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An Assessment of Social Media Platforms on Guests’ Choice of Fine Dining Restaurants in Selected Cities in Kenya
(2022-10)Despite the popularity of Social Media Platforms, limited data and studies have assessed the influence of Social Media Platforms on guests' choice of fine dining restaurants. Fine dining restaurants are defined as exceptional ... -
Effect of Moderated Internal Audit Practices on Financial Performance of NSE-Listed Banks in Kenya
(2022-10)The application of ongoing financial management reforms seeks to enhance and improve the performance of various organizations. In the last decade, performance of Kenyan banks, in terms of rate of increase in profits before ... -
Environmental Commitment and Adoption of Green Practices Among Star-Rated Hotels Along the Kenyan Coast
(2022-10)The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the key economic sectors expected to take a leadership role in transforming the emerging green economy. The economic pillar of Vision 2030 in Kenya acknowledges the crucial ... -
Impact of Educational Robotic Activities on Secondary School Students’ Interest in Engineering Career Pathways
(2022-11)Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics related careers are important in preparing any nation for development. There has been low interest by the secondary school students in the STEM fields and as such teaching ... -
Moderating Effect of Business Regulatory Requirements on The Effect of Firm Specific Factors on Financial Performance of Private Security Firms in Kenya
(2022-10)Even though Kenya enacted Private Security Regulatory Act of 2016, majority of private security companies have continued to operate without complying with the regulation thus inhibiting their performance. For private ... -
Efficacy of Travel Motivation on Destination Loyalty Among Domestic Tourists in the Coast Region of Kenya
(2022-11)Despite the marginal growth recorded in the tourism sector in Kenya, the domestic visits and estimates fall far below the expectations. This study aimed at assessing the efficacy of travel motivation on destination loyalty ... -
Influence of Digital Distribution Strategies on Uptake of Bank Products and Services in Kenya
(2022-11)banking, online payments, Automated Teller Machines, and agency banking, among others. Despite this, just 36% of clients use technology for agency banking, 31% for mobile banking, 30% for ATM banking, and 3% for internet ... -
Vers l'acquisition de la morphosyntaxe du français chez les lycéens nairobiens : perspectives sociolinguistiques et didactiques
(2018)Cette recherche pseudo-longitudinale privilégiant une approche sociolinguistique et didactique s’inscrit dans le domaine du développement de l’interlangue à travers l’analyse des erreurs morphosyntaxiques du français. Notre ... -
Marketing models for performance among four and five star Hotels in Kenya
(2016)Kenya has been slow in adjusting to the external hospitality environment and adopting competitive marketing strategies as evidenced by the higher growth of tourism in competitor countries. Marketing models such as the four ... -
Boron- and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization and Application in Solar Cells
(2015-07)The investigations in this project focused on the synthesis and characterization of boron- and nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (B- and N-CNTs), and the subsequent application of the doped-CNTs in organic solar cells (OSCs). ... -
Trustee-Related Determinants of Financial Returns of the Registered Occupational Pension Schemes in Kenya
(2019-12)The reforms witnessed in the pension industry over the past years had an effect on the financial performance of the pension schemes and more so, on the occupational pension schemes. This thesis attempted to examine ... -
The Relationship Between Organizational Culture, Entrepreneurial Orientation And Performance Of Christian Faith Based Hotels In Kenya
(2019-10)The alliance between Christianity and entrepreneurship has had an immense impact on the Kenyan economic performance and thus the connection between economic development and Christianity activity cannot be underscored. ... -
AUTOMATED BOILER CONTROLLER SYSTEM
(2017)The developments in boiler design necessitated by the employment of high steam pressure and temperature have increased the sensitivity of the boiler unit to variations in firing rate. As a result the duties of the operator ... -
A MODEL FOR SELECTING SECURITY PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
(2013)A MODEL FOR SELECTING SECURITY PROTOCOLS FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS Abstract The process of mapping security requirements to the most appropriate security protocol has over the time proved a great challenge. Though ... -
Detection of sweet potato viruses in Western Kenya, development of a multiplex PCR technique for simultaneous detection of major viruses and evaluation of medicinal plants for antifungal and antibacterial activities against the crop pathogens
(2011)Sweet potato is an important food crop worldwide since it is drought tolerant and acts as a famine relief crop. However, its production is limited by viral, fungal and bacterial infections. Lack of rapid and sensitive ... -
Size and complexity metrics as indicators of maintainability of business process execution language process models
(2011)One of the most popular process modeling languages is the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL). Despite the popularity, BPEL process models have an inherent complexity. This complexity keeps on increasing with age ... -
Design and Synthesis of Organic Molecular Models of Artificial Photosynthetic Reaction Center
(2016)A clean and sustainable alternative to fossil fuels is solar energy. For efficient use of solar energy to be realized, artificial systems that can effectively capture and convert sunlight into a usable form of energy ...