Bitange Ndemo

University of Nairobi | UON · Department of Business Administration

This study investigated the influence of entrepreneurial orientation on business model innovation in medium enterprises in Kenya. The study was grounded on the dynamic capabilities view. A descriptive cross-sectional survey research design was adopted to achieve the study’s objective. The sampling frame was the Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG...

This study investigated the influence of entrepreneurial orientation on business model innovation in medium enterprises in Kenya. The study was grounded on the dynamic capabilities view. A descriptive cross-sectional survey research design was adopted to achieve the study’s objective. The sampling frame was the Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG...

This study sought to validate existing sustainability performance measurement scales in the context of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya. The study was cross-sectional. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire from a sample of 221 SMEs drawn from a target population of 517 SMEs using a stratified random sampling strategy. T...

As the adoption of digital technology sweeps across industries, there is a need to validate its effects in different sectors in developing countries. Heeding this concern, we investigated the influence of the adoption of digital technology within the micro and small enterprises in Kenya. A descriptive multiple-case design in busy micro and small en...

Digitalization has transformed global financial markets and is quickly emerging as an avenue for future economic development. However, due to the dynamic nature of the digitalisation processes, ubiquitous challenges affecting their collection, processing, quality and security of collected data have continued to emerge, thereby creating opportunitie...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between National Image and FDI among Sub-Saharan Africa nations. Methodology: This study was based on positivism approach and study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. The population of the study was all of SSA 46 countries and a census survey of all the countries in SSA wa...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the contribution of National Image, Business Climate, and Technology Transfer to FDI among Sub-Saharan Africa nations. Methodology: This study was based on positivism approach and study used a descriptive cross-sectional design. The population of the study was all of SSA 46 countries and a census...

In spite of firm innovativeness being identified as essential for growth, there exists a dearth of studies that relate entrepreneurial orientation and innovativeness in manufacturing small and medium enterprises in the developing world. In this article, we unpack the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation and examine their influence on innovativ...

In spite of firm innovativeness being identified as essential for growth, there exists a dearth of studies that relate entrepreneurial orientation and innovativeness in manufacturing small and medium enterprises in the developing world. In this article, we unpack the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation and examine their influence on innovativ...

This study determines the influence of competitive strategy drivers on the performance of manufacturing SMEs in Nairobi County in Kenya. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of many economies all over the world through creation of employment opportunities as well as wealth creation for entrepreneurs. Strong competitive strategy driv...

As the fourth industrial revolutions technologies intensify, cities are becoming smarter, new business models are emerging and informal enterprises are formalizing by default. Research demonstrates that the future of our world is decided by the quality of its future cities. As cities invest in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and e...

The paper sought to establish the factors that influence firm innovativeness within manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nairobi County, Kenya. A descriptive instrumental multi case study design was adopted. The cases were purposively identified from manufacturing SME firms within Nairobi County. The paper identified factors that in...

Learning outcomes The case study takes students through basic principles and applications of entrepreneurship theory as demonstrated by the story of Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). The case further demonstrates the significance of communicating a rallying vision in a change management situation. The case further allows the students to evaluate the...

In spite of firm innovativeness being identified as essential for firm performance and growth, there exists a dearth of studies that relate entrepreneurial orientation and firm innovativeness in manufacturing small and medium enterprises in Kenya. A cross sectional survey approach was adopted to study this effect. Environmental dynamism as a modera...

This chapter explores how emerging information and communication technologies (ICT) and geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to map informal settlements, and by openly providing spatial maps, lead to improved conditions for people living in slums. Furthermore the chapter demonstrates that ICTs and GIS can prompt policymakers to apply mu...

The authors examiner the development of MSMEs in Kenya, their contribution to the country's economy, discussing the current challenges as well as the opportunities available to them

Even with the increased number of women enterprises and efforts to help women entrepreneurs in Africa exploit the potential benefits globalization, gender inequalities (perception and treatment of women in Africa) still stand in their way. This paper seeks to address three questions: First, what the literature suggests with respect to rethinking al...

Until recently, information and communications technologies (ICTs) and African informal economies were seen to lie at opposite ends of the development spectrum. This paper explores how the rapidly changing landscape of ICTs are affecting informal livelihoods in African countries. The paper draws on technical, business and policy expertise, and info...

Digital technologies have spread across the African continent at an inexorable pace. Widely cited data on adoption rates suggest that digital technologies are making their way into every facet of life in African societies — a broader change process cast in this paper as digital transformation seems to be underway. We look beyond adoption rates and...

A paradigm shift is underway in Kenya. New innovations are destroying old ways of doing business, and smart young start-up entrepreneurs are at the forefront of this quiet but historic transformation. Teams of skilled developers and programmers have sprung up in innovation hubs, incubators, and accelerators across the country to build information a...

This chapter provides an analysis of the policy process that led to the information and communications technology (ICT) boom in Kenya during President Mwai Kibaki’s administration (2003–2013). It offers an analysis of the policy development that spurred the highly successful innovations in the country’s ICT sector. The chapter explains the course o...

Innovation and creativity are the backbone of entrepreneurship. Domestic and international competition, changing government regulations and rapidly shifting market conditions demand constant creative innovation for corporations to survive. Despite an increase in the number of innovations from African enterprises and research institutions in the cur...

Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya. Following the arrival of fiber-optic cables in 2009, Digital Kenya examines why the initial entrepreneurial spirit and digital revolution has...

In his book, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Drucker (1985) discussed innovation and entrepreneurship under three main headings: the practice of innovation (the means by which entrepreneurs exploit change as an opportunity for a new business or service); the practice of entrepreneurship (the institution as the carrier of entrepreneurship); and ent...

Africa is transforming from a continent that has been riddled with poverty for the past 50 years to one with an emerging middle-class income status, with its economy growing spectacularly at an average GDP growth rate of approximately 7 per cent per annum. Assisting this growth is a decrease in armed conflict that has placed most African countries...

This paper narrates how an innovative political institution in Kenya gained support from private sector players in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. The paper is centered on the reflections of a top civil servant who leveraged Lewin’s theoretical foundations and leadership to propel Kenya from obscurity to global renown in...

Purpose This paper seeks to explore the strategic decision‐making process by women owner‐managers of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in developing countries, focusing on environmental dynamics as a strategy for the development of the MSE sector. The paper reviews existing literature and experience on women leadership and decision‐making process....

Purpose – This paper is concerned with sustainable development (supporting profit-making enterprises as alternatives to providing relief efforts in developing countries) of faith-based enterprises in Kenya focusing on the question of measuring social enterprises as a strategy for the developing the sector. The purpose of the paper is to review exis...

This paper investigates the impact of entrepreneurship in the Maasai community in Kenya. It briefly analyzes the Maasai culture in relation to their participation in the market economy. The literature review leads to the statement of the problem and two hypotheses: (1) Because of decreasing land resources, the Maasai would seek to develop enterpris...