SU+ Digital Respository: Recent submissions
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Analysis of value chain and performance of leather companies in Kenya
(2019)The performance of a company is the core aspect for management and shareholders as it is a measure of success or failure and usually guides decision making within that business. Value chain analysis is a fundamental approach ... -
Coordination in multi agency response to international terrorism in Kenya: a comparison of Dusit d2 and Westgate terror attacks
(Strathmore University, 2020)Kenya has in the last decade been faced by a constant terror threat from al-Shabaab, ISIS and al Qaeda. This study sets out to assess responses to international terrorism in Kenya. It draws a comparison of the Dusit D2 and ... -
The Association between working capital management and financial distress by listed firms in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)The objective of this study was to assess the association of working capital management practices and financial distress of firms publicly listed at the Nairobi Security Exchange (NSE). The specific objectives of the study ... -
Ethical analysis of content in compulsory english literature set books in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)In Kenya, all learners in the third and fourth years of Secondary school read, analyze and comprehend compulsory English set books. The set books are examined in the National Examinations. The set books studied have an ... -
Establishing a management system for Pink Gems School: an action research approach
(Strathmore University, 2020)Pink Gems Kindergarten was started in the year 2011 and construction of the school completed a year after. The land on which the school was built was on a leasehold agreement for a period of 5 years from 2012 to 2017. For ... -
The influence of mentoring programmes on the performance of youth owned enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)Mentoring programs are important not only for business but also to serve as a bridge between business and academia. Many studies have delved into the factors that contribute to successful entrepreneurial performance and ... -
The Relationship between data quality and internal audit findings of commercial banks in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2019)Study’s main objective was to establish the association between data quality and internal audit findings of commercial banks in Kenya. The study specifically sought to establish the relationship between data accessibility, ... -
Investigating influence of socio economic and political factors on local integration of refugees in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2019-10)Forced migration is a global issue that has resulted to displacement of over sixty-eight million people from their countries due to violation of human rights, political tensions, civil war and armed conflict; forcing ... -
Influence of employee engagement on the market performance of fast-moving consumer goods firms in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020-04)In the modern fast-moving consumer goods business, sustaining a competitive market position is of crucial concern. To meet their marketing performance goals, it is relevant for fast-moving consumer goods firms to maintain ... -
Effect of pre-disaster public finance on disaster mitigation in Eastern and Southern Africa
(Strathmore University, 2020-11)Sub-Saharan Africa has seen an increase in the frequency, intensity and cost of natural disasters. The associated effects suggest that governments are lagging on their disaster mitigation financing obligations, since ... -
Analysis of recurrent events with associated informative censoring: application to HIV data
(Strathmore University, 2020-06)In this study, we adapt a commonly used Cox-based model for recurrent events; the Prentice, Williams and Peterson Total -Time (PWP-TT) that has been largely used under the assumption of non-informative censoring and evaluate ... -
A Public complaints data mining and visualization tool for social media: a case of Nairobi City County
(Strathmore University, 2020-04)The government of Kenya has been experiencing low levels of public complaint feedback with regards to the current complaint reporting methods. Citizens consider the organized public meetings and office visits as time ... -
A Phishing detection model based on dynamic-hybrid feature selection
(Strathmore University, 2019-07)Phishing attacks have been a big internet nuisance since the early 1990s when hackers started stealing information from organizations using messaging platforms. At the time, the problem affected large institutions and ... -
A Machine learning model for task allocation
(Strathmore University, 2020-09)Task allocation is one among the key planning exercises that plays a major role in an organization’s quest to satisfy Service Level Agreements and to attain operational excellence. Task allocation is a difficult issue that ... -
Characteristics and motivational factors of opportunity driven youth entrepreneurs in Nairobi County
(Strathmore University, 2020)Youth entrepreneurship has been recognized as being an essential factor in growing a country’s economy and thus young graduates are encouraged to consider it as a career choice. However, in Kenya entrepreneurship is viewed ... -
SCM 1206 - Supply chain costing and budgeting
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Association between executive directors’ remuneration and earnings management among banks in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)This study established the association between executive directors’ remuneration and earnings management among banks in Kenya. The research adopted descriptive design. A sample of 34 banks operational over the 12-year ... -
Governance strategies for Corporate Enterprise Virtues in five listed banks in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2020)The study examined the extent of corporate virtuous leadership practice in listed Banks in Kenya, through review of the corporate governance. The study made use of Corporate Enterprise Virtues as practised by the Board of ... -
Freedom of education: an Aristotelian interpretation of the Kenya Basic Education Act No.14 of 2013
(Strathmore University, 2020)Aristotle in his educational ideals as presented in his Politics and Nichomachean Ethics, believed that education was necessary for a fulfilled life. For him, the thinking and practice of an educator has to have a clear ... -
Current reporting and relationship with integrated reporting for listed companies in Kenya : disclosure levels and company factors
(African Accounting & Finance Association, 2019-12)This study draws on agency, stakeholder and legitimacy theories, to analyze the extent to which ‘integrated reporting’ information is currently being disclosed by Kenyan listed companies and to investigate the firm-level ...
