COMPEDIUM OF COMPLETED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
DEPARTMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROCUREMENT
NAIROBI CBD CAMPUS
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Influence of intellectual capital on the growth of small medium enterprises in Kenya
John karanja Ngugi
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2012
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The Effect of Electronic Communication of Organisational Performance in Kenya
Magembe Moses
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2012
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Factors that Affect Disposal of Stores and Equipment in Central Government
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Peter Mugo Wangai
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An Assessment of Factors Influencing Employee Productivity: A Case Study of Kenya Prisons
Service
Mageto Mireri
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2012
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Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of the Public Procurement Complaints Mechanism in Kenya: A
Case Study of the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board
Pamela Khamba Ouma
Ongoing
2012
Factors Influencing the Effective Implementation of E-Procurement in the Kenya Government
Ministries
Jane W. Wanyika
Ongoing
2012
Factors Affecting the Effectiveness of E-Procurement Amongst Small and Medium Enterprises in
the Nairobi’s Central Business District
Winnie Hinga
Completed
2012
Factors Affecting the Development of E-Procurement in the United Nations Development
Programme
Edward C. Asitiba
Completed
2012
Effects of Importation Challenges on Supply Chain Effectiveness of Small Business in Gikomba
Market of Nairobi, Kenya
Robert Mwangi Nduuru
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2012
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Role of Supplier Development in Effectiveness of Procurement Function
Vincent Ooko Ochieng
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2012
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Factors Affecting the Effective Execution of Supply Chain Management in Road Construction
Companies in Kenya
Patrick Joseph Ndira
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2012
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Factors Affecting the Quality of Outsourcing Services in the Public Sector
Salome Mukai M.
Ongoing
2012
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Assessment of Factors Affecting Supplier Performance
Festus M. Kasonzo
Ongoing
2012
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Effects on Information Technology on Supply Chain Agility in General Motors East Africa
Rajab Amidah Namenge
Ongoing
2012
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Challenges Facing Implementation of Public Procurement Disposal Act, 2005
Mathew K. Musau
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2012
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Factors Affecting Implementation of Public Procurement Disposal Act
Steve O. Ongoma
Ongoing
2012
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Effects of Centralisation of Procurement Functions on Performance: A Case of Kenya Airports
Authority
Allan M. Muturi
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Affecting Performance of Small Scale Suppliers
Kenfrey Mwiti Muriungi
Ongoing
2012
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Study of
Factors Influencing the Efficiency of Logistics Management in Kenya
Nairobi Province
Police. A Case of
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James Kamau Kariuki, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Factors Influencing Payment of Suppliers in Public Secondary Schools. A Survey of Schools in
Dagoretti District, Nairobi, Kenya
Paul Kogi Njenga, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Strategies Adopted by Public Hospitals in the Disposal Management of Redundant Assets. A Case
Study of Kenyatta National Hospital
Sharon Sarah Ngare, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Suboptimal Performance of Enterprise Resource Planning in NGOs in Kenya: A Case Study of
AMREF Kenya
Joan Kigen, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Supply Chain Distribution in Floriculture Industry in Kenya: A Case Study of Equator Flower Ltd
Jonah Kangogo, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Factors Affecting the Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning in State Corporations. A
Case Study of Nairobi City Water
Jacquiline Kimani
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2012
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Factors Promoting the Adoption of Centralised Procurement Regime in Kenya National Library
Services
Everlyn M. Ntayia, Dr. Wario G.
Completed
2012
Role of Procurement Planning in Effectiveness in Supply Chain Management. Case of
Co-operative Bank
Patrick Mutwiri Murungi
Completed
2012
Factors Affecting Procurement Cycle of Consultancy Services in the Government Ministries in
Kenya
Jane K. Kipkemei Kiyai
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2012
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Internal Factors Affecting Efficiency of Procurement of Kenya Prisons Service
Mageto Mirieri
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2012
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Effects of Strategic Sourcing in Enhancing Efficiency in the Procurement Process
Dickson Abdalla Lugonzo
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2012
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Influence of Procurement Planning on Procurement Performance in Kenya Public F. S.
