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The importance of tourism in regional economic development: a time-series analysis
(ASERS, 2017)
Tourism is more often than not overlooked in its ability to alleviate poverty and the promotion of regional economic development. The aim of this study was to assess the importance of tourism in regional economic development ...
Best practice management principles for business chambers to facilitate economic development: evidence from South Africa
(Copernicus, 2017)
Local economic development (LED) is seen as one of the prominent and emerging tools in the facilitation of development of on a local and regional level. On the local level, the partners in LED are government, business and ...
Internet banking service quality in South–Africa: a qualitative analysis of consumer perceptions
(InderScience, 2017)
Advancements in technology-based systems has resulted in banks using service delivery channels such as internet banking and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to interact with customers. To ensure a competitive edge in the ...
Threshold cointegration and nonlinear causality test between inflation rate and repo rate
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2017)
The current study investigated a cointegration and nonlinear causality relationships between inflation and repo rates of South Africa using the data spanning the period of January 2002 to March 2016. We used a threshold ...
The Nexus of food and housing insecurity in South Africa: the case of Bophelong and Sharpeville townships
(Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)
Considered a human right, housing and food security can be viewed as basic to what defines an individual's well-being and is enshrined in the South African Constitution. In any country, affordable housing and food security ...
The relationship between economic growth and economic development: a regional assessment in South Africa
(ASERS, 2017)
The concepts of economic development and economic growth differ significantly, but are in some instances used as interchangeable notions. It is important for policy formulators and decision makers to understand the ...
Shared services centres in central and eastern Europe: the examples of Poland and Slovakia
(Centre of Sociological Research, 2017)
Increasing complexity of companies' activities and benefits for the entities that have decided to implement the SSC concept caused that the popularity of this strategy in the recent years to increase considerably. At present ...
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 ...
The Influence of flow, subjective norms and attitude on Generation Y students adoption intentions toward mobile games
(Social Sciences Research Society, 2017)
In South Africa, mobile gaming revenue has eclipsed the revenue of both traditional console and computer video games. It has also become an important marketing medium for marketers wishing to promote their brands. However, ...
Empirical analysis of population growth and economic performance in South Africa (1980–2010)
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)
The term population growth is referred to as an increase in the number of people in a country resulting from migration and the situation whereby the country's fertility exceed mortality rate. Population growth is a major ...