Technical University of Mombasa Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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EFFECTS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT DRIVERS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A SURVEY OF THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IN KENYAN COAST
(International Journal of Arts and Commerce, 2013-12)This study seeks to examine the effects of Strategic Management drivers on the performance of classified hotels in Kenyan Coast. The specific objectives a re the effects of: customer ... -
The Role of Value-based Managemen t Tools on the Performance of Firms Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(International Journal of Business Administration, 2013-01-05)The purpose of this paper was to determine the role of value-based management tools namely the Balanced scorecard and selected organizational factors on the performance of firms listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange. ... -
The Effect of Strategic Value - Based Management on the Performance of Organizations in Coas t Province, Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2012-08)This paper established the effect of Strategic Value-based Management on the performance of organizations in Kenya and specifically the performance of hotels in Kenyan Coast. Pearson’s correlation ... -
THE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCING ON WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN KAKAMEGA CENTRAL DISTRICT, KENYA
(Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2012-11-21)Women play a crucial role in the economic development of their families and communities but certain obstacles such as poverty, unemployment, low household income and societal discriminations ... -
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Financial Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Developing Countries: are Kenya's Manufacturing Firms Exempted?
(International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2014-09-02)This paper presents some empirical findings of the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on financial performance of manufacturing firms in developing countries. Using a sample of two hundred manufacturing firms (n = ... -
EXPLORING HOSTILE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AS A MODERATOR IN THE EFFECT OF INNOVATION ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA
(15th International Conference on African Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, 2015-05)Using entrepreneurship orientation- performance relationship theory, we explore the effect of hostile business environment (HBE) in moderating the relationship between innovation and financial performance of manufacturing ... -
Exploring the motivation behind leakage of internal audit reports (whistle blowing) in the public sector in Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting, Finance and Management Sciences, 2017-07)The objective of this study was to explore the various motivators behind the leakage of audit reports in public sector in Kenya. Leakage of information was considered as a mild act of whistle blowing. This study made use ... -
Performance Management and Employee Retention in Universities in Kenya
(LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2015-06-18)Performance management is the process of setting goals, evaluating performance of employees, training and developing employees in a bid to retain them on job. The totality of practice of performance management is an issue ... -
Exploring the Effect of Corporate Entrepreneurship on Financial Performance of Firms: Evidence from Kenya’s Manufacturing Firms
(International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2016)This paper presents empirical findings of the effect of Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) on financial performance of manufacturing firms in developing countries. Using a sample of two hundred manufacturing firms (n = 200) ... -
Fostering Entrepreneurship in Kenya: The Role of Association
(International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2015-03)This paper presents some empirical findings on fostering entrepreneurship through association, Sambut Self Help Group (SSHG) in Uasin Gishu in Kenya. Using a sample of fifty (n=50), the paper specifically ... -
Exploring Innovativeness Dimension of Corporate Entrepreneurship on Financial Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2013-12)Utilizing the conceptual model of the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) performance relationship, we explore the effect of innovativeness dimension of corporate entrepreneurship (CE) on financial performance of ... -
Effecting Training to Entrepreneurs: Use of Vouchers
(Research Academy of Social Sciences, 2015-08-31)This paper describes the use of vouchers in effecting training to established entrepreneurs of MSEs in Kisumu and Luanda in Kenya, a case of demand side financing. The study's main objective was to examine the ... -
Constraints Faced By Mic ro and Small Enterprises in the Liberalised Markets
(Research Academy of Social Sciences, 2015)The essence of this paper is to explore the major constraints that influence the development of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Kisumu, Western Region part of Kenya. The study conducted was guided by the following ... -
Budgetary Control And Financial Performance In Public Institutions Of Higher Learning In Western Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Management Invention, 2016-08)The objective of the study is to establish effect of budgetary control on financial performance of public institutions of higher learning. This study was conducted in institutions of higher learning in ... -
Exploring Effects of Marketing on Corporate Performance of a Public Company in an Emerging Market
(International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Research, 2016-11)Applying the marketing ethics framework, we explore the effect of marketing ethics on corporate performance of a public company in emerging market. Specifically, the paper explores marketing ... -
Anemia among Children Exposed to Polyparasitism in Coastal Kenya
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015)Anemia represents a substantial problem for children living in areas with limited resources and significant parasite burden. We performed a cross-sectional study of 254 Kenyan preschool- and early school-age children in a ... -
Use of prospective hospital surveillance data to define spatiotemporal heterogeneity of malaria risk in coastal Kenya
(Malaria Journal, 2015)Background: Malaria in coastal Kenya shows spatial heterogeneity and seasonality, which are important factors to account for when planning an effective control system. Routinely collected data at health facilities can be ... -
Dengue and west Nile virus transmission in children and adults in coastal Kenya
(American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017-01-01)Dengue virus (DENV) and West Nile virus (WNV) are important reemerging arboviruses that are underrecognized in many parts of Africa due to lack of surveillance. As a part of a study on flavivirus, alphavirus, and parasite ... -
Pneumococcal Vaccine Response After Exposure to Parasites in Utero, in Infancy, or Mid-Childhood
(Pediatrics, 2017-04-04)ACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of mortality before age 5, but few studies examine details of childhood response to pneumococcal vaccine in less-developed settings. Although malnutrition, ... -
Development of a Real-Time Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction for O'nyong-nyong virus and Evaluation with Clinical and Mosquito Specimens in Kenya
(2017-07-29)O’nyong-nyong virus (ONNV), an alphavirus closely related to chikungunya virus (CHIKV), has been the documented cause of two large outbreaks in east Africa; however, little is known about the contribution of ONNV to cases ...