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Exploring contingent convertible bond alternatives for African banks
(AOSIS, 2018)Background: A variant of the contingent convertible bond, first proposed in 2011, is investigated: the Call Option Enhanced Reverse Convertible (COERC). Although issued as a bond, it converts to new shareholder’s equity ... -
Exploring relationsip intention and the duration of customer support in the South African banking industry
(Prof. Ansie Lessing, 2015)Because it is generally more expensive to attract new customers rather than retain the existing ones, service providers are investing in resources to establish successful customer relationships. In identifying and ... -
Exploring South Africa’s ‘black diamonds’ at live music performances
(AOSIS, 2014)Problem under investigation: This exploratory study fills a gap in the literature by profiling ‘black diamonds’, the South African up-and-coming middle-class market, at live music concerts. Design, methodology and ... -
Exploring tax options to curb excessive gambling in South Africa
(Kamla Raj Enterprises, 2015)Since 2010, the South African government has made various proposals to impose a gambling tax with the objective of discouraging excessive gambling in South Africa. Although the South African gambling industry is already ... -
Exploring the attainment of career success
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)This study examined the role of the organisation as well as the role of the employee in the attainment of career success for senior management employees. Participants were a purposive sample of 24 senior management employees ... -
Exploring the meaning and origin of stereoypes amongst South African employees
(AOSIS, 2015)Orientation: Stereotypes are defined in different ways and also originate from various sources. Research purpose: To investigate how the employees from selected South African organisations understand and define the concept ... -
Exploring the personality structure in the 11 languages of South Africa
(Wiley, 2012)The present study, part of the development of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), explores the implicit personality structure in the 11 official language groups of South Africa by employing a mixed-method ... -
Exploring the poverty reduction potential of social marketing in tourism development
(Society for South-East Asian Studies, 2016)Although social marketing has been demonstrated to be an effective tool of behavior change in a variety of contexts, its poverty reduction potential in tourism development has captured limited research attention. This paper ... -
Exploring the relationship intention concept in two South African service industries
(IBC Fifth International Business Conference, 2010)Identifying customers who have the intention to build long-term relationships is beneficial for banking and life insurance organisations as it will afford marketers the opportunity to segment customers according to their ... -
Exploring the role of motivational cultural intelligence in SIE women's adjustment
(Emerald, 2016)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore and discuss the role of motivational cultural intelligence and its related strategies in the experiential learning and cross-cultural adjustment of self-initiated expatriate ... -
Exploring the role of the industrial-organisational psychologist as counsellor
(AOSIS, 2014)Orientation: Industrial-organisational (I-O) psychologists are often confronted with counselling interventions in the workplace and thus it is vital that they are effectively prepared for their role as workplace ... -
Exploring the tourism potential of Mafikeng, South Africa
(AJHTL, 2015)The majority of tourism-related studies are done with the consumer, namely the tourist, in mind. This paper, however, aims to explore the way in which the impact and potential of tourism is perceived by the local population ... -
Export behaviour of S.A. enterprises: stages and attitudes towards exports
(AOSIS, 1996)This study aims to broaden existing knowledge with respect to the export behaviour of South African enterprises. After analysing questionnaires received from 163 enterprises, as well as South African export data, it was ... -
Export diversification and economic performance: evidence from Brazil, China, India and South Africa
(Springer Science & Business Media, 2011)In this paper we discuss relationship between export diversity and economic performance, focusing on Brazil, China, India and South Africa (BCIS). Using time data on exports over the period 1962–2000 and Applied General ... -
Export intensity and the competitive intelligence of exporting companies: evidence from South Africa
(University of Pretoria, 2008)The present paper investigates the relationship between Competitive Intelligence (CI) factors, characteristics, information sources, needs, requirements and the export intensity of exporting companies in South Africa. We ... -
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 ... -
The export potential of South African edible nuts with specific reference to the export of macadamia nuts to Germany
(Routledge, 2010)The first aim of this article is to evaluate fifteen different South African nut products subsumed under the product category SITC 0577 in order to determine which has the highest export potential. This is achieved by ... -
Export promotion: a decision support model approach
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Export specialisation and local economic growth
(Blackwell, 2010)This paper aims to provide empirical evidence on whether export specialization or diversification is better for local economic growth. Using export data from 354 magisterial districts of South Africa for 1996 and 2001 we ... -
Export strategy risks and governance in the clothing industry
(Virtus interpress, 2016)This paper investigates the export strategy implementation risks in Zimbabwe's clothing sector with a view to build a framework for improving strategy implementation and governance. The government of Zimbabwe has formulated ...