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The Influence of dynamic capabilities on firm performance of listed manufacturing firms in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2019)
Manufacturing firms worldwide are faced with high competition which causes them to explore new ways of re-configuring their resources so as to gain superior firm performance. Existing studies have addressed the interaction ...
A Prototype for secure key management
(Strathmore University, 2015)
Key Management refers to the cycle of maintaining key exchange from the moment of
initialization to retirement. It has proved to be a major concern for parties concerned where these
keys have landed in the wrong hands ...
Minimization of the cost of solid waste management through alternative financing mechanisms in Kajiado County
(Strathmore University, 2016-06)
The need for investment in the Solid Waste Management (SWM) sector in Low- and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) far outstrip their financial resources. The real challenge for LMIC is to set up sound SW management for both ...
Effects of business process automation in a revenue collection agency : a case study at Kenya Revenue Authority
(Strathmore University, 2011-06)
The effects and contributions of adopting Information Communication Technology (ICT)
by organizations have been on a rise in recent times. However, the anticipated end results are
most often not realized due to automation ...
Challenging security council's monopoly power over the use of force in enforcement actions that case ECOWAS
(Strathmore University, 2018)
The treaty of Lagos emerged in 1975 proposing a union of West African states. The treaty was initially meant for economic integration but a wave of political reforms and civil strife in the region led to its revision. This ...
Water Filter Provision and Home-Based Filter Reinforcement Reduce Diarrhea in Kenyan HIV-Infected Adults and Their Household Members
(The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014)
Among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -infected adults and children in Africa, diarrheal disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. We evaluated the effectiveness of provision and home-based reinforcement ...
Sentiment analysis for hate speech detection on social media: TF-IDF weighted N-Grams based approach
(Strathmore University, 2017)
Hate speech on social media has unfortunately become a common occurrence in the Kenyan online community largely due to advances in mobile computing and the internet. Incidents of hate speech on social media have the potential ...
An Assessment of the implementation of the Free Maternal Services in Murang’a County Referral Hospital
(2018)
This study aimed to establish the trends of utilization of FMS services at Murang’a County Referral Hospital between 2013 and 2017, to assess the readiness of the hospital to offer FMS and to explore the contextual factors ...
Quantifying idiosyncratic risk in defined benefit pension schemes in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2014)
Pension schemes are prone to numerous risks that could affect the funds resulting in payments different from those that were guaranteed on entrance into the scheme. This study sought to measure the idiosyncratic risk in a ...
The X-efficiency of insurance companies in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015)
This project seeks to determine the X-efficiencies ofboth life and non-life insurance companies in Kenya. It also establishes whether the X-efficiency ofthese insurance companies is affected by the type of business (life ...