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Lead user innovation - Geoffrey Otieno 2020
No full textDemystifying lead user innovators and showing their importance has been a subject of many arguments. In many cases, the discussions have focused on the firm level of innovation and rarely on the innovator as an individual. Lead users have been recognised for bringing about commercially attractive user innovations and as sources of innovation for new products and services. According to lead user theory, these users are defined as being ahead of an important market trend and experiencing high benefits from innovating. This mixed method study extends lead user theory by exploring the antecedents and consequences of lead user innovation based on 321 quantitative survey responses and 36 interviews. Additionally, five interviews were conducted with regulators. The quantitative survey responses consisted of 298 male and 23 female lead users; the 36 qualitative interviewees were six female and thirty male lead users; the five regulator interviewees were from the Communications Authority of Kenya, Central Bank of Kenya, Insurance Regulatory Authority, Kenya Industrial Property Institute, and SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority. Regarding antecedents, the study uncovered that user characteristic variables (gender, age, marital status, occupation, work experience, education level, and trend leadership), as well as motivation (benefits expected, religion, and incentives) and process of innovation variables (time, number of partners and locus of control) help explain an individual's lead user outcomes. These variables might therefore be used as a proxy to identify the lead users. Concerning the outcomes, the study focused on lead users’ success or failure, employment capability from the innovation, the ability to raise funds for the innovation and the type of innovation produced. The study found that for the lead user characteristics, the age, and the leadership in emerging trends were significant determinants of outcomes of innovation. Marital status was only significant when interacted with age. For the motivation, benefits expected, and incentives were significant determinants of the outcomes of innovation, while regulatory authorities were moderators of innovation; For the process, none of the variables were significant on their own unless interacted with the characteristics’ variables. The study recommends a shift of focus from products and organizational processes that focus on individual constructs to frameworks that show an integrated approach to lead user innovation. When the focus shifts from process to framework, businesses can detach themselves from business as usual and find integrated ways of ensuring the success of innovations
Otieno, Erastus
No full text[Erastus Otieno Ngao served as the president of the Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa (PEFA) in the period of transition between missionary and local leadership. As the person chosen to usher in this new era, he played the most crucial role in this changing of the guard. Whatever else he may have accomplished, his greatest achievement was to have served as a successful transition figure during this delicate and critical period in the PEFA. Otieno emerged as a pioneer African leader because he effectively took over the leadership from the foreign missionary personnel.
Arwa Otieno
No full text"Arwa Otieno is my love. She is so in love with me that sje forgets her simple duties and I have often had to remind her to go back to do her grinding. She is my love." Love song with Orotu one string bowl lute
Replication Data for: Whole genome analysis of local Kenyan and global sequences unravels the epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of RSV genotype ON1 strains
No full textThis study is part of ongoing surveillance of respiratory viruses within Kilifi County, coastal Kenya, and across the country that is aimed at understanding the epidemiology and disease burden of respiratory viruses in this region (Nokes et al. 2009). Two sets of samples were used in the current analysis: (1) samples collected from children (under 5 years of age) admitted to the Kilifi County Hospital (KCH) presenting with syndromically defined severe or very severe pneumonia between September 2011 and August 2016 (Nokes et al. 2009; Otieno et al. 2017) and (2) samples collected from patients of all ages presenting at health facilities within the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS) (Scott et al. 2012) with acute respiratory illnesses between January and December 2016 (Nyiro et al. 2018).</p
Replication Data for: Whole genome analysis of local Kenyan and global sequences unravels the epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of RSV genotype ON1 strains
No full textThis study is part of ongoing surveillance of respiratory viruses within Kilifi County, coastal Kenya, and across the country that is aimed at understanding the epidemiology and disease burden of respiratory viruses in this region (Nokes et al. 2009). Two sets of samples were used in the current analysis: (1) samples collected from children (under 5 years of age) admitted to the Kilifi County Hospital (KCH) presenting with syndromically defined severe or very severe pneumonia between September 2011 and August 2016 (Nokes et al. 2009; Otieno et al. 2017) and (2) samples collected from patients of all ages presenting at health facilities within the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS) (Scott et al. 2012) with acute respiratory illnesses between January and December 2016 (Nyiro et al. 2018).</p
An Assessment of People's Perception towards Community Banking in Kenya: A Case Study of Kisumu County
No full textA Research Report by Boniface Otieno, Submitted to the Chandaria School of Business in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
Replication Data for: anthrax modeling in southern Kenya
No full textData used in machine learning modeling of anthrax distribution in southern Keny
Factors Influencing the successful Implementation of the Balanced Scorecard in Organizations: A Case Study of Crown Paints Limited
No full textA Research Report by Otieno Violet Adhiambo, Submitted to the Chandaria School of Business USIU-A, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
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