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E-retailing adoption and innovativeness, implementation capacity and business performance of
(Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, 2013)Research on e-retailing in the context of developing countries such as South Africa has remained scarce. In order to fill this gap, the current study is done to explore the relationship of e-retailing adoption, e-retail ... -
Econometric analysis of the effects of aggregate expenditure on job growth in the private sector: the South African case
(2017)The private sector contributes to job creation either directly by creating new positions for job seekers or indirectly by increasing growth that results in job creation for unemployed people. This study employed an ... -
Econometric analysis of the impact of foreign direct investment on economic growth in Namibia: evidence from annual data
(The Social Sciences Research Society, 2016)The driving objective of the study was to measure in quantitative terms the influence of foreign direct investment on economic growth through cointegration techniques. Namibia was used as a case study. Annual dataset ... -
Economic and political initiatives of European integration for the period 1945-1992
(AOSIS, 1998)The integration of the European Communities (EC, today EU) has been described as one of the most successful examples of economic integration worldwide. This study examines the reason for this success from two perspectives. ... -
Economic and social effects of novel supply chain concepts and virtual enterprises
(Centre of Sociological Research, 2017)Growing market globalization, increasing global competition, more complex products results in application of new technologies, methods and business processes - due to the abovementioned tendencies novel supply chain ... -
The economic architecture of the two De Kocks
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Although the annual budget speech traditionally focused on fiscal matters, the minister of finance regularly covered monetary policy issues in his speech. This paper reviews and compares the monetary policy statements/views ... -
Economic capital for credit risk in the trading book
(2011)The Basel II accord sets out detailed formulations (in its Internal Ratings Based approaches) for determining credit risk capital in the banking book, but until recently, credit risk in the trading-book was largely ignored. ... -
Economic evaluation of Nigerian marginal oil and gas field using financial simulation analysis
(EconJournals, 2016)Marginal oil and gas field could contribute immensely to wealth creation, employment generation and confidence in local oil firms if properly exploited by the indigenous firms. Despite the laudable marginal field initiative ... -
The economic impact of hunting in the Limpopo Province
(University of Johannesburg, 2015)This study evaluated the economic impact of hunting on the regional economy of South Africa's Limpopo Province. Data on biltong hunting was derived from a national survey conducted in 2009 and data on trophy hunting from ... -
The economic impact of hunting in the Northern Cape province
(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011)We here estimate the economic impact of hunting (both biltong and trophy) on South Africa's Northern Cape province economy. This study used the input-output (social accounting matrix) and multiplier analyses to evaluate ... -
The economic impact of hunting: a regional approach
(University of Pretoria, 2014)The core of South Africa tourism industry is based on wildlife tourism. Private game reserves and game farms which forms part of wildlife tourism constitute most of the wildlife products in South Africa. On these private ... -
Economic impact of the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival: investigating the application of different models
(Sabinet, 2013)This article focuses on an economic assessment of the target obtained in South Africa regarding the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) applying both SAM and CGE models. Since both models have advantages and ... -
Economic impact of visitor spending at the Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour
(Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008)Sport events have become big business as countries as well as cities are competing fiercely to host major events. The purpose of this article is to determine the economic impact of visitor spending during the annual Cape ... -
The economic value of the 2010 soccer world cup.
(University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, 2008)Purpose: The purpose of this article is to estimate the potential economic value of the 2010 Soccer World Cup for South Africa. Problem investigated: The Soccer World Cup (SWC) is regarded as the largest sporting event to ... -
Education and poverty linkage in Malawi: A district level analysis
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), 2013)The need to reduce poverty in all its forms remains a priority around the world. The fact that countries with higher incidences of growth have an associated reduction in poverty levels is uncontested both in theory and in ... -
The effect of a total rewards strategy on school teachers, retention
(AOSIS, 2015)Orientation: South African schools are facing significant challenges to retain a talented pool of school teachers. A total rewards strategy could assist schools to reduce teacher turnover. Research purpose: The aim of ... -
The effect of academic development initiatives on student performance at a South African University: a case of finance modules
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), 2013)The retention and the success of undergraduate students is a concern in South African universities which have been faced with a major challenge of low graduation rates. To respond to this challenge, South African universities ... -
The effect of an emotional intelligence development programme on accountants
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)The objective of this research was to compile and evaluate a development programme aimed at emotional intelligence (EI) in the accounting profession. A two-group design (pre- and post-test) was used. An accidental sample ... -
Effect of Black Economic Empowerment on profit and competitiveness of firms in South Africa
(AOSIS, 2014)Orientation: The key obstacle hindering optimal profitability levels and competitiveness in firms in South Africa is the application of labour legislation policies and tools aimed at narrowing the income gap between ... -
The effect of casino employees demographic variables on quality of work-life domains
(AJHTL, 2015)With over 38 casinos in South Africa, to be the most sought after casino, quality service offered by casino employees will be the competitive advantage of attracting and retaining customers. The purpose of this article is ...