Browsing Journals by Subject "Entrepreneurship"
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Demystifying the role of copyright as a tool for economic development in Africa : tackling the harsh effects of the transferability principle in copyright law
(2014)In the English common law tradition copyright is seen as being in the nature of a property right and thus alienable and transmissible from one person to the other. In contrast, the droit d’auteur system of Continental ... -
Dynasty building, family networks and social capital: alcohol pachters and the development of a colonial elite at the Cape of Good Hope, c. 1760-1790.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2011)A hallmark of colonisation was extensive social reconfiguration, leading to the development of local elites which differed from the metropolitan and indigenous patterns. Historians of the Cape of Good Hope during the ... -
Evaton and a quest for economic independence: A new dimension to entrepreneurship, 1940-1949
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)In South Africa, commercial activity such as entrepreneurship was one of the socio-economic institutions manipulated by the white government to develop and maintain an unequal society. The aim of this article is to locate ... -
Fashion and family business entrepreneurs: Jaff and company, 1931 - 1980.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: Sam Jaff was deel van ʼn merkwaardige geslag entrepreneurs wat die klerebedryf in Suid-Afrika gevestig het. In 1931 vestig hy die vroueklerefabriek, Jaff and Company, in Johannesburg, wat vinnig in ‘n ... -
“Fortuitous circumstances?” John Owen Smith and the art of nineteenth-century colonial wealth accumulation
(School for Basic Sciences, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2022)A former British immigrant, John Owen Smith was one of the nineteenth century Cape Colony’s most prominent businesspersons. With interests in guano trading, farming, shipping, property development, auctioneering and arms ... -
Immigrant entrepreneurship in South Africa : a review and research agenda
(AOSIS, 2022)Immigrant entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon that has recently attracted the interest of South African academics. The goal of this article was to conduct a systematic review of the literature on immigrant entrepreneurship ... -
A narrative analysis of barriers encountered by a sample of immigrant entrepreneurs in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)A growing movement of foreign nationals is settling and starting up businesses in South Africa. Given this fact, there is a need to understand those factors influencing the human capital side of being an immigrant entrepreneur ... -
Small business success: identifying safety hazards and safety risks
(OASIS, 2019)The establishment and growth of the small businesses in South Africa is of vital importance for economic stability and progress in the economy. A key small business management skill comprises occupational health and safety ...