Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Recent Submissions
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Affective commitment, trust, perceived value and service quality as predictors of customer engagement in the South African open medical aid industry
(Department of Marketing and Retail Management (UNISA), 2022)The South African open medical aid industry is undergoing various challenges and is experiencing increased pressure to improve its service offerings. This is because customers of open medical aid providers are becoming ... -
Proposed framework for innovative business intelligence for competitive advantage in small, medium and micro-organisations in the North West province South Africa
(AOSIS, 2022)Background: Innovative business intelligence enjoys popularity amongst mainly large organisations, particularly in the private sector. However, very limited studies have validated the impact of business intelligence in ... -
An internal flow and heat transfer inside a solid rocket motor combustion chamber : a lie symmetry approach
(Elsevier, 2022)The validity of Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) stability calculations critically depends on the sufficiently detailed and physically correct representation of propellant velocity flow-field, which leads to well behaved flow. A ... -
Lifestyle influences changes in fibrin clot properties over a 10-year period on a population level
(Georg Thieme Verlag, 2022)Case–control and observational studies have provided a plausible mechanistic link between clot structure and thrombosis. We aimed to identify lifestyle, demographic, biochemical, and genetic factors that influence changes ... -
Identifying the drivers of trade finance in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Trade finance (or bank intermediated trade finance) plays an integral role in facilitating trade across the globe: most studies assert that trade finance (TF) forms part of more than 80% of total global trade. Although TF ... -
Identifying realistic export opportunities for Rwanda based on the TRADE-DSM approach
(International Growth Centre, 2017)Stimulating new exports is one of the most efficient ways that policymakers can drive structural transformation, by transferring resources from traditional activities to these new ones with the aim of uplifting and advancing ... -
Using a decision support model to identify export opportunities
(International Growth Centre, 2017)The main objective of this study is to identify new opportunities for exporting Rwandan goods and services using an alternative approach (also endorsed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO)) and tool called the ‘Decision ... -
The impact of the recycling industry on poverty levels in South Africa’s informal economy: a case study of waste pickers in Pretoria
(2016)South Africa is gripped by high and rising levels of unemployment and poverty, which have conspired to create a society that is one of the most unequal in the world today. This is not helped by the fact that the troubled ... -
Realising the potential of services SMEs in developing economies
(International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), 2017)The tremendous technological advances that have taken place in recent years have created a new kind of world – one in which production processes are increasingly being split up and outsourced to different countries that ... -
Linking export opportunities of products and services: the case of South Africa
(2012)Trade in services has been playing an increasingly important role in the economic growth and development of many countries. In addition it has been found that services trade is more crisis-resilient than goods trade, leading ... -
Export market selection methods and the identification of realistic export opportunities for South Africa using a decision support model
(2009)Market selection methods, of which a vast number exist, are a critical tool in firms’ and government’s policy, planning and budgeting processes. To this end, the primary aim of this paper is to determine the international ... -
Implications of BREXIT
(2016)'BREXIT' - the exit of Britain (or the United Kingdom) from the European Union (EU) membership as a result of a national referendum on the issue on June 23, 2016. -
BREXIT - change is in the air
(2016)In our July article we shared some thoughts on implications for South Africa - and specifically agricultural exports, of the 'BREXIT' - the exit of Britain (or the United Kingdom) from the European Union (EU) membership ... -
Analysis of export and employment opportunities for the South African manufacturing industry
(2015)The South African government recognises the importance of promoting manufactured exports as a means of ensuring sustainable economic growth and job creation. However, export promotion organisations have limited resources ... -
Competitive intelligence in a foreign environment: German and Canadian firms compared
(Physica-Verlag HD, 2005)The objective of this chapter was to examine the intelligence practices of German MNE's and contrast these to those found in Canadian and U.S. studies. Taking into consideration the caveats involved in the comparison of ... -
Streamlining South Africa’s export development efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa: a decision support model approach
(WTO, 2016)Given its abundant natural resources and accelerating consumer-driven growth, sub-Saharan Africa has much to offer investors and traders. Yet the region remains weakly integrated into global and regional value chains, due ... -
Export promotion: a decision support model approach
(Sun Media, 2012)