African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4190

Full Length Research Paper

The relationship between capacity utilization and value chain performance: Evidence from Kenyan tea processing firms

Richard Bitange Nyaoga
  • Richard Bitange Nyaoga
  • 1School of Management Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Lingong Road 2 Ganjingzi District, Dalian 116024, China, and Egerton University, P.O. Box 536, Egerton, Kenya. 2Department of Accounting, Finance & Management Science, Faculty of Commerce, Egerton University, P.O. Box 13357, Nakuru- Kenya.
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Mingzheng Wang
  • Mingzheng Wang
  • School of Management Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Lingong Road 2 Ganjingzi District, Dalian 116024, China, and Egerton University, P.O. Box 536, Egerton, Kenya.
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Peterson Obara Magutu
  • Peterson Obara Magutu
  • Department of Management Science - School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi ? Kenya.
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  •  Received: 01 January 2015
  •  Accepted: 05 May 2015
  •  Published: 14 May 2015

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