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Inventory Management and Sustainable Performance of State Corporations in Kenya
(International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2022)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of inventory management on sustainable performance of state corporations in Kenya. Methodology: The descriptive research design was applied in carrying ... -
Changamoto Zinazowakumba Vijana katika Tamthilia ya Kitumbua Kimeingia Mchanga
(Jarida La Afrika Mashariki La Masomo Ya Kiswahili, 2022)Katika ulimwengu wa sasa, kuna mabadiliko chungu nzima yanayoshuhudiwa duniani yanasababishwa na masuala anuwai kama vile maendeleo ya kiteknolojia pamoja na utandarithi yanayoathiri pakubwa maisha ya vijana. Nchini Kenya, ... -
Weibull Distribution as the Choice Model for State-Specific Failure Rates in HIV/AIDS Progression
(Mathematics and Statistics, 2022)This study considered the problem of selecting the best single model for modeling state-specific failure rates in HIV/AIDS progression for patients on antiretroviral therapy with age and gender as risk factors using ... -
Bayesian Model Averaging in Modeling of State Specific Failure Rates in HIV/AIDS Progression
(Mathematics and Statistics, 2022)In modeling HIV/AIDS progression, we carried out a comprehensive investigation into the risk factors for state-specific-failure rates to identify the influential co-variates using Bayesian Model averaging method (BMA). BMA ... -
Effect of Circular Economy Practices on Sustainable Performance of Plastic and Rubber Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, 2022)Purpose: The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect circular economy practices on sustainable performance of plastic and rubber manufacturing firms in Kenya. Methodology: Descriptive research design was adopted ... -
Procurement Methods in Public Procurement and their effect on Sustainable Performance of State Corporations in Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publication, 2022)The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of procurement methods on sustainable performance of state corporations in Kenya. The study was anchored on tendering theory and employed descriptive research design. ... -
Strategy Management of Institutional Investors: Under China's QFII Regimes
(IGI Global, 2022)It has been nearly 20 years since the official establishment and implementation of the qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) system in China. During this period, China's financial market has gradually opened to ... -
Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in the Belt and Road Initiative. In Opportunities and Challenges for Multinational Enterprises and Foreign
(IGI Global, 2022)Motivated by the Chinese government's foreign direct investment (FDI) promotion policies, this paper is attempting to examine the implications of these policies to the Belt and Road (B&R) regions under the unique institutional ... -
Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles, Sensing, Seizing, and Configuration Dynamic Capabilities in Kenyan Firms
(Journal of African Business, 2022)Leaders play a vital role in the development of dynamic capabilities. However, the effects of leadership styles on firms’ dynamic capabilities have not been fully explored, with relatively few studies examining the ... -
Predicting Employability of Congolese Information Technology Graduates Using Contextual Factors: Towards Sustainable Employability
(Sustainability, 2022)Predicting employability in an unstable developing country requires the use of contextual factors as predictors and a suitable machine learning model capable of generalization. This study has discovered that parental ... -
Modelling credit risk using system dynamics: The case of licensed credit reference bureaus in Kenya
(Computers and Informatics., 2023)Credit reference bureaus (CRBs) have been operational in Kenya for many years owing to the large number of borrowers who fail to repay their loans. However, regulating how credit risk will be quantified by these CRBs is ... -
The Corona Virus Pandemic: Was Africa Caught Flatfooted?
(International Journal of Development and Economic Sustainability, 2023)Despite an earlier warning about the occurrence of coronavirus in future, the world seems to have been caught by surprise. In particular, Africa did not appear to have the financial readiness to afford vaccines or ... -
Political Leadership and Regional Integration: A Case of the East African Community Common Market
(Research Gate, 2023)The East African Community (EAC) is a regional integration initiative of East African countries, including Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, South Sudan, Burundi, and Rwanda. The EAC is struggling ... -
Yield-scaled and area-scaled greenhouse gas emissions from common soil fertility management practices under smallholder maize fields in Kenya
(Elsevier, 2023)Agricultural land-use activities are the leading sources of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions in Kenya. However, few studies have examined GHG emissions resulting from different soil fertility management practices in small-scale ... -
Effects of different soil management strategies on fertility and crop productivity in acidic nitisols of Central Highlands of Kenya
(Elsevier, 2023)Managing soil fertility, especially nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), to sustain increased crop productivity is a complex challenge, especially in cultivated Nitisols. Experiments were conducted over eleven (11) cropping ... -
The Structural Quality of Soil Organic Matter under Selected Soil Fertility Management Practices in the Central Highlands of Kenya
(Sustainability Journal, 2023)As influenced by agricultural practices, soil organic matter (SOM) stability is imperative in maintaining soil fertility and crop production. Integrated soil management practices have been recommended for soil fertility ... -
Applying Data Mining in Graduates’ Employability
(International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 2023)Envisaging an adequate IT/IS solution that can mitigate the employability problems is imperative because nowadays there is a high rate of unemployed graduates. Thus, the main goal of this systematic literature review (SLR) ... -
Further Construction Of Balanced Arrays
(Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 2020)The relation between balanced arrays and two other combinatorial structures, namely, orthogonal arrays and transitive arrays is pointed out. We provide three new and simple but rather stringent methods of constructing ... -
Efficiency Factors For Linear Contrasts In Confounded Asymmetrical Factorial
(Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 2019)With reference to a confounded asymmetrical design for an factorial experiment, a very powerful tool for expressing factorial arrangements in a compact and convenient form has been given and also used in this paper in order ... -
Construction Of Some Balanced Asymmetrical Factorial Designs
(ICASTOR Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 2015)Two distinct methods of obtaining high efficiency balanced asymmetrical factorial designs that are resolvable have been discussed. One of these methods uses pseudofactors and factors of asymmetry while the other method ...