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Profiling sectoral risks of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa for the first decade of the 21st century
(University of Johannesburg, 2016)Despite Africa's strong foreign direct investment (FDI) performance since 2000, the majority of FDI inflows have been directed to a few selected countries. As investors face many risks when investing in developing countries, ... -
Profiling some of the dire household debt determinants: a metric multidimensional scaling approach
(IFRD, 2014)The purpose of this paper was to use the metric Multidimensional scaling (MDS) to explore the ten dire household debt determinants in the context of South Africa. Macroeconomic data used was collected from the South African ... -
Progress in implementing the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA) provisions for the employment of women in mining
(The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2012)The South African democratically-elected government instituted policies and legislation that are intended to bring about change and transformation in the country and have drastically affected different industries, among ... -
The prominence of stationarity in time series forecasting
(Bureau for Economic Research (BER), 2014)The stationarity of a time series can have a significant influence on its properties and forecasting behaviour, where the inability to render a time series to the correct form of stationarity can lead to spurious results. ... -
Promoting food security through indigenous and traditional food crops
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)Despite many factors weighing in South Africa’s favor on the agricultural front, including having official “food secure” status, millions of households have insufficient access to nutritionally safe food. This is largely ... -
Promoting sustainable economic growth in South Africa through the export of low-carbon environmental goods
(University of Pretoria, 2014)Many countries, particularly those in the developing world, are under increasing pressure to improve their growth rates in order to tackle pressing economic problems at the domestic level. Increasing export volumes can ... -
Promoting sustainable economic growth in South Africa through the production and export of low-carbon environmental goods
(AOSIS, 2014)Many countries, particularly those in the developing world, are under increasing pressure to improve their growth rates in order to tackle pressing economic problems at the domestic level. Increasing export volumes can ... -
The promotion of exports in South Africa
(HSRC, 1995)No matter where you look, governments today are focusing great effort on the enhancement of international trade. on persuading more companies to export ever more goods and ... -
Proposed changes to tax law in South Africa: interest-free loans as a tool in estate planning?
(The Social Sciences Research Society, 2016)Estate planning often involves the sale of an asset by an estate planner (the owner of the asset) to an inter vivos trust, as a related family trust. It also often happens that the buying trust does not have the necessary ... -
Proposed framework for innovative business intelligence for competitive advantage in small, medium and micro-organisations in the North West province South Africa
(AOSIS, 2022)Background: Innovative business intelligence enjoys popularity amongst mainly large organisations, particularly in the private sector. However, very limited studies have validated the impact of business intelligence in ... -
A proposed instrument to measure organisational-based factors affecting corporate entrepreneurship
(JCM Limited (Marthie Grobler), 2011)The objective of this study was to validate an instrument to measure the organisational-based factors affecting corporate entrepreneurship. Structured questionnaires were administered to managers and 561 fully completed ... -
A proposed leadership competency model for effective organizational change intervention
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2013)There are still several myths around leadership in spite of the fact that it is one of the most topical issues in modern organisations. The importance thereof and contributions of leadership in high performing organisations ... -
Proposing an activity-driven operational accounting framework at an agricultural chemical company
(LLC “Consulting Publishing Company “Business Perspectives”, 2014)An activity-based approach to operational management aims to address the shortcomings of traditional resource management methodologies and to provide enhanced management information. Since effective cost management is of ... -
Prospects for the shared services centers development in Poland in the context of human resources availability
(Copernicus, 2017)This article aims to explain the characteristics of shared services centers (SSC) as the employment chance for university graduates in Poland. Poland is the leader in SSC localization among Central and Eastern Europe ... -
Prostitute, Nun Or Man–Woman : Revisiting The Position Of The Old Babylonian Nadi?tu Priestesses
(University of Stellenbosch, 2015)Present–day scholars debate the status and role of the Old Babylonian nadi?tu, describing them as priestesses who served as sacred prostitutes (Astour 1966), and/or living as virgin–celibate devotees of god(s), comparable ... -
The psychological consequences of unemployment in South Africa
(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, 2012)The objective of this study was to investigate the affective experiences, attitudes to work, and job application behaviour of unemployed people. A survey design was used and samples (N = 381) were drawn from unemployed ... -
Psychological contract and perceived performance of a rugby team
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)Little research has connected the psychological contract and sport. Therefore, the content of the psychological contract of rugby team members was analysed and the correlation between the psychological contract and the ... -
Psychological contract breach in the anticipatory stage of change: employee responses and the moderating role of supervisory informational justice
(Sage, 2016)This study examined the impact of two types of psychological contract breach (organizational policies and social atmosphere breach) on resistance to change and engagement in the anticipatory phase of change and assessed ... -
Psychological ownership as a requisite for talent retention: the voice of highly skilled employees
(Inderscience, 2015)The aim of this paper is to identify and clarify the elements and possible role of psychological ownership in highly skilled employees' retention. The methodology encompasses a qualitative research design. Data were analysed ... -
Psychological strengths and subjective well-being in South African white students
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)This study investigated the role of individual resources, notably self-efficacy, gratitude, and hope, in subjective well-being of white dormitory students at a historically white institution of higher learning. Using a ...