Abstract Competitive strategies involve a unique way of competing in a particular market. This can be achieved by a company learning a distinctive way of competing in different sets of markets. In an attempt to compete differently to achieve organizational objectives leads to the three generic strategies that is differentiation, cost leadership and focus strategy. The strategy on focus has two variants; cost focus and differentiation focus. Porter argued that for every firm that is competing ...
ABSTRACT Land use activities if unregulated impose a huge economic cost on water resources supplies, land productivity and water resources infrastructure and ecological damage to ecosystems. Water resource plays a central and critical role in supporting land use activities for crop production in Muoni sub-catchment. Land use activities such as unregulated agriculture and tree planting along and near water sources are some of the possible threats to water availability in Muoni sub-catchment. T...
ABSTRACT Commercial banks in Kenya and especially Mombasa County are facing firm rivalry demanding the use of competitive strategies so as to pledge their performance. As such, most of the commercial banks are deliberating on ways, with competitive strategies being one of them to arrive a market and afterwards make sense of and ensure its aggressive position. Therefore, this study aimed at establishing the effect of competitive strategies on the performance of commercial banks in Mombasa Co...
ABSTRACT The government of Kenya is committed to the goal of Education for All. However, the problem of access to Primary school education undermines this achievement. Any factor that interferes with the learning not only undermines the education goal but also hampers the growth and development of children. For this reason, there is a need to identify the factors that contribute to low enrolment in Primary schools in Kenya. The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of urbanization...
ABSTRACT The transformational aspect of an ERP entails the re-engineering of the organizational business process and the influence of necessary critical factors for the radical transformation. The general objective of this study was to determine the relationship between ERP Transformation and Employee Productivity in Geothermal Development Company, Nairobi City County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the effect of business process re-engineering on employee product...
ABSTRACT The coffee sector plays a significant role to Kenya‟s economy. The sector contributes to foreign exchange earnings, household incomes, employment and food security. The industry supports about 700,000 households comprising of 535 coffee cooperative societies for the development and marketing of coffee. A new concept in marketing all over the world has been the adoption of certification standards which are becoming increasingly popular in Kenya; currently there are about four cert...
ABSTRACT Irrigated agriculture plays a major role in the livelihoods of Kiladeda sub catchment, Pangani Basin, Tanzania. However, the sub catchment is experiencing a problem of inequitable distribution of irrigation water among farmers. The challenge is escalated by rapid population growth, economic growth, other water users and irrigation management practices. This situation has increased conflicts and insufficiency in irrigation particularly in downstream of the river. This study aimed at a...
ABSTRACT Kusa swamp has been adversely affected by degradation due to increase in human and livestock population coupled with poor farming methods, overgrazing and harvesting of papyrus which endangers the livelihood of the community. This study hypothesizes that there is no significant relationship between quantities of papyrus harvested per day and change in the area covered by papyrus; papyrus bundles used per day to make mats and those used to make baskets and ropes; and opinion the commu...
This study analysed the financial performance of JAIZ Bank PLC in Nigeria banking system. It examines the financial performance of the bank in terms of profitability, liquidity, and leverage. The data that were used in the analysis was generated from annual financial statements of JAIZ bank over a period of five years (2012-2016).The Time series data collected were analysed by way of Gray Comparative Index. The study revealed positive relationship between profitability, liquidity and leverage...
Abstract— This study examined the effect of service quality dimensions on customer loyalty to the providers of retail banking services. It investigates the relationship between service quality dimensions of effectiveness and assurance, access, price, tangibles, service portfolio and reliability and customers’ patronage. To achieve this purpose, The study employed Simple random sampling to select six banks namely First Bank Plc, United Bank of Africa Plc, Guarantee Trust Bank Plc ,Access ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of workforce diversity on employee performance. The survey research design method was adopted for the paper. The instrument used to gather relevant data for the study was the questionnaire. The study centred on the Nigerian Banking Sector to examine the level of diversity practiced in terms of gender, age, ethnicity and educational in Nigerian Organizations. First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Ota, Ogun State was the focal organization. A to...
ABSTRACT Sequel to the emergence of the service economy, marketing, which was known for only physical goods has now widened its scope to cover all areas of services. As a result of the frantic efforts made by service marketers to ensure that services are not merely delivered, but experienced by the consumers, the world economy has witnessed a metamorphosis from a service economy to an experience economy. The healthcare sector is following suit. It is on this premise that this study exam...
ABSTRACT The issue of motivation has continually posed a big challenge to business organizations around the globe especially in the manufacturing industries where high levels of productivity affect or play a major role in determining the profitability, growth, development, stability and future success of an organization. Therefore an organization in a bid to achieve success in maintaining a competitive edge over its rival as well as avoid a steady decline in the productivity levels of its emp...
Abstract Entrepreneurship education is considered as a potent tool for influencing students‘ learning orientation and expression of entrepreneurial implementation intentions. This study examined the effects of entrepreneurship education and learning orientation on entrepreneurial implementation intentions of students in the first four universities in Nigeria to offer a degree in entrepreneurship. Sequential explanatory mixed method was employed using survey and semi-structured interviews as...
The purpose of this study was to explore and examine the challenges (impacts) and prospects of students in the University of Cape Coast. The study was built on the diffusion of innovation theory, McClelland theory, Abraham Maslow‟s Hierarchy, and Keller‟s ARCS Model to identify the variables influencing student entrepreneurship. The study was based on the following objectives : To examine the academic challenges or impact of student entrepreneurship; to examine the social challenges or im...