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Features of Resource Based View Theory: An Effective Strategy in Outsourcing
(International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations, 2016)
In Resource Based viewpoint theory (RBV), the resources possessed by a firm are the primary determinants of its performance. The resources may remain latent until the firm deploy its capabilities, with these may contribute ...
Spatial modeling of HIV and HSV-2 among women in Kenya with spatially varying coefficients
(2016)
Background: Disease mapping has become popular in the field of statistics as a method to explain the spatial distribution of disease outcomes and as a tool to help design targeted intervention strategies. Most of these ...
Food Insecurity in Turkana District, Kenya: A Focus on the Impact of Colonial Rule
(2016)
This paper examines the contribution of
colonial rule to food insecurity among Turkana
pastoralists living in the Turkana District in the arid
zone of north-western Kenya. It is argued that food
insecurity in Turkana ...
Human Resource Management Practices and Firm Effectiveness of Consumer Goods Manufacturing Firms In Kenya
(2016)
Manufacturing sector is salient to the Kenyan economy, with a total workforce of 13% in the formal sector and 1.4 million labour-force in the informal sector. Despite the significance, its contribution to the regional ...
Sexuality Education:Promoting safer sexual behaviour among university students in Kenya
(Department of Education Foundations, Kenyatta University, 2016)
Sex education has become a major concern in our universities that needs redress. Regardless of this, only few studies have been done on it. This paper seeks to review various studies done by researchers on safer sexual ...
Factors Affecting Performance of Cut Flower Firms in Kenya: A Case of Maji Mazuri Flowers Ltd, Uasin Gishu County
(2016-06)
The flower firms in Kenya face high competition from those in the developed countries whose produce is deemed to be of quality. There is a need therefore to improve on the activities in Kenyan flower firms to gain competitive ...
Nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices among healthcare workers in management of chronic kidney diseases in selected hospitals in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania; a cross-sectional study
(Munuo et al., 2016)
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem. All health care professionals need to be knowledgeable and competent in nutrition as it applies to health promotion, prevention and treatment of ...
A Comparative Study on Contribution of Governance on Economic Growth Countries in the East African Community
(2016-09)
This study sought to explore the relationship between good governance and economic growth among the East Africa Community (EAC) countries. The study utilized panel data to analyse six major World Bank governance indicators ...
Analytic solution of a nonlinear Black-Scholes equation
(2016)
We study a nonlinear Black-Scholes partial differential equation
whose nonlinearity is as a result of transaction costs that lead to market illiq-
uidity. After reducing the equation into a nonlinear parabolic porous ...
Social Media adoption as alternative platforms for political marketing in Kenya
(2016-01)
This study seeks to establish the determinants of social media adoption for political marketing in Kenya. The study is guided by the diffusion of innovations theory. The study utilizes the mixed methods sequential explanatory ...