ABSTRACT This study sought to identify competitive strategies used by privately owned business while competing for public tendering opportunities in Public Universities in Kenya. The study identified three main objectives pricing, quality of service and size of the firm as strategies for creating a competitive gain while competing for tendering opportunities in Chartered Public Universities in Kenya. To achieve its objectives the study adopted a descriptive design with quantitative approach ...
ABSTRACT Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) mobilize savings and grant members loans at reasonable rates of interest in times of need. The low cost products and ease of formation are among the attributes that have provided a competitive edge to these institutions over the main stream banks in the low income market segment. The study sought to establish the competitive strategies adopted by SACCOs in response to the growing competition from other financial service providers...
ABSTRACT The problem of the present study is that despite the significant findings of the pilot study and existing literature on prevalence of polygamous loyalty amongst the retail chains’ loyalty programmes’ holders in Kenya, much is unknown about the drivers or factors influencing this phenomenon. Polygamous loyalty was conceptualized as customers’ membership to several different retail chains’ loyalty schemes. The study objective therefore was to establish factors influencing this...
ABSTRACT Governments introduce certain rural development programmes to improve the living standard of women in the rural areas. This is on the belief that the rural areas would be better developed if the economic and social status of women are improved since this group constitutes the majority of the rural population. What is evident is that most often, the rural women fail to participate in the development programmes designed for them. The introduction, failure and replacement of Operation ...
ABSTRACT The problem in this study was that despite clear evidence from the literature that actual technology usage is a critical stage in the adoption process; drivers influencing mobile payment use remain under-researched in Kenya. In this study Consumer behavior intention was conceptualized as a predictor of actual use of mobile payment services in Kenya as evidenced from the literature. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; determine the influence of extrinsic and in...
ABSTRACT The demand for animal products is projected to increase progressively due to extensive urbanization, rapid growth of human population and income dynamics. Despite the potential expansion of beef and dairy production, dairy goat production as an option for enhancing food security and income generation in Kenya is likely to benefit from this prospect. Essentially, goat milk is nutritionally superior to the cow milk. Although the importance of goat milk is empirically known, its valuati...
ABSTRACT The returns on coffee sales have been low over the years, characterized by low revenues to the farmers from the coffee societies which market the coffee, inability to cover costs of production, low savings as well as investment in the production process. This has left many families in Nyeri county as well as other parts of the country, where livelihoods relied on coffee farming in abject poverty. The study aimed at determining the factors affecting the earnings of small holder coffe...
The Kenya national government devolution strategy opened up the financial sector to diverse and competitive markets. As a strategy to respond to the fragmented emergent markets and innovate unique products and services commercial banks in Meru County need to leverage on knowledge economy. However, the ambiguity is in translating employees‟ tacit knowledge dimension into actual changes that can lead to process improvement. The purpose of this study was to explore the role knowledge managemen...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the adoption of mobile banking by MSEs in the Gikomba market with the objective of assessing the extent to which the use of mobile banking enhances the efficiency of MSEs in the market. Gikomba market was selected as the study area due to its diversity. The study adopted a descriptive research design in its methodology. The study was guided by the following objectives: to examine the effect of procurement efficiency on the operational efficiency of MS...
ABSTRACT This research set out to test for the presence of consistent stock performance as an anomaly in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) by employing monthly closing average stock price data that is balanced for 32 out of the 56 stocks listed in the NSE from years 2001 to 2010 as the sample. Frequency tests were employed to identify consistent stock trends, t-tests were employed to test significance of abnormal returns. Spearman rank correlation, standard deviation, range and proportio...
ABSTRACT The study’s main aim was to analyze the role of total quality management principles in Kenyan coffee house revenue generation. Specifically; to assess the effects of continuous process improvement on coffee house revenue generation, to analyze the effects of supplier partnering on coffee house revenue generation, to evaluate the effects of customer satisfaction on coffee house revenue generation, to explore the effect of quality control on coffee house revenue generation. A census...
ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as an important aspect in the global business community and has become a mainstream activity. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect corporate social responsibility has on a financial performance of a firm. The main objective of the study was to assess the effects of CSR on financial performance of firms in Kenya. The specific objective of the study was to assess the effects of CSR on profitability, Liquidity and efficien...
ABSTRACT River basin`s resources are vital to basic livelihoods improvement and to the economy growth of the World. Despite the significant role played by river basins to Tanzania`s economic growth, little information is known on the socio-economic effects of river basin in urban areas than in rural areas. To address the information gap, this study was conducted purposely to: identify socio-economic activities undertaken by urban community along Pangani river basin, analyse gross profit fro...
ABSTRACT The capability of HEIs to serve as drivers of economic competitiveness is reducing in different developing countries due to numerous constraints which interfere with their quality. This PhD research investigated QAPs in Kenya’s HEIs and interrogated the efficacy of the frameworks used to foster teaching and learning at Programme level; examined the effectiveness of QAPs in Kenya’s HEIs with respect to the inputs, processes and outputs of education; investigated the challenges tha...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to examine labour-management relationship in Enugu state PHCN hence it examines the relationship between the management and the informal groups within Enugu state PHCN; ascertains how the neglects of the psychological and social needs of the workers has affected labour-management relation in Enugu state PHCN; and finds out the role of industrial democracy in cordial labour-management relationship. This is based on the observations that have proven from pre-independe...