This paper assessed the relationship between terrorism and foreign direct investment in Kenya. Secondary data on the Terrorism attacks and FDI from 2010 to 2012 was used for the study. Multiple regression model was used to test of the relationship between the study variables. By applying the model, the study found that terrorism negatively affects FDI in Kenya. It was concluded that Terrorism activities negatively affect the FDI in Kenya. Terrorism activities decrease the foreign investor confidence, which decrease the FDI. The Null hypothesis that there is no relationship between terrorism and FDI was thus rejected.

Globalization affects local and international firms in many ways. Studies have shown that factors in the internal as well as external environments of firms influence the rate to which globalization will affect them. On the local scene however, no known studies have been done on the response of Kenyan manufacturing firms to counter globalization. In addition, since the concept of globalization is multidimensional and its influence is varied in nature, this study aimed at investigating how manufacturing firms in Kenya have responded to probable pressure from the forces of globalization in order to sharpen their competitiveness. Cross sectional survey design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was the 735 manufacturing firms in Kenya. The target population of the study was CEOs/MDs and their deputies from 545 manufacturing companies in Nairobi and Athi River. Stratified sampling technique was used to categorize the targeted manufacturing firms into sectors where purposive sampling technique was used to sample the respondents for the study. A total of 100 firms from the 14 sectors were targeted by the study out of which 80 responded giving a response rate of 80%. Questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Regression and correlation analysis was done to test the relationship between the study variables. On the relationship between competition and globalization in manufacturing firms in Kenya, the study found that 60% of the respondents indicated to a large extent exploring other markets is a competitive strategy of responding to globalization, 55% of the respondents indicated that to a large extent increasing the range of products produced is a competitive strategy of responding to globalization, 40% of the respondents indicated that to a very large extent innovations are competitive strategies of responding to globalization. The findings from the correlation analysis showed that globalization has a positive relation with competition with a Pearson's Correlation Coefficient of 0.558 and 0.021 level of coefficient. The null hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between globalization and competition was therefore rejected. The study concluded that manufacturing firms in Kenya have adopted competition as response strategies to globalization. The study recommended that manufacturing firms should reduce the direct cost such as energy while improving the market share.

Business globalization, preference for teamwork to individual work and the changing workforce demographics have made workforce diversity management necessary for firms. Mismanaged diversity can be detrimental to the employee satisfaction and productivity. Employees who feel more valued work hard while the group that consider themselves as minority group feel less valued leading to lower performance. This paper identifies innovative strategies for managing workforce diversity in Kenyan leading corporations in present global scenario. The paper looks at how communication strategies, performance management, leadership initiatives and shared responsibilities are used in managing workforce diversity. Activities of different corporations in Kenya are reviewed to identify those that are inclined to the management of workforce diversity.

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Globalization affects local and international firms in many ways. Studies have shown that factors in the internal as well as external environments of firms influence the rate to which globalization will affect them. On the local scene however, no known studies have been done on the response of manufacturing firms to counter globalization. In addition, since the concept of globalization is multidimensional and its influence is varied in nature, this study aimed at investigating how manufacturing firms in Kenya have responded to probable pressure from the forces of globalization in order to sharpen their competitiveness. Cross sectional survey design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was the 735 manufacturing firms in Kenya. The target population of the study were CEOs/MDs and their deputies from 545 manufacturing companies in Nairobi and Athi River. Stratified sampling technique was used to categorize the targeted manufacturing firms into sectors where purposive sampling technique was used to sample the respondents for the study. A total of 100 firms from the 14 sectors were targeted by the study out of which 80 responded giving a response rate of 80%. Questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Regression and correlation analysis was done to test the relationship between the study variables. The study found that 65% of the respondents agreed that continued global technological advancement has enabled management come up with innovations to respond to customer needs and economic and regulatory factors which have prompted outsourcing some operations, respectively. The results of the correlation analysis show that adoption of technology is statistically significant with a Pearson's Correlation Coefficient of 0.683 and at a level of significance of 0.000. The study also found out that 67.5% of the respondents agreed that continued global technological advancement has enabled management come up with innovations to respond to customer needs and economic and regulatory factors which have prompted outsourcing some operations respectively. The null hypotheses that there is no significant relationship between globalization and competition was therefore reject. The study concluded that manufacturing firms in Kenya have adopted technology as response strategies to globalization. The study recommended that manufacturing firms should adopt the new changes in the market and to absorb into the technological trend. Thus, they should remain flexible and stay focused to the day to day changes of globalization strategies.