Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
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The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences has a strong focus in applied research and has a number of specialised research units including the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), the Entrepreneurship Development Unit (EDU), the Institute for Social Development (ISD), the African Centre for Citizenship and Democracy (ACCEDE) and the EMS Student Support and Research Unit (ESSRU).
Electronic theses and dissertations are available in the Electronic Theses and Dissertations Repository .
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Recent Submissions
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The humble sardine (small pelagics): fish as food or fodder
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2016)Background: The group of small pelagic fish is the largest species group landed globally. A significant proportion of this nutrient-rich food is processed and lost to livestock feed, fish feed, fish oil, pet food and ... -
The 2013 Election in Zimbabwe: The end of an era
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)The July 31st 2013 Elections in Zimbabwe ushered in a renewed period of political domination by ZANU(PF) and its President, Robert Mugabe. This election followed five years of a SADC- facilitated Global Political Agreement ... -
The Geopolitical Environment in Namibia: Business Challenges and Opportunities
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2013)Geopolitics and business development is a buzz word. There is a serious link between population growth and the environment. This is basically found somewhere between the view that population growth is solely responsible ... -
Revisiting unemployment levels and trends in South Africa since the transition
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)Many recent studies compared the 1995 October Household Survey (OHS) with the latest available Labour Force Survey (LFS) to derive the unemployment ‘trends’ in South Africa since the transition, but this approach only ... -
Nuclear Politics of Denial: South Africa and the Additional Protocol
(Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013)South Africa was one of the first states to conclude an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2002, allowing the IAEA greater right of access to safeguard nuclear activities and material. ... -
The politics of evidence: A response to Rulli and D'Odorico
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)We welcome Rulli and D’Odorico’s response to our introduction to the Journal for Peasant Studies (JPS) Forum on Global Land Grabbing(Scoones etal.2013) in which we discussed the ‘literature rush’ that has accompanied the ... -
The relationship between planning strategies and entrepreneurial success for start-up entrepreneurs in the Western Cape
(Sage Publications, 2013)The total entrepreneurial activity rate in South Africa was 9.1% in 2011, compared with 8.9% in 2010, which is below the average for similar economies. This study examines the moderating impact of environmental difficulty ... -
Can personal initiative training improve small business success? A longitudinal South African evaluation study
(Sage Publications, 2013)High levels of personal initiative will be required to unlock the potential offered by the many untapped resources in Africa in terms of business opportunities. Significant resources are ploughed into the development of ... -
Forum on Global Land Grabbing Part 2: The politis of evidence: methodologies for understanding the global land rush
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)The most recent ‘land rush’ precipitated by the convergent ‘crises’ of fuel, feed and food in 2007–2008 has heightened the debate on the consequences of land investments, with widespread media coverage, policy commentary ... -
Entrepreneurial knowledge and aspirations of dentistry students in South Africa
(IP Publishing Ltd, 2013)An investigation of the intentions and knowledge of entrepreneurship of final-year university dentistry students is reported, with particular regard to the factors of gender and race. A questionnaire survey was used ... -
Education and SMME Business Growth: A Gender Perspective from South Africa
(The Clute Institute, 2013)Entrepreneurship is becoming an increasingly important source of employment for women in many countries. Policymakers and other stakeholders typically fail to differentiate between the needs of different SMME sectors when ... -
Nonlinearities in stock return prediction: A Blended Approach
(The Clute Institute, 2013)Our prior research indicates that there are periods within which nonlinear stock selection models outperform their linear counterparts in the South African equity market. In order to explore the nonlinearities in stock ... -
Evaluating social housing intervention strategies in a South African municipality
(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2013)According to the Department of Human Settlement Annual Report (2010:5) accelerating the delivery of housing opportunities by 2014 by providing proper basic services and land tenure to households currently living in informal ... -
A Review of Value Added in Nigeria's Pre and Post-SAP Agricultural Sector: Background and Issues
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2013)In spite of the growing importance of oil, Nigeria has remained essentially an agrarian economy, with agriculture still significantly contributing to its Gross Domestic Product. However, the potentials of the agricultural ... -
A decision support tool for response to global change in marine systems: the IMBER-ADApT Framework
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016)Global change is occurring now, often with consequences far beyond those anticipated. Although there is a wide range of assessment approaches available to address-specific aspects of global change, there is currently no ... -
Fragmented participation in management of the fishery for small pelagic fish in South Africa – inclusion of small-rights holders is a complex matter
(NISC (Pty) Ltd (National Inquiry Services Centre), 2014)The reasons why most small-rights holders do not participate in management of the fishery for small pelagic fish (‘small pelagics’) in South Africa, despite legislation and policy encouraging their participation, were ... -
A typology of fisheries management tools: using experience to catalyse greater success
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016)Fisheries provide nutrition and livelihoods for coastal populations, but many fisheries are fully or over-exploited and we lack an approach for analysing which factors affect management tool performance. We conducted a ... -
Understanding the needs and challenges of a Black community in South Africa
(Routledge, 2017)This article reports on a study conducted with an unemployed group of community members residing in the Gugulethu Township in South Africa. The study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of their needs and challenges, ... -
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 ... -
Potential gains from predicting the timing of stock market persistence and mean reversion
(Business Perspectives, 2013)This paper undertakes to investigate the effectiveness of market timing between prior winners and losers in the global equity markets using Monte Carlo simulation over the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2009. ...
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