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Community-based tourism: from a local to a global push
(AOSIS, 2016)Orientation: World inequality is growing and tourism contributes to it; an alternative option is, therefore, needed towards a more just and redistributive approach to this industry. Purpose: The aim is to propose that there ... -
Comparative advantage of value-added services: the case of South Africa
(University of Primorska, 2014)Global supply chains have changed the way in which products are produced internationally. The inputs into a final product include both intermediate goods and services, which adds value to the final product. Gross trade ... -
A comparative analysis of current trade union trends in the European Union and South Africa
(Academic journals, 2012)The primary objective of this study was to establish what factors currently influence trade unions as organisations in South Africa and the European Union and then to compare these factors. To conduct this study a pure ... -
Comparative analysis of two conceptual frameworks to measure creativity at a university
(LLC “Consulting Publishing Company “Business Perspectives”, 2014)Creativity is often misunderstood due to inconsistencies concerning the definition of creativity, the methodologies used to explain creativity as a phenomenon and the various measurement instruments to determine creative ... -
A comparative assessment of the economic benefits from shale gas extraction in the Karoo, South Africa
(UNISA, 2014)It has been said that the development of a shale gas industry could be a 'game changer' for South Africa. Proponents of shale gas tend to emphasise the benefits, whilst opponents emphasise the environmental costs. This ... -
Comparative study of Holt-Winters triple exponential smoothing and seasonal Arima: forecasting short term seasonal car sales in South Africa
(Virtus interpress, 2016)In this paper, both Seasonal ARIMA and Holt-Winters models are developed to predict the monthly car sales in South Africa using data for the period of January 1994 to December 2013. The purpose of this study is to choose ... -
Comparing different methods to determine the relationship between environmental performance and economic performance: an empirical study of the South African mining industry
(Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, 2011)The study investigated the South African mining industry and estimated the linear association between environmental performance and economic performance and developed a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to estimate the ... -
Comparing the South African stock markets response to two periods of distinct instability the 1997-98 East Asian and Russian crisis and the recent global financial crisis
(Clute Institute, 2014-05)This paper compares the South African stock markets response to two periods of distinct instability, namely the East Asian and Russian crisis of 1997-98 and the global financial crisis of 2007-09. Considering share prices, ... -
Comparing tourists’ and residents’ motivations for travelling to Kruger National Park, South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)This study analysed the motivations for visiting South Africa's Kruger National Park, with the aim of identifying similarities and differences between tourists' motives and those of people living near the Park. A factor ... -
Comparing trust levels of male and female managers: measurement invariance of the behavioural trust inventory
(Sage, 2016)Despite the widely acknowledged need for validated trust measurement instruments and the legal obligation to ensure that psychometric tests are unbiased towards different groups in South Africa, no attempt has ever been ... -
A comparison of the traditional and simplified methods for water poverty index calculation
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research (MCSER), 2013)The aim of this research is to quantify the difference in the water poverty index when calculated with the traditional method, compared to the new and simplified water poverty indices. It is calculated and compared for the ... -
Comparison of trauma on survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in Limpopo
(Aosis Publishing, 2014)Background: Gender-based violence is a challenge in South Africa, despite available interventions. Caring for the survivors of both forms of violence is critical for ensuring their speedy recovery. Objectives: To compare ... -
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 ... -
Competitive intelligence in South Africa: 1999-2002 and beyond
(Africa Institute of South Africa, 2004)South African companies are not yet well equipped to conduct good intelligence practices - but they will have to build strong competitive intelligence practices and expertise to survive in the globalised and competitive world -
Competitive Intelligence practices of South African and Belgian exporters
(Emerald, 2005)Purpose – The objective of the study was to compare competitive intelligence (CI) practices of exporters in South Africa and Belgium. Design/methodology/approach – An e-mail and postal survey in a sample of 292 Belgian ... -
Competitive intelligence practices: a South African study
(AOSIS, 2002)Competitive Intelligence (CI) as a business discipline and as a business practice is still in its infancy in South Africa. Only a few higher education courses in CI exist in South Africa and only a few studies on CI practices ... -
Competitive intelligence: an instrument to enhance South Africa's competitiveness
(AOSIS, 2005)The case for Competitive Intelligence (CI) as an instrument that can enhance the competitiveness of South African companies and South Africa as a country is strong. Various global competitive rankings measurements have ... -
Competitive intelligence: construct exploration, validation and equivalence
(Emerald, 2008)Purpose Little empirical research has been conducted on competitive intelligence (CI). This paper aims to contribute to the quantitative strand of the CI literature by exploring and validating the theoretical constructs ... -
Competitive intelligence: construct exploration, validation and equivalence
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2008)Purpose: – Little empirical research has been conducted on competitive intelligence (CI). This paper aims to contribute to the quantitative strand of the CI literature by exploring and validating the theoretical constructs ... -
Competitive marketing strategies of selected hotels: an exploratory study
(College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa, 2008)Organisations continually seek new ways to acquire, retain and increase business, since the cost of losing customers is rising. Service organisations such as hotels need to put in place competitive marketing strategies to ...