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Moderating Effect of Technology Innovation on the Human Resource Management Practices And Firm Performance: A Study of Manufacturing firms in Kenya
(2014)
Manufacturing in Kenya account for the greatest share of industrial production output characterized by relatively low value addition of 7.5% in 2010 to 2.3% in 2011 and a paltry 25% export volumes with 7% share regional ...
Effect of land use changes on adaptive strategies for smallholder agro-pastoralists in Kenya
(2012)
A study to characterize existing adaptive strategies and shifts in smallholder agro-pastoralists in relation to changes in land use and land subdivisions was carried out. A total of 48.9% of respondent indicated that there ...
Technological Characteristics and Adoption of Cross-Network Mobile Money Transfer Service by SMES in Murang’a Municipality
(IOSR Journals, 2020-07)
Mobile service operators in Kenya rolled out cross-network mobile money transfer services in the year 2018 intending to increase the penetration of mobile financial services in the country due to reduced costs and increased ...
Impact of The Youth Empowerment and Development Fund (YEDF) on Livelihood Improvement of Youths in Nairobi County – Kenya
(2020-08-01)
The introduction of Youth Empowerment Programmes (YEP) by the Government of Kenya was a move to satisfy the urgency of endowing youth to join in and nurture their development approaches. Empowerment of youths through ...
The Challenges Posed by Ipomoea kituensis and the Grass-Weed Interaction in a reseeded semi-arid environment in Kenya
(2016)
Rehabilitation of denuded patches using perennial grasses has been used
extensively in semi-arid environments of Kenya. However, weeds
continue to pose an enormous challenge to the success of many
rehabilitation programmes. ...
Electronic Material Management Practice on Supply Chain Performance of Sugar Processing Firms in Kenya
(2020-06)
The objective this study is to assess the influence of electronic material management practice on supply chain performance. The study applied a mixed research design with a survey of 12 sugar processing firms with a ...
The Influence of Non-Equity Financing on Maize Production in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
(2013)
Uasin Gishu County produces about 3.29 million bags of maize, which is 14.3% of the national output of 23 million bags. The production is associated with increasing cost, yet the area under production has at most stagnated. ...
Relating Cost Efficiency and Profitability of Merged Firms in the Kenyan Financial Services Industry
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2016)
Theory holds that firms merge to benefit from economies of scale, diversification and synergy, which are realized through cost efficiency. Empirical studies on the other hand report mixed findings with regard to the ...
Seasonal energy extraction patterns by agropastoral herds in semiarid south-eastern Kenya
(2011)
Primary energy extraction patterns by livestock under agropastoralism and ranching were investigated by the bite count method in semiarid south-eastern Kenya. Sward biomass for optimal energy intake by cattle was derived ...
A “win-win” scenario: the use of sustainable land management technologies to improve rural livelihoods and combat desertification in semi-arid lands in Kenya
(2014)
Dryland ecosystems support over 2 billion people and are major providers of critical ecosystems goods and services globally. However, desertification continues to pose a serious threat to the sustainability of the drylands ...