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Shift-share analysis of production in the manufacturing industry of South Africa's Southern District Municipality
(University of Johannesburg Department of Finance and Investment Management, 2011)
In this study, the development and structure of value-added production in the manufacturing industries of the Southern District Municipality (SDM) of South Africa are investigated. The field of study focuses on spatial ...
Analyzing external environmental costs reporting in platinum mining companies
(Business Perspectives Publishing, 2015)
The purpose of the study is to determine the extent to which environmental costs are currently disclosed in the volunta-
ry corporate social responsibility reports and the compulsory financial statements of platinum mining ...
The roles and challenges confronting the school governing body in representing schools in the digital age
(Allied Business Academies, 2017)
This research centres on the roles and challenges facing the "School Governing Body" (SGB) in this digital age where students and educators are more becoming tech-active and addicted. A case study was deployed in a school ...
Modelling tourism demand for South Africa: an almost ideal demand system approach
(University of Johannesburg. Department of Finance and Investment Management, 2013)
This paper models tourism demand for South Africa from the UK and the USA, using an almost ideal demand system. An error-correction almost ideal demand system (EC-AIDS) is applied to quantify the responsiveness of UK and ...
The financial and academic implications of using smartphones among students: a quantitative study
(Allied Business Academies, 2017)
Smartphones present students (users) with great opportunities to be connected with peers and lecturers in sharing academic knowledge during and after lectures. It also allows them to engage in social networking discussions ...
Commodity prices and stock market performance in South Africa
(Virtus Interpress, 2014)
As an export based economy, commodity prices and stock market performances are always a course for concern in the South African economy. This paper investigates the effects of the commodity prices and selected macroeconomic ...
South Africa calling cultural tourists
(Sabinet, 2013)
Although cultural tourism is the most prevalent type of tourism in the world it still remains invisible in South Africa’s tourism landscape. Despite the country’s unique cultural heritage resource base and the fact that ...
Developing community-based tourism in South Africa: addressing the missing link: tourism and leisure
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)
Tourism has been widely proposed as a tool contributing to development. Community-based tourism (CBT) has been specifically recognised as a tourism development approach aimed at facilitating the development of disadvantaged ...
Critical ecotourism factors applicable to national parks: a visitor perspective
(Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2014)
South Africa boasts 21 national parks managed by South African National Parks (SANParks), which is the leading conservation organization and also the largest provider of ecotourism experiences in South Africa. Because ...
Internal determinants of bank profitability in South Africa: does bank efficiency matter?
(The Clute Institute, 2014)
In a study conducted by Ncube (2009) to evaluate bank cost and profit efficiency, it was established that South African banks were more efficient at managing costs than generating profits. In this paper, the aim is to ...