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    • Basic in Cost Management 

      Nixon, Kamukama (Fisheries Training Institute, 2001)
      Ever since the use of money replaced the Barter system of exchange people have been concerned with costs. Furthermore, the increasing emphasis on value for money and the growth of competition have increased the demand for ...

    • Indigenous techniques for assessing and monitoring range resources in East Africa 

      Nyariki, Dickson M.; Kitalyi, Aichi; Wasonga, Vivian O; Isae, Isaac M; Kyagaba, Emanuel; Lugenja, Maynard (World Agroforestry Centre, 2005)
      Local knowledge, which refers to a social activity that has been set up primarily as a result of local initiative, or techniques that are endogenously generated, enforced and maintained has not been mainstreamed in ...

    • Causes of Small Business Failure in Uganda: A Case Study from Bushenyi and Mbarara Towns 1 

      Kazooba, Charles Tushabomwe (African Studies Quarterly, 2006)
      Abstract: The privatization drive and the Civil and Public Service reforms that began in the early 1990s in Uganda laid a foundation for an increased number of small business enterprises. By 2002, small scale enterprises ...

    • Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatmentin resource-poor settings: The feasibility ofcollecting routine data for key indicators 

      Chalker, John C; Andualem, Tenaw; Gitau, Lillian N; Ntaganira, Joseph; Obua, Celestino; Tadeg, Hailu; Waako, Paul; Degnan, Dennis Ross; IAA, INRUD (BMC Health Services Research, 2010)
      An East African survey showed that among the few health facilities that measured adherence to antiretroviral therapy, practices and definitions varied widely. We evaluated the feasibility of collecting routine data to ...

    • Are rapid diagnostic tests more accurate in diagnosis of plasmodium falciparum malaria compared to microscopy at rural health centres? 

      Batwala, Vincent; Magnussen, Pascal; Nuwaha, Fred (Bio Med Central, 2010)
      Background: Prompt, accurate diagnosis and treatment with artemisinin combination therapy remains vital to current malaria control. Blood film microscopy the current standard test for diagnosis of malaria has several limitations ...

    • Intellectual capital and financial performance in Uganda's microfinance institutions 

      Kamukama, Nixon; Ahiauzu, Augustine; Ntayi, Joseph M (African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research, 2010)
      This paper examined the individual contribution of intellectual capital elements to performance. Its purpose was to explore the extent to which intellectual capital elements can explain financial performance in Uganda’s ...

    • Challenges to implementation of artemisinin combination therapy policy in Uganda 

      Batwala, Vincent; Magnussen, Pascal; Nuwaha, Fred (Elsevier, 2010)
      Uganda launched an artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) policy in 2006, using artemether-lumefantrine (AL) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria, but insufficient information is available regarding its ...

    • Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment in resource-poor settings: The feasibility of collecting routine data for key indicators 

      Chalker`, John C; Andualem, Tenaw; Gitau, Lillian N; Ntaganira, Joseph; Obua, Celestino; Tadeg, Hailu; Waako, Paul; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; INRUD-IAA (2010-02-19)

    • Competitive advantage: mediatorof intellectual capital andperformance. 

      Kamukama, Nixon; Ahiauzu, Augustine; Ntayi, Joseph M (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2011)
      The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating effect of competitive advantage in the relationship between intellectual capital and financial performance in Uganda’s microfinance institutions. The major ...

    • Loan Pricing, Savings Intermediation, Microfinance Deposit Taking Institutions (MDIs) and Loan Costs. 

      Kamukama, Nixon; Natamba, Bazinzi (2011)
      The paper examined individual contribution of loan pricing and financial intermediation to loan costs. Its purpose was to explore the extent to which predictor variables (loan pricing and ...

    • knowledge of obstetric danger signs and birth preparedness practices among women in rural Uganda 

      Jerome, Kabakyenga; Prof Östergren, Per-Olof; Turyakira, Eleanor; Pettersson, Karen O (Bio Medical Central, 2011)
      Background:Improving knowledge of obstetric danger signs and promoting birth preparedness practices arestrategies aimed at enhancing utilization of skilled care in low-income countries. The aim of the study was to explore ...

    • Mobile Money Services 

      Kamukama, Nixon (African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research, 2012)
      The purpose of this paper is twofold: (i) to establish whether the growth in mobile commerce in Uganda has disadvantaged commercial banks in way that their liquidity has been indirectly stolen (Pickens, 2009) and (ii)to ...

    • MOBILE MONEY SERVICES: A LIQUIDITY THREAT TO UGANDA’s COMMERCIAL BANKS 

      Kamukama, Nixon; Tumwine, Sulait (African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research., 2012)
      The purpose of this paper istwofold: (i) to establish whether the growth in mobile commerce in Uganda has disadvantaged commercial banks in way that their liquidity has been indirectly stolen(Pickens, 2009) and (ii)to ...

    • Corporate social responsibility management in Uganda 

      Katamba, David; Kazooba, Charles Tushabomwe; Mpisi, Sulayman Babiiha; Nkiko, Cedric Marvin; Muyimba, Annet. K. Nabatanzi; Kekaramu, Jean Hensley (International Journal of Social Economics, 2012)
      Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how business enterprises in Uganda manage their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and projects. Design/methodology/approach: The investigations focused ...

    • Timing of malaria messages for target audience on radio airwaves 

      Batwala, Vincent; Magnussen, Pascal; Mirembe, Justine; Mulogo, Edgar Mugema; Nuwaha, Fred (Bio Med Central, 2012)
      Background: Due to the limitations of face-to-face communication to teach families how to manage, control and prevent malaria, national and local malaria programmes try to reach people through the radio. However, information ...

    • Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 

      Katamba, David; Zipfel, Christoph; Haag, David; Kazooba, Charles Tushabomwe (Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co, 2012)
      The 20th Century leading Management Guru, Peter Drucker, once said business should not only address problems of society but should also ensure that its activities that impact on society negatively are addressed. Drucker’s ...

    • Mobile money services 

      Kamukama, Nixon; Tumwine, Sulait (African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research, 2012-01)
      The purpose of this paper is twofold: (i) to establish whether the growth in mobile commerce in Uganda has disadvantaged commercial banks in way that their liquidity has been indirectly stolen (Pickens, 2009) and (ii)to ...

    • Relational capital and performance of tea manufacturing firms 

      Tumwine, Sulait , Nixon,Joseph M.Kamukama ,Ntayi (2012-01-25)
      The focus of this article is to examine the impact of relational capital components on the performance of tea manufacturing firms in Uganda. It aims at disclosing the composition of relational capital components that ...

    • Intellectual Capital And Guest Delight Among Selected Hotels In Uganda 

      Muhoro, Geoffrey; Nkuutu, Geofre; Kamukama, Nixon (SSIJBMR, 2012-09)
      Based on online reviews on hotels in Uganda, the trend in which guests were not being delighted by the services being offered in the hotels was calling. Evidence indicates that this could be due to lack of strong intellectual ...

    • Social capital 

      Kamukama, Nixon; Natamba, Bazinzi (International Journal of Commerce and Management, 2013)
      Purpose – The paper examined the mediating effect of social capital in the relationship between social intermediation and financial services in Ugandan micro finance industry. The purpose of this paper is to establish ...