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Agribusiness Development through Rural Value Chain/Cluster Symbiosis
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)Talk about business acceleration in agrarian Africa is incomplete until agribusiness is mentioned. A 2013 World Bank report “Growing Africa: Unlocking the Potential of Agribusiness,” says that Africa’s farmers and ... -
Analyzing the Role of Business Linkages on Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)The globalization era presents small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with both a challenge and a threat. The threat is the growing competition from overseas while the challenge lies in the new opportunities. SMEs are major ... -
Applicability of the Small Business Franchise Prototype model to Namibia.
(Research Gate, 2016)Final submission of paper to presented at a conference, 2008. Namibia has been witnessing an increase in the cases of business failures, job losses and job cuts. In 1970, the unemployment figure was about 20 000 and increased ... -
Are Kenyans Suffering from Procurement Nightmare Culture?
(International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2014-09)The Public procurement system in Kenya has never been subjected to negative publicity as in the recent past. This has been due to over reported mega corruption related cases though in many cases no evidence has ever been ... -
Assessment of Sustainable Strategies for Business Acceleration
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)Business acceleration is a holistic advisory service that brings about rapid growth and sorts out all organizational, operational and strategy difficulties that may be facing a business. Small and medium enterprises are ... -
Assessment of the Strategic Role of Procurement Professionalism on Ethical Sourcing in Kenya
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)The objectives of public procurement reforms in Kenya has been; to create value for money, to increase public participation, ensure transparency and accountability, ensure fair treatment of all suppliers, improve the ... -
Demonstrating the Potential Role of Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurs
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)Business acceleration is essential for guiding enterprises through ‘business adolescence’ and into ‘business maturity’ stages of their development. This presentation will revisit the concept of business acceleration, to ... -
The Effect of Green Water Management on Performance of Manufacturing Companies: A Survey of Selected Companies in Thika Sub-County
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)Kenyan government through NEMA has been advocating and pressurizing business entities in taking up the responsibilities of conserving its environment. The study intended to identify the effect of green water management ... -
Effect of Legal and Technological Arrangements on Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2013)The purpose of technology is to improve productivity of enterprises and enhance the quality of goods produced by the firms to help them withstand local and international competition. When applied to micro and small enterprises, ... -
The Efficacy of Traditional Innovation and Modern Science in Managing the Banana Value Chain
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)Bananas (Musa paradisiaca), have played and continue to play a major role in the diets of the people and the economies world over. It is an important food crop providing carbohydrates for both rural and urban households; ... -
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Business Acceleration in Africa
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)The U.S.A and the European Nations defined the economic order of the 19th century and the better part of the 20th century. Later, Japan and the Asian Tigers carved a niche for themselves in the global economy. The final ... -
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Centres in African Universities: What should their Role be?
(Mount Kenya University, 2015)There has been a considerable growth in University Entrepreneurship and Small Business Centres worldwide, but less so in Africa. In fact only a handful of such Centres have been established in Africa. This may be linked ... -
Ethics and Governance in Supply Chain Management for Economic Development
(Mount Kenya University, 2020)Supply chain management is experiencing lack of direction, poor coordination and unfair competition, transparency and accountability as well as fraud in the public sector, consequently lack of qualified supply chain ... -
Exploring the Integrated Talent Management Processes on Competitive Advantage of Mobile Phone Operators (Comparative Study on Safaricom and Airtel, Kenya
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)The success of business strategy execution in a competitive world relies on integrated talent management processes in the organization and its people, who choose to analyze the competition and craft a well- aligned ... -
Factors affecting performance of constituency development fund projects in Kenya: Case study of Kikuyu constituency
(Mount Kenya University, 2015)This study examined in detail factors that affect the performance of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects in Kenya. There have been numerous reports by scholars, professionals, the media and civil rights organizations ... -
Fostering Entrepreneurship in the University Context – Promotion of International Entrepreneurship
(2018)Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) are the driving force behind all economies. Their importance can be observed in the German economy where 99% of all enterprises fall under the classification of SME. At the same ... -
Improve Post-Harvest Practices for Food Security
(Mount Kenya University, 2020)The agricultural sector is a key pillar of Kenya’s economy. According to the recent Food Security Report by Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, the sector directly contributes 24% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and ... -
Improve Supply Chains for Economic Recovery
(Mount Kenya University, 2020)During this period of COVID – 2019 all industries that contribute to the country economic growth e.g manufacturing sector, agricultural sector, health sector is experiencing supply chain vulnerability. In the health sector ... -
Inclusive Business Development in East-Africa - Ways of Creating Enabling Environment
(Mount Kenya University, 2015)In the paper we discuss on the role of inclusive business development in Africa. Inclusive business, as a feature of inclusive market development represents a promising approach of bringing the benefits of economic growth ... -
Indigenization of Knowledge through Research as a Synergy to the Business World; An orientation of the Vision 2030
(Mount Kenya University, 2018)The purpose of the study was to analyze the role of indigenous knowledge through research as a synergy to the business world an orientation of the vision 2030. The objectives included; to assess the business environment ...
