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Unclean Energy Source Dependence and Sustainability in Nigeria: Consumption Dynamics and Impact of Contextual Factors
(Econjournals, 2022)Fuelwood is the primary energy source for throughout the developing world. This, indiscriminate use of fuelwood as energy jeopardizes the environment, and well-being of the people. Despite Nigeria being the energy giant ... -
Understanding retail strategy and shopping behaviour: Perspectives from a developing country
(Academic Journals, 2012)This research indicates that in order for retailers to achieve their primary objective of increasing the amount of customer traffic into their stores, some powerful, highly effective and strategic tools that retailers ... -
Understanding retail strategy and shopping behaviour: Perspectives from a developing country
(Academic Journals, 2012)This research indicates that in order for retailers to achieve their primary objective of increasing the amount of customer traffic into their stores, some powerful, highly effective and strategic tools that retailers ... -
Unlocking the secrets of fundamental indexes: size effect or value effect? Evidence from emerging stock markets
(Business Perspectives, 2013)Despite the abundant successful evidence of fundamental indexation in recent international literature, it is argued that the performance of fundamental indexes is primarily attributed to their inherent value bias or ... -
The use of capital budgeting techniques in businesses: a perspective from the Western Cape
(Western Academic Publishers, 2009)Capital budgeting is one of the most important areas of financial management. There are several techniques commonly used to evaluate capital budgeting projects namely the payback period, accounting rate of return, present ... -
The use of financial management practices by small, medium and micro enterprises: a perspective from South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2014)This paper reports on an investigation of financial management practices used by small, medium-sized and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa. It was found that more than half the SMMEs examined use external accounting ... -
The value chain and activities of polyethylene terephthalate plastics in the South African waste economy
(SAGE, 2020)Value chains in their entirety, within the South African context, have not been the focus of much research thus far. A plethora of research has been done on the various actors within the value chain, but the rest of the ... -
Voices of entrepreneurs: A review of entrepreneurs’ perceptions of sme Covid-19 support measures in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This article sheds the spotlight on support mechanisms for small businesses that are struggling as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The data was collated during a two-part webinar series on lockdown stories of small ...