Louis M. Rotich
Ongoing
2012
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Supply Chain Risks and Its Effects of Procurement Performance of State Corporation in Kenya
Loice Wamboi Mburu, Dr. K. Wanjau
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2012
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The Role of Human Resources Managers in the Integration of Mulit-Generational Workforce in the
Public Sector in Kenya
Ednah Nyangena, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Green Procurement Awareness in Kenya State Corporations
Lilian Nyaboke Ondieki, Dr. Wario G.
Ongoing
2012
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John Ondieki Nyamasege
An Assessment of Factors Affecting Effective Supply Chain Management
in the Public Sector. A Case Study of Ministry of Finance
Ongoing
2012
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Nairobi
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Factors Affecting Inventory Management in Kenya’s Public Sector. A
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An Assessment of Factors Influencing Selection of Suppliers of Raw Materials in Manufacturing
Industry in Kenya
Ateka Okello Obed
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2012
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Study of KISE-
Joshua Kiptoo Kimutai
Ongoing
2012
An Evaluation of Factors That Influence the Efficiency of Procurement System in Government
Ministries
Daniel N. Muriuki
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Ongoing
2012
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Factors Influencing Lead Time in Procurement of Goods and Services in Retail Enterprises. A
Case of Uchumi Supermarket
Gilbert K. Mwangi
Ongoing
2012
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Mombasa
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Factors Affecting Petroleum Industry in Kenya. A Study of Kipevu Oil
Storage Facility
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Factors That Influence Outsourcing of Logistics Services Within Supply Chain
Sophy Kibai, Dr. Wario G.
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Impending Global Sourcing Efficiency
Fridah Karimi Mwingi
Ongoing
2012
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Role of Technology in Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises. A Case of Muthurwa
Martin Gitau Kagocha
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Influencing Plastic Product Innovation Leading to Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises
Joseph M. Gichobi
Completed
2012
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Identification of Types of Innovation that Contribute Most to the Growth of SMEs
Dennis N. Walobwa
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Influencing Innovation in Micro and Small Agro-Enterprises in Kenya. A Case of Machakos
Municipality
Cosmas Nguta Munyeke
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2012
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Factors Affecting Growth of Small and Medium Water Bottling Enterprise in Nairobi, Kenya
Kimani Ndegwa
Completed
2012
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The Role of SACCOs in Growth of Youth Entrepreneurship in Kenya: A Case of Hope and Vision
SACCO
Leonard Onderi
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2012
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Irene Mwangi
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2012
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Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Orientation of Rural SACCOs in Kenya
John Waihenya
Ongoing
2012
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Determinants of Successful Social Performance Management in Agriculture Financing: The Case
of Nairobi Microfinance Institutions
Elikanah Kiarie Ng’ang’a
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2012
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Factors Determining Successful Value Addition in Agribusiness in Kenya. A Case Study of
Maragwa Constituency
Gachugu Dorothy Wanjiru
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2012
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Determinants of Effective Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Banking Industry. A Case of Kenya
Commercial Bank
Felistus Njoki Kimaku
Ongoing
2012
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Second-Hand Tyre Dealers: Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Entrepreneurship
Peter Mutua
Ongoing
2012
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Challenges Facing Use of Equity Financing in Kenya: Case Study of Embakasi Division
Hosea Mengich
Ongoing
2012
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Effectiveness of Health and Safety Programmes in the Manufacturing Sector in Kenya: A Case
Study of Plastic Industries
Eglyne Chepchirchir, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Effects of Concessionary Interest Rates on the Motivation and Task Performance of Kenya
Commercial Bank Staff
Moses Siruri Marwa, Elijah Achoch
Ongoing
2012
An Assessment of Factors Influencing Effective Implementation of Human Resource Information
Systems in State Corporations in Kenya. A Case Study of Kenya Revenue Authority
Winnie Kwamanga, Elijah Achoch
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Ongoing
2012
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Factors Affecting Adoption of Human Resource Information System in State Corporations in Kenya
Agnes M. Mwanzawa, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Determinants of Worklife Balance in the Public Sector. A Case Study of Ngong District Hospital
Christine Muindi, Dr. Wario G.
