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ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC RESOURCES OFFERING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN BOMET COUNTY
Get PDFResources are the main economic factors that any developing country must strategize in order
to bring wealth. Bomet County is endowed with many resources yet to be fully exploited.
However the productivity is comparatively low, livelihood is low due to low income yet it
has abundant resources. The objective of this research was to evaluate resources in Bomet
County, to establish specific resources that may give Bomet County competitive advantage
and to determine the likely resources exploitation combination that may offer competitive
advantage in Bomet County. This study focused on leveraging of competitive advantage in
Bomet County on resources to generate wealth. The literature review is based on Resource
Based View Theory and Michael Porters‟ Five Points have been pointed out as the basis of
resource development. Ecological factors (land, water, tourism, human resources) were the
strategic resources offering competitive advantage in Bomet County for high level of
productivity, price leadership and high quality service. In the research methodology, the
survey design was adopted in collecting primary and secondary data from relevant authorities
of ministries in Bomet County, targeting the use of resources and capabilities. The targeted
population were government officers in land, water, tourism, public administration and
education ministries who were directly involved in the use of strategic resources. The total
number of identified population was 138 out of which 78 were issued with questionnaires.
Questionnaires and interview schedules were the research instruments used. Secondary data
included periodicals and ministerial reports on relevant areas. Data analysis was done using
SPSS. Descriptive Analysis (percentages, frequencies and averages) followed by data
presentation and discussions on bar graphs, pie charts and tables. The study concludes that
maximum utilization of strategic resources will offer competitive advantage in Bomet
County. Therefore the study recommends that further studies to be carried on how to
implement the strategies of converting resource to generate maximum wealt
Analysis of Strategic Resources Offering Competitive Advantage in Bomet County
No full textResources are the main economic factors that any developing country must strategize in order to bring wealth. Bomet County is endowed with many resources yet to be fully exploited. However the productivity is comparatively low, livelihood is low due to low income yet it has abundant resources. The objective of this research was to evaluate resources in Bomet County, to establish specific resources that may give Bomet County competitive advantage and to determine the likely resources exploitation combination that may offer competitive advantage in Bomet County. This study focused on leveraging of competitive advantage in Bomet County on resources to generate wealth. The literature review is based on Resource Based View Theory and Michael Porters‟ Five Points have been pointed out as the basis of resource development. Ecological factors (land, water, tourism, human resources) were the strategic resources offering competitive advantage in Bomet County for high level of productivity, price leadership and high quality service. In the research methodology, the survey design was adopted in collecting primary and secondary data from relevant authorities of ministries in Bomet County, targeting the use of resources and capabilities. The targeted population were government officers in land, water, tourism, public administration and education ministries who were directly involved in the use of strategic resources. The total number of identified population was 138 out of which 78 were issued with questionnaires. Questionnaires and interview schedules were the research instruments used. Secondary data included periodicals and ministerial reports on relevant areas. Data analysis was done using SPSS. Descriptive Analysis (percentages, frequencies and averages) followed by data presentation and discussions on bar graphs, pie charts and tables. The study concludes that maximum utilization of strategic resources will offer competitive advantage in Bomet County. Therefore the study recommends that further studies to be carried on how to implement the strategies of converting resource to generate maximum wealth
ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIES LEVERAGING ON KENYA’S VISION 2030 FOR ALLEVIATING ABSOLUTE POVERTY IN BOMET COUNTY-KENYA
No full textFULL TEXTAbsolute poverty deprives part of the society of necessities of life -food, clothing, education, and health. Considerable economic growth must accelerate access to services like education and health for all, especially the marginalized citizens. The objective of the study was to analyze unique strategies leveraging on Kenya’s vision 2030 strategic plan for alleviation of absolute poverty in Bomet County. The specific objectives were to analyze economic strategies on strategic natural resources, identify social strategies on social basic needs, to determine political strategies on political issues and to examine the strategic cultural values leveraging on Kenya’s vision 2030 on alleviation of absolute poverty in Bomet County. Survey design was adopted in collecting primary and secondary data. The targeted population was 141,219 households from five sub-counties in Bomet County. By comparing Conchran formula and Krejcei and Morgan table the sample taken was 384 households. Questionnaires schedule was the main research instrument. Secondary data included periodicals, County ministerial reports on absolute poverty. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, regression analysis and factor analysis was part of the data analysis. The Significance of this study was to identify the resources and the likely exploitation strategies that will generate wealth and consequently alleviate absolute poverty in Bomet County. It was established that economic strategies (r = 0.537 ), social strategies (r = 0.775 ) and cultural strategies (0.466 ) all influenced alleviation of absolute poverty in Bomet County, Kenya. Similarly, it was established that political strategies (r = 0.180 ) had the least influence on alleviation of absolute poverty. The R2 value of 0.639 implies that 63.9% of the variations in alleviation of absolute poverty can be explained by the variations in the independent variables. In conclusion, based on the findings of the researcher established that the economic, social, political and cultural strategies if implemented can alleviate absolute poverty in Bomet County
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Analysis of the Economic Strategies on Strategic Natural Resources Leveraging on Kenya’s Vision 2030 Strategic Plan for Alleviation of Absolute Poverty in Bomet County
No full textFULL TEXTThe objective of the research was to analyze unique strategies leveraging on Kenya’s vision 2030
strategic plan for alleviation of absolute poverty in Bomet County. The literature review was
based on Resource Based View Theory as the recent theory of strategic management recently
applied in Asian Countries and Europe and has successfully improved their economic growth.
The specific objectives were: to identify the cash and subsistence crops, to determine the
economic importance of water, to determine the assistance required by the residents of Bomet
County and to identify intervention by the County government in Bomet County leveraging on
Kenya’s vision 2030 on alleviation of absolute poverty in Bomet County. In the research
methodology, the survey design will be adopted in collecting primary and secondary data from
households. The targeted population was 141, 219 households from five sub-counties in Bomet
County. By comparing Conchran formula and Krejcei and Morgan table the sample taken was
384 households. Questionnaires and interviews schedule were the main research instruments.
Secondary data included periodicals, County ministerial reports on absolute poverty. Data
analysis was done using descriptive statistics (Percentages and averages), Inferential statistics
was part of the data analysis. The Significance of this study was to identify the resources and the
likely exploitation strategies that will generate wealth and consequently alleviate absolute
poverty in Bomet County. It was established that economic strategies (r = 0.537**).National Research Fun
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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