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R&D the biggest business casualty of Covid-19?
(2021-06)
While the overall economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is still unfolding, there are strong indications that it is causing the largest economic downturn since the 2008 financial crisis. In 2020, the South African ...
The fuel of unparalleled recovery: Monetary policy in South Africa between 1925 and 1936
(Routledge, 2021)
The newly established South African Reserve Bank (SARB) was tasked to protect the currency by navigating the interwar gold standard, and, from March 1933, maintaining parity with the Pound Sterling. We find that South ...
A structural equation modelling evaluation of antecedents and interconnections of call centre agents’ intention to quit
(MPDI, 2021)
Call centers play a significant role in the operational dynamics of different types of businesses. This is especially the case because a call center agent’s demeanor can impair or engender
customer satisfaction, which has ...
Sophia’s choice: Debt, social welfare, and racial finance capitalism
(SAGE, 2021)
In this article, I examine normative assumptions about cash transfers as public goods and the lived
experience of cash transfers as private debts. Policy makers and social scientists often assume
cash transfers are ...
Factors Affecting Digital Transformation in the Retail Supply Chain
(2021-06)
The digital transformation, introduced by the fourth industrial revolution, has significantly transformed the value proposition of supply chain organisations. However, there is limited extant ...
‘The nurse did not even greet me’: how informed versus non-informed patients evaluate health systems responsiveness in South Africa
(BMJ Global Health, 2021-04)
Introduction Universal Health Coverage is not only
about access to health services but also about access
to high-quality
care, since poor experiences may deter
patients from accessing care. Evidence shows that quality
of ...
Investigating factors influencing class attendance and performance of first-year economics students
(Stellenbosch University, 2021)
The academic success of first-year Economics students has been examined in many South
African studies in Economic Education. These studies controlled for differences in demographic
characteristics, last school examination ...
Revisiting the COVID-19 vulnerability index in South Africa
(Routledge, 2021)
This study uses the Census 2011 and Community Survey 2016 data,
adopts the Alkire-Foster multidimensional poverty index (MPI)
approach and addresses numerous shortcomings of the original
Statistics South Africa method ...
Emergency food supplies and food security in Wuhan and Nanjing, China, during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a field survey
(Wiley, 2021)
Detailed empirical work on the impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on food security is scant. Local management of food security has received little attention.This article describes emergency food policies in Wuhan
and Nanjing, ...
Cyclicality of size, value, and momentum on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)
The study examines the cyclical behaviour of style premiums on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) over the period 2002–2018. More specifically, the study establishes whether there is a contemporaneous relationship between ...