control inflation even if there is a political will, due to weak institutional frameworks, thin financial markets and imperfect competition ... -
Determining Automation effect on market efficiency
(2013-11-30)The aim of this research was to better understand technology-induced market changes. The Nairobi Security Exchange was studied and the effects of an automation exercise carried out in 2006, was the research focus. Adoption ... -
Effect of micro finance on performance of women owned enterprises, in kisumu city, kenya
(2013)Micro financing is the provision of financial services to low-income clients or solidarity lending groups that lack access to banking and its related services. Traditionally, women based enterprises have not been ...