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Reactive versus proactive management system: Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) housing delivery’s unintended consequences
(Business Perspectives, 2015)The South African democratic government is overwhelmed by unintended consequences resulting from its objective of not only wanting to reconstruct and develop communities, but also to uplift people whose shelter and wealth ... -
Realising the potential of services SMEs in developing economies
(International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), 2017)The tremendous technological advances that have taken place in recent years have created a new kind of world – one in which production processes are increasingly being split up and outsourced to different countries that ... -
Reasons and strategies associated with positive interaction between work and home amongst managers: An exploratory study
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2010)Orientation: In order to facilitate positive interaction between work and home, it is necessary to understand the reasons for and strategies used by managerial employees to manage this interaction. Research purpose: The ... -
Reassessing the export-led growth relationship through cointegration methods
(The Social Sciences Research Society, 2016)The purpose of this study was to assess the applicability of the export-led growth nexus in the context of Namibia for the period 1990 to 2013 through the application of the Vector Autoregression (VAR) technique, which ... -
Reconsidering the role of food prices in South African headline inflation
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)The conventional wisdom is that food price shocks are temporary and hence do not usually warrant specific attention in policy formulation. However, more recently, empirical evidence has shown that food price shocks are ... -
A reflection on historical biblical principles in support of ethical stewardship
(Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, 2013)Recent corporate history illustrates that, although accounting is acknowledged as the language of the contemporary business environment, it is not merely a detached technical activity, but rather a battlefield of diverse ... -
Reflections on operational competencies required of educators at public secondary schools
(2013)The primary objective of this study was to identify the operational competencies perceived by educators to be important in teaching at secondary schools. The secondary objective was to investigate the relationship between ... -
Reframing the Tower of Babel narrative for economic justice within the South African context
(AOSIS, 2016)The Tower of Babel narrative is profoundly connected to the history of South Africa and its interpretation in the Dutch Reformed Church document entitled Human Relations and the South African Scene in the Light of Scripture ... -
A regional analysis of the competitiveness of industries in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
(SAGE, 2023)The Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is situated on the Eastern Coastline of SouthAfrica. The metropolitan itself has the potential for major local and regional economic growth buthas experienced significantly ... -
Regional determinants of entrepreneurial start-ups in a developing country
(Routledge, 2008)n this paper we use data from a developing country, South Africa, to empirically identify the determinants of start-up rates across different sub-national regions and in particular to investigate the role of access to ... -
Regional development and national parks in South Africa: Lessons learned
(IP Publishing Ltd, 2010)National parks are playing an important role in the South African tourism landscape - especially in their respective regional economies - since most foreign and many domestic tourists visit one or more of the 21 national ... -
Regional economic impacts of events: a comparison of methods
(AOSIS, 2015)The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and comparison of three related methods for modelling the short-run economic impact of events, namely the partial Input-Output (I-O), Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) and ... -
Regional income evolution in South Africa after apartheid
(Blackwell Publishing Limited, 2008)South Africa is one of the wealthiest countries on the African continent. The high national level (and growth) of GDP per capita, however, masks significant differences in economic performance across South Africa's regions. ... -
The regulatory treatment of liquidity risk in South Africa
(University of Pretoria. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, 2012)The Basel accord describes the regulatory capital requirements for credit, market and operational risk. The accord aims to provide guidelines to level the playing field for all internationally active banks and to protect ... -
Relational benefits and customer satisfaction – a South African short-term insurance industry perspective
(Prof. Ansie Lessing, 2014)South African short-term insurers struggle to maintain and grow market share due to industry competitiveness and decreasing customer retention rates. One way of retaining customers is to establish and maintain long-term ... -
The relationship between company size and ceo remuneration: a scaling perspective
(Virtus Interpress, 2014)The first objective of the study is to empirically test a number of company size determinants’ significance as size proxies in benchmarking CEO remuneration for different sectors of Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed ... -
The relationship between economic value added and data envelopment analysis based on financial statements : empirical evidence of South African listed banks
(The Southern African Institute for Management Scientists, 2010)The purpose of the study is to estimate the relationship between bank efficiency and the creation of shareholders' value. Annual financial statement reports are used to estimate technical, allocative and cost efficiency ... -
The relationship between economic value added and data envelopment analysis based on financial statements: Emperical evidence of South African listed banks
(Southern African Institute for Management Scientists, 2010)The purpose of the study is to estimate the relationship between bank efficiency and the creation of shareholders' value. Annual financial statement reports are used to estimate technical, allocative and cost efficiency ... -
The relationship between financial efficacy, satisfaction with remuneration and personal financial well-being
(Clute Institute, 2014-11)Financial stress is a condition that is becoming more prevalent in todays society due to factors such as high debt levels, low savings and economic recessions. Research has found that financial stress negatively influences ... -
The relationship between income and demand for energy commodities in Malawi: the case of South Lunzu Township
(The Global Business and Technology Association, 2013)This study analysed the effect of household income on demand for electricity and fuel-wood in South Lunzu Township of Blantyre city, Malawi. Survey data was collected through a semi-structured questionnaire. Using Engel ...