Within the South African context some people may experience a gender identity of the other sex. Due to the division of sex and gender into only two categories (male and female), it may cause ...
The study investigated whether a proposed minimum admission requirement of 60 per cent in the final-year module of specialisation at undergraduate level could attribute to the course success rate of students proceeding to ...
The primary objective of this study was to examine how and to what extent
entrepreneurial orientation, firm internal resources and capital structure decisions
affect growth of small enterprises, following the resource- ...
Direct response advertising in the financial services industry in South Africa has become one of the most important tactics companies utilise to build and maintain market share. Ensuring that these advertising campaigns ...
The Blue Drop Certifi cation Programme was introduced in 2008 by
the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) with the aim of
maintaining and improving drinking water quality in the Republic of South
Africa. The ...
This study provides evidence of the relationship between bank-granted credit and
business cycles in South Africa. The study is conducted in three phases, namely
qualitative research (Phase I), quantitative research (Phase ...
In following a lean transformation specifically for discrete manufacturing, how and why will
the organisational structure be affected? How will the employees deal with this profound
change? Lean theory and literature ...
Small businesses growth and profitability is a national problem in South Africa (SA) and the Emerging Contractors (ECs) in the construction industry in Gauteng Province are no exception. The SA government expect ECs to ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate internationalisation of Ethiopian SMEs by examining internal and external factors that motivate or restrict internationalization process and the impact of internal and external ...
Manufacturing performance measures the extent to which the manufacturing plant has built capabilities like low cost, high quality, delivery, and flexibility. The importance of identifying drivers of these capabilities has ...
The concept of strategy has advanced significantly from when the emphasis fell on comprehensive, systematic and rational planning. However, many of the assumptions that were embedded in traditional strategy models were ...
In the study, I explored how to achieve sustained road-traffic accidents reduction in Zimbabwe. Road traffic accidents are indiscriminant and each year hundreds of people lose their lives in road traffic accidents in ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between market orientation and business performance mediated by marketing resources and moderated by contextual factors. The study also examined the extent to which ...
The disclosure of headline earnings is one of the JSE Limited (JSE)’s listing requirements. All listed entities are required to comply with this disclosure requirement. Guidance in the form of The Circular on headline ...
Orientation: This article compared competitive intelligence activities in Brazil, Malaysia, Morocco and South Africa.
Research purpose: The purpose was to determine how these countries can use competitive intelligence ...
Social media is an important part of the everyday lives of young and old alike. Consumers
today turn to online sources more and more to help them make decisions. They ask for
advice online on purchases they want to make ...
This study offers insight into the perceived leadership behaviour of sales managers in a pharmaceutical organisation in South Africa. The study specifically investigated the extent of the relationship between leadership ...
Public entities are faced with the problem of increasing the interest of
stakeholders in their annual reports. The aim of this study was to identify the
stakeholders of AISA who use the annual report, to investigate ...
Online grocery retailing holds potentially fruitful outcomes for retailers in South Africa. However, South African retailers and consumers have been slow to adopt and participate in this form of grocery retailing. This ...
The relationship between the role of leadership and agricultural cooperatives performance were examined in East, West and South Ethiopia. The hypotheses were tested in a survey of N=162 leaders, managers and directors of ...