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Genotypic characterization of ecoli O157:H7 isolates from different sources in the North–West Province, South Africa, using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR analysis
(MDPI, 2014)In many developing countries, proper hygiene is not strictly implemented when animals are slaughtered and meat products become contaminated. Contaminated meat may contain Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7 that could cause ... -
Getting clever with competitive intelligence: knowing what your customers need is very crucial to business success - but you have to work at it
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Getting to know the Amakwerre-kwerre: the socioeconomic circumstances of Zimbabwean day labourers in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)Over the past decade, in the face of volatile economic conditions at home, there has been an influx of Zimbabweans into South Africa looking for work and a better life. Many of these jobseekers have moved into the day ... -
Ghost crab populations respond to changing morphodynamic and habitat properties on sandy beaches
(Elsevier, 2015)The morphodynamic state and habitat properties of microtidal sandy beaches largely account for variations in macrofauna structure. In ecological theory, the habitat harshness hypothesis and the habitat safety hypothesis ... -
Global value chains: a new era for South Africa's foreign trade
(Africagrowth Institute, 2015)Global value chains (GVCs) are giving rise to new trade patterns and are helping to improve many countries' growth prospects - particularly in the developing world. Yet South Africa is finding it difficult to participate ... -
Going beyond expectations: banks strategies attract and retain or deter tertiary students' clientele
(Business Perspectives, 2017)The study assesses whether the banks' strategies help to attract and retain or deter tertiary students from their businesses. It aims to highlight the banks' need to go beyond expectations in nurturing their students' ... -
Gold sales forecasting: the Box–Jenkins methodology
(Virtus, 2017)The study employs the Box-Jenkins Methodology to forecast South African gold sales. For a resource economy like South Africa where metals and minerals account for a high proportion of GDP and export earnings, the decline ... -
Government debt reduction in the USA and Greece: a comparative VECM analysis
(International Ataturk Alatoo University, 2016)The purpose of this paper is to estimate comparative debt reduction models for the USA and Greece using Vector Error Correction Model analysis and Granger causality test. The study provides an empirical framework that could ... -
Government expenditure and economic growth in South Africa: a vector error correction modeling and Granger Causality Test
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2017)Previous studies generally find mixed empirical evidence on the relationship between government spending and economic growth. This study re-examine the relationship between government expenditure and economic growth in ... -
Government funding framework for South African Higher Education Institutions
(Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2015)Since the early 1950s, only four funding formulate have been used for public funding of higher education institutions in South Africa. From the introduction of the Holloway formula in 1953 to the current New Funding Framework ... -
Government sponsored competitive intelligence for regional and sectoral economic development: Canadian experiences
(Halmstad Universit, 2016)Can competitive intelligence (CI) be used to assist in regional and sectoral economic development? This article looks at intelligence initiatives (largely around training) sponsored by various government departments and ... -
Grading and price in the accommodation sector of South Africa
(Sun Media, Bloemfontein, 2011)Hierdie artikel fokus op ’n analise van die verhouding tussen gradering en prys in die akkommodasie-sektor in Suid-Afrika. Die navorsing is uitgevoer in samewerking met die hoofrolspelers in die akkommodasie-sektor naamlik ... -
Graduate unemployment in South Africa: perspectives from the banking sector
(AOSIS, 2015)Orientation: South Africa is experiencing growth in its graduate labour force, but graduate unemployment is rising with the overall unemployment rate. Graduate unemployment is problematic, because it wastes scarce human ... -
Green management in hotels: a supply-side analysis
(De Gruyter Open; ASERS, 2016)Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world and an important economic tool. However, it also has many negative effects on the environment. Hotels, as part of the tourism industry, have a significant impact on the ... -
Grounds for allowing a tax deduction for employee share incentives
(Clute Institute, 2015)Share-based payments have become a popular form of employee remuneration, largely due to its potential to address the agency problem, and are especially effective when made to senior employees. Accounting standards require ... -
Guatemalan pupils' exposure to Spanish and educational achievement: a study across ethnic groups and socioeconomic status in urban and rural schools
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Guidelines for the editing of dissertations and theses: A survey of editors' perceptions
(Taylor & Francis/Routledge/NISC, 2010)This article presents the findings of an empirical study undertaken to investigate South African editors' perceptions of the tasks and responsibilities of the editor working with dissertations and theses. The general lack ... -
Happiness among first-year students at a comprehensive tertiary institution - an exploratory study
(University of Johannesburg, 2014)The 1970s saw a significant increase in the volume of research on individuals' subjective experience of well-being. The subjective well-being of university students has received less attention, however. Student well-being ... -
Hedge fund performance evaluation using the Kalman filter
(Bureau for Economic Research (BER), 2015)In the capital asset pricing model, portfolio market risk is recognised through β while α summarises asset selection skill. Traditional parameter estimation techniques assume time-invariance and use rolling-window, ordinary ... -
Hedge fund performance evaluation using the sharpe and omega ratios
(Clute Institute, 2014-05)The Sharpe ratio is widely used as a performance evaluation measure for traditional (i.e., long only) investment funds as well as less-conventional funds such as hedge funds. Based on mean-variance theory, the Sharpe ratio ...