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"I would rather have a decent job": potential barriers preventing street waste pickers from improving their socio-economic conditions
(AOSIS, 2016)As a result of the high levels of unemployment in South Africa, many unskilled people are forced to resort to a variety of income-generating activities in the informal economy. The activity of collecting and selling ... -
ICT investment effectiveness in the South African Post Office: reconsidering the approaches of the past 20 years
(Kennesaw State University, 2015)Organisations have invested and continue to invest considerable resources in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Much of this investment is made on the basis of guarantee than an expected return will occur. ... -
Identification and analysis of South African managers' latent behavioral drivers towards proactive health care
(University of Zulia, 2016)This article identifies and analyses behavioral drivers of South African managers' behaviour to proactive health care. More specifically, the results enlighten patients' attitude-driven behaviour aiming at how to avoid ... -
Identification and comparison of export opportunities for South African products and services
(2014)The objective of this study was to provide guidelines for the export promotion of products and services in South Africa. The study outlined the background to the original decision support model (DSM) and the adaptations ... -
The identification of realistic export opportunities for the South African pharmaceutical industry
(Clute Institute, 2014)South Africa needs to advance its industrialisation process and diversify its exports if it is to enhance its global competitiveness ranking and meaningfully tackle the double scourge of unemployment and poverty. The ... -
Identifying accessible export opportunities for South Africa in South America
(AOSIS, 2014)Despite the surging demand for imports in South America in recent years, South Africa’s exports to the region have shown relatively low growth. A contributing factor is the prevalence of trade barriers between South Africa ... -
Identifying accessible export opportunities for South Africa in South America
(University of Johannesburg, 2014)Despite the surging demand for imports in South America in recent years, South Africa's exports to the region have shown relatively low growth. A contributing factor is the prevalence of trade barriers between South Africa ... -
Identifying consumer buying preferences of beef
(Business Perspectives, 2016)This study investigated the drivers which influence consumers' beef buying behavior. A validated questionnaire was used to collect the data and to evaluate consumer beef purchasing behavior. Exploratory factor analysis was ... -
Identifying export opportunities between IORA member states using the TRADE-DSM methodology: a case study involving South Africa and Thailand
(Routledge, 2018)Exporters, in developing countries, often struggle to access accurate market information which will help them make informed decisions about which export markets and products to focus on. Despite the existence of several ... -
Identifying export opportunities for South Africa in the southern engines: A DSM approach
(Elsevier, 2010)Brazil, China and India have been described as 'southern engines of growth' in the world economy. By 2050, these three countries could count under the top 5 largest economies in the world. This implies many opportunities ... -
Identifying factors that influence small farmers' access to credit from commercial banks in greater Taung municipality, North West Province, South Africa
(University of Life Sciences in Poznan, 2017)The purpose of this study was to identify factors that influence access to formal bank credit by small-scale farmers in the Greater Taung Municipality area. Understanding factors that determine access to formal credit ... -
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 ... -
Identifying new product and service export opportunities for South Africa using a decision support model
(Clute Institute, 2014-11)In the face of slow economic growth and development, and the perennial problems of unemployment, poverty and inequality, the South African government and business community have long recognised the importance of growing ... -
Identifying realistic export opportunities for Rwanda based on the TRADE-DSM approach
(International Growth Centre, 2017)Stimulating new exports is one of the most efficient ways that policymakers can drive structural transformation, by transferring resources from traditional activities to these new ones with the aim of uplifting and advancing ... -
Identifying risks facing the South African tourism industry
(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, 2012)Even though risks certainly influence travel and tourism patterns, very little research has been conducted into how the industry generally perceives and manages risks. This article aims to (i) identify the risks the South ... -
Identifying Thailand’s high-potential export opportunities in ASEAN+3 countries
(Emerald, 2017)This paper aims to identify Thailand’s realistic export opportunities (REOs) in the ASEAN+3 countries (i.e. ASEAN, Greater China, Japan and South Korea), which together constitute an economically dynamic region and a ... -
Identifying the "big spenders" at a national arts festival
(University of the Free State, 2012)This article aims to apply expenditure-based segmentation to visitors to the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival. Surveys conducted at the Festival from 2005 to 2011 and ANOVA analyses were used to divide the visitors into ... -
Identifying the comparative advantage of products and industries of South Africa's Mpumalanga province
(University of South Africa (UNISA), 2015)Knowledge of a region’s comparative advantage may dictate its industrial development agenda and realistic export opportunities. Through the effective targeting of specific sectors and industries within the South African ... -
Identifying the drivers of trade finance in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Trade finance (or bank intermediated trade finance) plays an integral role in facilitating trade across the globe: most studies assert that trade finance (TF) forms part of more than 80% of total global trade. Although TF ...