MUT REPOSITORY: Recent submissions
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Effect of Service Quality on Behavioral Intentions among Budget Hotels in Machakos County, Kenya
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2025)The hospitality industry through its budget hotel segment, maintains its fundamental role to boost tourism and support economic development across the globe and within Kenya. The main concern for budget hotels is retaining ... -
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF COMMUNITIES THROUGH TOURISM: A PRO-POOR TOURISM VALUE CHAIN APPROACH
(Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR), 2015)A number of constraints continue to limit participation of the local people to tourism and travel activities in the less and developing countries. Addressing such constraints has over time formed the focus of development ... -
Cost Reduction Strategies and Guest Satisfaction among Hotels in the Coast Region of Kenya
(Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 2022)Purpose: The increase in operations cost in Kenya has seen some hotels close while others lose guests. In addition, poor customer relationship management and the loss of accreditations issued early are thought to be a ... -
Contribution of Adventure Recreation Infrastructure to Sustainable Rural Livelihood in Nyeri, Kenya
(African Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2023)It is becoming more common for governments to acknowledge adventure tourism as a strategy for responsible and sustainable economic growth that is beneficial to society. This form of tourism has the potential to improve ... -
AN INTEGRATED SERVQUAL AND GAP MODEL IN EVALUATING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN BUDGET HOTELS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
(International Academic Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2017)Increasingly, hotel industry has witnessed rapid growth in the 21stcentury and as result competition within the industry has also intensified. This competition has been fueled by the preoccupation of service and interviews. ... -
NEGOTIATION SITE SELECTION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE OUTCOME OF PURCHASER-SUPPLIER AGREEMENTS
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2015)This study investigates the effects of Negotiation sites on purchaser-supplier agreements in the Kenyan private sector. The population of interest for this study was private Supermarkets in Kenya. Data collection was ... -
Influence Of Supply Chain Resilience On Performance Of Humanitarian Aid Organizations In Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications,, 2022)The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of supply chain resilience on performance of humanitarian aid organizations in Kenya. The study was anchored on the Complex Adaptive Systems Theory and employed survey ... -
Influence Of Electronic Procurement on Performance of County Governments in Lake Region Economic Bloc, Kenya
(Journal of Economics, Management Sciences and Procurement, 2025)Purpose: The study aimed to determine the influence of electronic procurement on the performance of county governments within Kenya’s Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB). Specifically, it examined the effects of e-sourcing, ... -
Influence of Supply Chain Leagility on Performance of Humanitarian Aid Organizations in Kenya
(Journal of Business and Economic Development, 2021)In today’s volatile and uncertain humanitarian environment, adopting a purely lean or a purely agile supply chain is not effective. Humanitarian organizations are struggling to obtain the highest possible performance from ... -
Effect of Eco-design Practices on the Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Mombasa County, Kenya
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2016)Eco-design is a new approach to products design; it has emerged as a key approach for manufacturing firms seeking to become environmentally sustainable and globally competitive. The purpose of this study was to establish ... -
Cultural Aspects Constraining Mine Water Supply Chain Management in ASAL Areas of Kitui County, Kenya
(2023)Kitui County receives low levels of rainfall annually thus considered as Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) area. The community has formed many cultural imaginations about water ensuing from scarcity and insufficiency of the ... -
Cross-border logistics and shipping company performance in East Africa: Empirical evidence from Mombasa Port
(Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics, 2025)Purpose: This study examines the effect of crossborder logistics on shipping company performance in East Africa, specifically investigating how customs clearance efficiency, transportation management systems (TMS) adoption, ... -
BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP AND SUPPLIER RESPONSIVENESS: A CASE OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS LISTED IN NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE, KENYA
(2015)This study sought to examine the influence of buyer-supplier relationships on the supplier responsiveness. The population of this study was manufacturing firms in Kenya, forming a total of 90 respondents. The sample size ... -
THE MODERATING EFFECT OF COMPETITIVE INTENSITY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARKET ORIENTATION AND PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE SECURITY FIRMS IN KENYA
(The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 2020)The objective of this study was to establish the moderating effect of competitive intensity on the relationship between market orientation on the performance of private security firms in Kenya. Data was collected from ... -
BEYOND THE SHELF: UNLOCKING SUPERMARKETS’ PERFORMANCE WITH JIT AND VMI IN THE NORTH RIFT REGION, KENYA
(2025)Purpose of Study: This study examined the influence of two key inventory management practices—Just-in-Time (JIT) and Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)—on the performance of supermarkets in the North Rift Region. Problem ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF FIRM AGE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARKET ORIENTATION AND PERFORMANCE OF PRIVATE SECURITY FIRMS IN KENYA
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2021)The objective of the study was to establish the moderating effect of firm age on the relationship between market orientation and non-financial performance of private security firms in Kenya. The study targeted 39 firms ... -
AGRO-ECOLOGICAL PRACTICES AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SMALL-SCALE CROP FARMING IN TAITA TAVETA COUNTY, KENYA
(2025)Statement of the Problem: Agro-ecological practices offer a sustainable approach to improving productivity and environmental resilience in small-scale crop farming systems, especially in resource-constrained regions. ... -
A leaner, meaner lifeline: How supply chain efficiency boosts the performance of humanitarian aid in Kenya
(Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics, 2025)Purpose: This study examines how supply chain efficiency influences the performance of humanitarian aid organizations in Kenya, focusing on the moderating role of organizational characteristics such as size, age, and ... -
Transport Management Practices and Safety Performance of Public Transport Organizations in Nairobi
(British Journal of Multidisciplinary and Advanced Studies, 2025)Road accidents cost the country, as is the case in other developing jurisdictions across the world, a loss of over 4% of the GDP. In Kenya, road accidents have been on the rise unlike in some developed nations. A substantial ... -
The Influence of Competitive Intensity on the Market Orientation of Private Security Firms in Mombasa County, Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, Business and Management Research, 2024)The objective of this study was to establish the influence of competitive intensity on the market orientation of private security firms in Mombasa County. The study targeted private security firms that are members of the ...