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Associating Biosecurity to Preferences
(Engineers Publication House (EPH), 2017-07)
Poultry biosecurity refers to procedures used to prevent the introduction and spread of diseasecarrying organisms in poultry flocks. Literature shows that indigenous chickens are not produced in biosecure conditions raising ...
Trends in forest conditions and implications for resilience to climate change under differing forest governance regimes: the case of Mount Elgon, East Africa
(CIFOR, 2017-03-16)
Mount Elgon is a transboundary East African montane ecosystem that harbors unique biological diversity and provides critical goods and services to the surrounding densely populated communities. As a key water tower, the ...
Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Kenya
(International Association of African Researchers, 2017)
Empirical literature on the determinants of FDI flows is extensive but controversial over some determinants of FDI in-flows in developing countries. The objective of this study therefore is to investigate the overall ...
Ordinary Least Square and Vector Autoregressive analysis of Forward Integration Credit Risk Mitigation Mechanisms by Commercial Banks on Capital Employed growth of Agribusinesses in Kenya
(International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management, 2017)
Capital growth is long-term return expectations on a balanced fund; where time is required to facilitate determination of
compounding and diversification functions of Capital Employed on itself; not only for the lender ...
Challenges of solid waste management in Kisumu, Kenya
(Springer Netherlands, 2017-12-01)
Solid waste management is a major environmental and public health concern in many urban areas of developing countries. Kisumu like many urban areas of developing countries is grappling with increasing waste generation, an ...
Board Composition and Value-added Performance in an Emerging Securities Market: Panel Evidence from Kenya
(Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers, 2017-11)
This study investigates the role of board composition in influencing valueadded performance for firms in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) using the
fixed effects panel data methodology. Using a sample of 456 firm-year ...
Exclusion of Community forest Associations in Decision Making and its Impact on Forest Condition; Case Study of MT. Elgon and Cherangany Ecosystems
(Indian Forester, 2017-09-01)
Governance of forestry structure through Participatory Forest Management is backed by Forest Act 2005, which is undergoing a review process. It has been shown that adoption of PFM in some forest stations has resulted in ...
Board composition and value-added performance in an emerging securities market: Panel evidence from Kenya
(Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers, 2017)
This study investigates the role of board composition in influencing valueadded performance for firms in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) using the fixed effects panel data methodology. Using a sample of 456 firm-year ...
Managing nations as brand entities; a focus on Kenya in relation to India
(International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research and Managemen, 2017)
World Book Dictionary defines “Nation’ as a
‘sovereign state’ or ‘group of people, race or tribe
having the same descent, language and origin.’ As of
May 2008, United Nations had 192 Members
excluding Vatican. Today, ...
The Relationship between Inflation and Economic Growth in East African Community Countries
(Noble Academic Publishe, 2017)
The relationship between inflation and economic growth has been of great concern to most
countries and regions across the world. Several studies have attempted to explain the linear association, long run and
causal ...