Browsing Research Output by Subject "Diversification"
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Identifying industrial clusters for regional economic diversification: the case of South Africa's North West Province
(Clute Institute, 2015)Dependency on commodity exports is seen as a structural weakness in resource dependent regions. Not surprisingly, such regions have made economic diversification a key priority. The economy of South Africas North West ... -
Improved investment performance using the portfolio diversification index
(Sabinet, 2012)The residual variance method is the traditional method for measuring portfolio diversification relative to a market index. Problems arise, however, when the market index itself is not appropriately diversified. A diversification ... -
Resource curse and sustainable development in petroleum states of Africa: the case of Nigeria
(Kamla-Raj, 2016)There has been a plethora of research and policies aimed at salvaging Nigeria from its inability to benefit from the significant amount of proceeds from its endowed resources without success. This is largely due to reliance ... -
Sexual dichromatism drives diversification within a major radiation of African amphibians
(Oxford Univ Press, 2019)Theory predicts that sexually dimorphic traits under strong sexual selection, particularly those involved with intersexual signaling, can accelerate speciation and produce bursts of diversification. Sexual dichromatism ... -
Tru-Cape marketing, South Africa: managing the export market diversification challenge
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2014)Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing (Tru-Cape), South Africa’s leading apple and pear distributor, has an impressive track record since its inception in 2001, growing its turnover from $50 million USD in its first year to $135 million ...