{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2163090689","doi":null,"title":"Management of mobile phone handset and Obsolescence in Kenya","display_name":"Management of mobile phone handset and Obsolescence in Kenya","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2163090689","mag":"2163090689"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:11295/12969","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/12969","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402107","display_name":"University of Nairobi Research Archive (University of Nairobi)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I12859529","host_organization_name":"University of Nairobi","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12859529"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005353404","display_name":"Agnes Njeri Kuira","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Agnes Njeri Kuira","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5005353404"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10328","display_name":"Supply Chain and Inventory Management","score":0.7856000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10328","display_name":"Supply Chain and Inventory Management","score":0.7856000065803528,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14014","display_name":"Transportation Systems and Infrastructure","score":0.1462000012397766,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1405","display_name":"Management of Technology and Innovation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10539","display_name":"Sustainable Supply Chain Management","score":0.05779999867081642,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mobile-devices","display_name":"mobile devices","score":0.8560000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/product-obsolescence","display_name":"product obsolescence","score":0.9559999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/product-life-cycle","display_name":"product life cycle","score":0.8169999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/inventory-management","display_name":"inventory management","score":0.9610000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/demand-information","display_name":"demand information","score":0.7250000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supplier-sourcing","display_name":"supplier sourcing","score":0.6679999828338623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dead-stock","display_name":"dead stock","score":0.9419999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/product-recycling","display_name":"product recycling","score":0.6290000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/kenya","display_name":"Kenya","score":0.777999997138977}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779971919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1378949","display_name":"Handset","level":2,"score":0.9532866477966309},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C30795975","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282744","display_name":"Obsolescence","level":2,"score":0.8253791332244873},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777421447","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17517","display_name":"Mobile phone","level":2,"score":0.7187875509262085},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.43421152234077454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.3570449948310852},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3376617431640625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.15343332290649414}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:11295/12969","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/12969","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402107","display_name":"University of Nairobi Research Archive (University of Nairobi)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I12859529","host_organization_name":"University of Nairobi","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12859529"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Thesis"},{"id":"mag:2163090689","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/12969/management of mobile phone handset and obsolescence in kenya.pdf?sequence=4","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":10,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1480211650","https://openalex.org/W1521417329","https://openalex.org/W1807726452","https://openalex.org/W2020075769","https://openalex.org/W2042791857","https://openalex.org/W2093379548","https://openalex.org/W2112437700","https://openalex.org/W2123473732","https://openalex.org/W3015124482","https://openalex.org/W3103188442"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2903730881","https://openalex.org/W7202207443","https://openalex.org/W7057843190","https://openalex.org/W2948138649","https://openalex.org/W2467478056","https://openalex.org/W4406938124","https://openalex.org/W2115867325","https://openalex.org/W3189910499","https://openalex.org/W2581003591","https://openalex.org/W2483613281"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"study":[1,15,18,81,97,119,181,214],"investigated":[2],"the":[3,14,26,34,40,45,48,51,91,118,161,178,180,190,213],"Management":[4],"of":[5,33,39,50,55,105,126,163,168,186,192,197],"Mobile":[6],"Phone":[7],"Handset":[8],"and":[9,71,140,145,150,171,194,209],"Obsolescence":[10],"\\nin":[11],"Kenya.":[12],"Specifically,":[13],"sought":[16],"to":[17,65,85],"how":[19],"this":[20,76,80],"obsolescence":[21],"has":[22],"been":[23],"\\noccasioned":[24],"by":[25,124,130],"management":[27,224],"\u2013":[28],"or":[29],"lack":[30,167],"thereof":[31],"-":[32],"short":[35],"product":[36,52],"lifecycle":[37],"\\ntypical":[38],"mobile":[41,60,92,107,156],"phone":[42,61,93,108,157],"handset.":[43],"\\nFrom":[44],"literature":[46],"reviewed,":[47],"determinants":[49,89],"life":[53],"cycle":[54],"an":[56],"item":[57],"like":[58],"\\nthe":[59],"handset":[62,94],"were":[63],"found":[64,154],"be":[66,227],"inventory":[67],"management,":[68],"demand":[69],"\\ninformation":[70],"sourcing.":[72],"It":[73],"is":[74,221],"on":[75,166,184,206],"back":[77],"drop":[78],"that":[79,155,216],"was":[82,122,134,141],"carried":[83],"out":[84],"see":[86],"\\nhow":[87],"these":[88],"affect":[90],"dealers.":[95],"\\nThe":[96,152],"adopted":[98],"a":[99,131],"descriptive":[100],"research":[101,153],"design.":[102],"A":[103],"census":[104],"41":[106],"\\nhandset":[109],"dealer":[110],"shops":[111],"within":[112],"Nairobi":[113],"Central":[114],"Business":[115],"District":[116],"formed":[117],"\\npopulation.":[120],"Data":[121,133],"collected":[123],"use":[125],"structured":[127],"interviews":[128],"guided":[129],"\\nquestionnaire.":[132],"analyzed":[135],"through":[136,189],"SPSS":[137],"version":[138],"15.0":[139],"presented":[142],"using":[143],"\\ndescriptive":[144],"frequency":[146],"tables,":[147],"pie":[148],"charts":[149],"graphs.":[151],"dealers":[158],"are":[159],"facing":[160],"challenge":[162],"\\nobsolescence":[164,220],"based":[165],"timely,":[169],"accurate":[170],"actual":[172],"information":[173],"sharing":[174],"with":[175,199],"\\nsuppliers.":[176],"From":[177],"findings":[179],"made":[182],"recommendations":[183],"avoidance":[185],"dead":[187],"\\nstock":[188],"employment":[191],"proper":[193,223],"sustainable":[195],"strategies":[196,205],"dealing":[198],"\\nobsolescence.":[200],"These":[201],"include":[202],"supplier":[203],"involvement":[204],"planning,":[207],"sales":[208],"\\nmarketing":[210],"processes.":[211],"Further,":[212],"recommended":[215],"in":[217],"instances":[218],"where":[219],"unavoidable":[222],"approaches":[225],"must":[226],"applied":[228],"such":[229],"as":[230],"\\nrecycling.":[231]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-08-21T09:56:20.448147","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}