Browsing School of Business & Economics (JA) by Title
Now showing items 212-231 of 304
-
Influence of seed bed preparation on morphometric characteristics of Eragrostis superba, Cenchrus ciliaris and Enteropogon macrostachyus in southeastern drylands of Kenya
(2010)This study compared over a 6-month period effects of tractorploughing and hand-clearing seedbed preparation on morphometric characteristics of three arid and semi-arid grass species, namely; Eragrostis superba Peyr, Cenchrus ... -
Influence of Settlements on Land use and Vegetation in the Rangelands of Northeastern Ethiopia: Application of Aerial Photographic Technique
(1999)Population pressure through settlements and encroachment of cultivation into pastoral prime grazing lands in and semi-and areas of Africa have resulted in the reduction of natural vegetation cover, in turn transforming ... -
Influence of Supplier Debarment on Service Delivery of Water Companies in Murang’a County
(2023-09)The aim of the study was to analyze the influence of supplier debarment on service delivery of water companies in Murang’a County. The agency theory served as the foundation for this study. The employed a descriptive ... -
Influence of Technology Adoption on Credit Access among Small Holder Farmers: A Double-Hurdle Analysis
(Africa International Journal of Management Education and Governance, 2017)The proportion of bank lending to the agricultural sector is generally low across the globe, and the situation is no different in Kenya. This is despite the fact that commercial banks have continued to launch tailor-made ... -
Influence of Televised Crime news on Audience Actions
(2018-09)Most television newscasts often relay crime stories with detailed descriptions and vivid images. Literally, the media set the agenda of what the audience should pay attention to and think about by selecting crime stories, ... -
Influence of the Characteristics of Women Entrepreneurs on the Performance of Their Enterprises: A Study of Kenya Industrial Estates Clients` in Narok Town
(2016-08)This study was to explore the influences arising from any personal entrepreneurial characteristics towards success of their businesses. The study population consisted of Narok Town on Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE)` women ... -
Information Communication Technologies (Icts) Employed By Young Farmers in Access and Use of Dairy Agricultural Information in Murang’a County, Kenya
(2019-03)Information Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the way information is created, stored, accessed and disseminated. It has the potential to enhance access and use of agricultural information by farmers in rural areas ... -
Information Needs and Seeking Behavior of Young Small-Scale Dairy Farmers in Murang’a County, Kenya
(2018-12)Access to agricultural information influences the farming practices adopted by farmers. Small scale dairy farmers need frequent access to agricultural information to cope with modern dairy farming practices. Inefficient ... -
Information Seeking Behavior of Students with Visual Imparements: A Case of Kenyatta University Library.
(2019-06)The point of the study was to set up the outwardly hindered students‟ information looking for practices, which contains information needs, looking for and use. The students‟ information looking for conduct was plotted ... -
Information technology and effectiveness of supply chain management in the Kenya public sector.
(2015)Main objective of the study was to establish factors affecting effectiveness of supply chain management in Kenyan public sector with, specific reference to the Ministry of Finance. The study’s specific objective is to ... -
Institutional Innovations for Smallholder Agricultural Production Systems in Kenya: A Case of Smallholder Tea Subsector
(2016-10)The smallholder tea sub-sector which is part of the larger Kenyan tea industry has enjoyed considerable success since its inception in the early 1960s. The planted area under the smallholder system, expanded from 2,522 ... -
Integrating Electronic Information Sharing in Supply Chain for Organization Performance of Parastatals in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2021-09)In this Information Age, the world is an informational hub where information is available everywhere almost instantaneously and the supply chain benefits greatly from the flow of it. The main aim of the study was to ... -
Intentions to consume foods from edible insects and the prospects for transforming the ubiquitous biomass into food
(2018-12)Edible insects are a potentially less burdensome source of proteins on the environment than livestock for a majority of rural consumers. Hence, edible insects are a timely idea to address the challenges of the supply side ... -
Interaction between Financial Risk Management and Value of the Firm among Private Equity Firms in Frontier Markets: A Theoretical Perspective
(Journal of Accounting, Finance and Auditing Studies, 2019)Purpose: The study attempts to establish a theoretical basis for the interaction between financial risk management and value of the firm among private capital firms. Design and Methodology: The study was based on a ... -
Internal Audit Independence and Share Performance of Firms Listed In the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(2015-03)Internal audit is considered as the backbone of the business accounting as it is the section that scrutinizes all businesses transactions of a company. The main objective of the study is to establish the relationship between ... -
Internal Customer Satisfaction Assessment in the Public sector: A case study of Fleet management services delivery.
(2014-09)Internal customer satisfaction is a major component of quality improvement that most companies should embrace together with developing strategies to improve quality of external customer service. When the internal customer ... -
Interractive Control Systems and Strategic Orientation on Competitive Position of Sugar Firms in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Management Invention, 2017)Despite strategic management advocating for the use of strategic control practices to improve the implementation of strategic plans and competitive position, establishing the strategic control-performance relationship ... -
The Kenya National Police Service burnout intervention strategies
(2018-07)The purpose of the paper is to determine the burnout intervention strategies among Police officers in Matungulu Sub County, Kenya. The target population for the study was the police officers (N=250) stationed in various ... -
Kenya-China Trade in Manufactured Goods: A Competitive or Complementary Relationship?
(2021-03)Trade between Kenya and China has increased in recent years, with a significant increase in imports from China. This study’s objectives were to examine the nature of trade between Kenya and China in manufactured goods, ... -
Knowledge Management As A Tool For Employee Retention In Saccos
(2018-03)The environment in which organizations operate has clearly changed from predictability to uncertainty. Organizations want more from the best workers than their presence and their retention. In the co-operative sector, ...