Research and Publications: Recent submissions
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Strategic Innovation and Performance of Public Universities in Kenya
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2014)The current business environment is dynamic, turbulent and unpredictable. The success of business in such environment is depended on its adaptability to respond to environmental change. Strategic innovation is a strategic ... -
An Assessment of the Contribution of Credit Reference Bureau Regulation towards Mitigating Credit Risks in the Kenya`s Banking Industry
(2014)In Kenya, the use of Credit Reference Bureaus to mitigate credit risks is a new concept. The purpose of this study was to carry out an analysis on the contribution of credit reference bureaus in preventing credit risks in ... -
An In-Depth Analysis of the Altman’s Failure Prediction Model on Corporate Financial Distress in Uchumi Supermarket in Kenya
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2014)Many firms in developing and transitional economies are in financial distress situation, due to low level of debt service coverage. The study of financial distress has become a significant global issue after the global ... -
FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS AND PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KENYA
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2015)Kenya’s banking system has not been exception as far as financial innovations is concerned. The major impetus for financial innovation has been globalization of financial systems, deregulation, and great advances in ... -
Tax Effort and Determinants of Tax Ratios in Kenya
(European Journal of Economics, Law and Politics, 2016)The study analyzes the tax effort and the factors which influence tax ratios in Kenya. Tax revenue collected from 1980 to 2015 has been less than the government expenditure forcing the government to borrow from domestic ... -
Public Health Spending and Health Outcomes in Kenya
(2019)Health is important for sustainable economic performance of a country. This study seeks to investigate the effectiveness of public health spending on health outcomes. This is obtained by estimating a health production ... -
Ag nanoprism metamaterial based tunable plasmonic logic gate
(IOP Publishing, 2017)A metamaterial comprised of asymmetrically arranged Ag nanoprisms has been proposed and investigated in this paper. The metamaterial shows a polarization dependent PIT effect. The metamaterial with its periodic length ... -
Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Dependence on Misaligned Truncated Ag Nanoprism Dimer
(Springer, 2012)Misaligned edge-to-edge dimers are the common products during the preparation of Ag nanoprism dimers using self-assembly method. However, in the self-assembly method, Ag nanoprisms are easily truncated because they are easy ... -
MARKET POWER AND EFFICIENCY IN INDIGENOUS SMALL RUMINANT MARKETING CHANNELS IN MARSABIT, KENYA
(ILRI and Egerton University, 2006)Eighty percent of Kenya’s land is arid and semi arid (ASAL). The ASALs are best suited for indigenous livestock production, particularly small ruminants. They offer employment to a majority of people in the areas, and ... -
Determinants of Consumers’ Choice and Willingness to Pay for Biofortified Pearl Millet in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Globally, micronutrient deficiency is a major health concern as more than two billion people suffer from iron deficiency, 1.75 billion are at risk of low zinc intake, while 127 million pre-school children suffer from ... -
Bridging gender gaps through innovations in agricultural value chains in Africa
(2018)This paper examines innovations for bridging gender gaps in agricultural value chains in Africa. It focuses on innovative platforms for addressing gender gaps, considering women contribute up to 40 percent of labor in ... -
Beyond participation: Welfare effects of gender-differentiated group-based approaches under climate change in Kenya
(2018)A gender-differentiated data collection approach is an essential step toward understanding gendered perspectives in climate change research. Innovative institutions like group-based approaches provide opportunities to ... -
Farmers’ intrinsic values for adopting climate-smart practices in Kenya: empirical evidence from a means-end chain analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-03-03)This study assesses intrinsic values and motivations farmers have for adopting various climate-smart agricultural practices in Kenya. The qualitative method of laddering was employed as an interview technique, and means-end ... -
Women in African Agriculture: Integrating Women into Value Chains to Build a Stronger Sector
(2018-10)Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa’s agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the labour, but facing significant obstacles, including unequal access to land, traditional division of labour, ... -
Bacterial contamination of Kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) along the supply chain in Nairobi and its environment
(East Africa Medical Journal, 2011-02)To assess the microbiological safety of kale (Brassica oleracea acephala) produced from farms and those sold at the markets with special focus on coliforms, e.coli and salmonella. Design: A cross sectional study. setting: ... -
Understanding the Policy Landscape for Climate Change Adaptation: A Cross-Country Comparison Using the Net-Map Method
(2015)In the context of increasing vulnerability to climate change for people dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, the International Food Policy Research Institute and partner organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, ... -
The role of livestock portfolios and group-based approaches for building resilience in the face of accelerating climate change: An asset-based panel data analysis from rural Kenya
(Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), 2015-10)This study examines the impact of multiple shocks on assets by employing two waves of a panel data set of 360 rural households in three agro-ecological zones in Kenya. To control for unobserved heterogeneity, a ‘within’ ... -
Assessment of developing-country urban consumers’ willingness to pay for quality of leafy vegetables: The case of middle and high income consumers in Nairobi
(2010-09)The improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers in urban centers. Improvement in income usually causes the shift to consumption of non-staples including leafy ... -
Gender Differences in Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Participation in Group-based Approaches: An Intra-household Analysis From Rural Kenya
(Elsevier, 2016-04)Existing studies on adaptation to climate change mainly focus on a comparison of male-headed and female-headed households. Aiming at a more nuanced gender analysis, this study examines how husbands and wives within the ... -
Means-end chain analysis explains soil fertility management decisions by peri-urban vegetable growers in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Past studies of the use of soil fertility management strategies by farmers usually model input use decisions based on the neoclassical utility/profit maximization principle in which farmers use soil fertility management ...