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction in the Public Service. A Case of G. P.
Mary N. Ngurimu, Elijah Achoch
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Contributing to Occupational Stress Among Academic Staff in Public Universities in Kenya
Mokuah Johnes Nyariki, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Role of HRM in Integrating Multi-generational Workforce in Public Sector in Kenya
Ednah Nyangena, Dr. Wario G.
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2012
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Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction for Civilian Staff in the Ministry of State for Defence
Moses Karagirwa, Alice Abok
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2012
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Factors Affecting KM Implementation in NGO: Case Study of AMREF-Kenya
Emmanuel Mango Khaemba, Alice Abok
Ongoing
2012
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Role of International Standards of Organisation (ISO) on Organisation Performance in the Water
Sector. A Case Study of Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company
Mary Mutheu Musau
Ongoing
2012
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Relationship Between Intellectual Capital Accounting and Business Performance in the
Pharmaceutical Firms in Kenya
Karimi James M. Ngari, Dr. Elegwa Mukulu, Dr.
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Ongoing
2012
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Effects of Chief Executive Officers’ Turnover and Succession on the Performance of State
Corporations in Kenya
Ben Chumo, Dr. Gichira Robert, Dr. Anthony Waititu
Ongoing
2012
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Challenges Hindering SMEs in Kenya after the Exit of the Founders
Patrick Karanja Ngugi, Dr. R.W. Gakure, Dr. Anthony Waititu
Completed
2012
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Factors Affecting Effective Implementation of Strategic Plans in NGOs in Kenya
Alice Mwajuma Abok, Dr. R. Gakure, Dr. Anthony Waititu
Ongoing
2012
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Determinants in Adopting Information Technology in Human Resource Management Practices. A
Survey of Public Universities in Kenya
Robert Kinanga, Dr. Mike Iravo, Dr. Anthony Waititu
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Hindering Effective Development of Managers in the Civil Service of Kenya
Florence Nyokabi Wachira
Ongoing
2012
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The Role of Performance Contracting in the Civil Service in Kenya: A Case of Ministry of Roads
Stephen Machira Muniu
Ongoing
2012
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Strategies Adopted by Women to Accede to Leadership Positions in the Public Sector in Kenya
Esther Thaara Muoria, Dr. H. Gachunga, Dr. Anthony Waititu
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Influencing Organisational Commitment of Part-time Academics in Institutions of Higher
Education in Kenya
Matata Kilungu, Dr. E. Mukulu
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2012
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Factors of Tripartite Consultation Influencing the Performance of State Corporations in Kenya
Susan Nzioki, Dr. H. Gachunga, Dr. E. Mukulu
Ongoing
2012
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Factors Affecting Career Progress for Women in Public Service in Kenya
Nchabira Margaret Kirai, Dr. E. Mukulu, Prof. M, Kobia
Ongoing
2012
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Comparison of Use of Academic Staff Performance Appraisal as a Competitive Advantage in
Public and Private Universities in Kenya
Gichinga Lucy Wanjiru
Ongoing
2012
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Determinants of ICT Adoptions by Formal Small Enterprises in Urban Kenya
Daniel M. Wanyoike
Ongoing
2012
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Factors That Influence Women Entrepreneurs to Start Non-Traditional Enterprise in Kenya
Teresia Ngina Kyalo, Dr. R. Gichira, Dr. A. Waititu
Ongoing
2012
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Role of Enterprise Risk Management Strategies in the Growth of Microfinance Institutions in Kenya
James Njuguna
Ongoing
2012
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The Factors that Contribute to Financial Challenges Facing Local Authorities in Kenya
John Ntoiti
Ongoing
2012