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Challenges in developing and supporting entrepreneurship education: A case study of the University of Zululand
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Entrepreneurship education is broadly considered an important factor in promoting an entrepreneurial culture among higher education students. Considering the importance of entrepreneurship with regard to economic growth, ... -
Challenges of microfinance access in Nigeria: implications for entrepreneurship development
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013)Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly being accepted as valuable platforms to create jobs and improve livelihoods. The Nigerian government has enacted favorable laws and regulations on contracts, leasing, ... -
Chartered accountancy and resistance in South Africa
(Stellenbosch University, 2021)In recent times, the chartered accountant profession was regularly in the news for reasons pertaining to the unethical and unprofessional behaviour of members. The profession has an important role to play in the South ... -
Comparison of multifactor asset pricing models in the South African stock market [2000–2016]
(MDPI, 2023)The quest for parsimonious models has been a key objective in asset pricing. However, there appears to be no consensus on the most successful asset pricing strategy in the literature, especially for the South African ... -
Comparison of multifactor asset pricing models in the South African stock market [2000–2016]
(MDPI, 2023)first_pagesettingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessFeature PaperArticle Comparison of Multifactor Asset Pricing Models in the South African Stock Market [2000–2016] by Lenia Mukoyi 1 andKanayo K. Ogujiuba 2,*ORCID 1 School ... -
Comparison of multifactor asset pricing models in the South African stock market [2000–2016]
(MDPI, 2023)The quest for parsimonious models has been a key objective in asset pricing. However, there appears to be no consensus on the most successful asset pricing strategy in the literature, especially for the South African Market. ... -
Comparison of multifactor asset pricing models in the South African stock market [2000–2016]
(MDPI, 2022)The quest for parsimonious models has been a key objective in asset pricing. However, there appears to be no consensus on the most successful asset pricing strategy in the literature, especially for the South African Market. ... -
Contagion risk in equity markets during financial crises and Covid-19: A comparison of developed and emerging markets
(Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, 2022)This study compared the impact of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the COVID-19 pandemic on financial market contagion between developed and emerging markets. A DCC-GARCH model was employed to test the contagion effects ... -
Cooperative enterprises as a solution to rural poverty and unemployment case studies of the Heiveld cooperative at Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape and die berg vrugteverwerking at Piketberg in the Western Cape province
(University of the Western Cape, 2009-11)Historically, the poor have always been socially, politically and economically marginalized in society. The South African Government’s Cooperative Act 2005 presents a promising step in the right direction towards addressing ... -
Countering testimonial injustice: The spatial practices of school administrative clerks
(University of KwaZulu-Natal on behalf of the South African Education Research Association, 2018)In this article we discuss the phenomenon of how people's voices or opinions are taken up in relation to their professional status. We focus on administrative clerks in school contexts, people who occupy a professional ... -
Covid-19 and entrepreneurship at Vickispan: Challenges and responses to the lockdown.
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This article is centred on an entrepreneurial small farm-based enterprise in rural Riebeecksrivier in the Western Cape. It focuses on the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on the business, its employees and the community ... -
Covid-19 and South Africa’s small, medium and micro enterprises: Challenges and recommendations
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) have a major role to play in sustainable development. SMMEs create incomes through employment and help to reduce poverty and income inequality, and to spur economic growth. ... -
Covid-19: An alternative approach to postgraduate supervision in the digital age
(Stellenbosch University, 2022)Universities globally are facing enormous governmental pressure to increase postgraduate output, and in turn, contribute to the knowledge economy. This pressure is transferred to research supervisors, who have to navigate ... -
Customer satisfaction at an online store in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Online shopping has become a common way in which retail businesses are conducted across most parts of the world. South African (SA) retailers such as Takealot, Makro, and Spree added this function to their existing operations. ... -
Determinants of consumer attitude toward corporate sponsors: A comparison between a profit and non-profit sport event sponsorship
(Wiley, 2017)The purposes of the present study were to identify key attributes of sponsors that positively influence consumers’ attitude formation and to examine the moderator role of sport event types (nonprofit vs. profit). Based on ... -
Determinants of Share Prices: the Case of Listed Firms on Johannesburg Stock Exchange
(Danubius Journals Platform, 2016)Equity investments offer considerable returns to investors and is considered to be a major source of capital for most large firms. However, these returns are subject to movement in share prices. This study investigate the ... -
Determinants of share prices: the case of listed firms on Johannesburg Stock Exchange
(Danubius University, 2016)Equity investments offer considerable returns to investors and is considered to be a major source of capital for most large firms. However, these returns are subject to movement in share prices. This study investigate the ... -
The development of entrepreneurs at university in an emerging economy: A conceptual framework
(University of the Western Cape, 2020-06-18)A conceptual framework is developed to postulate the process of developing entrepreneurs at a university level as a panacea for mitigating high levels of graduate unemployment in South Africa. The challenges are compounded ... -
Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
(Emerald group holding, 2022)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the contentious issue whether lawyers become launderers when they accept dirty money as legal fees. Lawyers represent criminal defendants who may wish to pay for their legal ... -
Dynamic managerial capabilities as antecedent of corporate entrepreneurship: A conceptual model
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Current studies on Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE) present organisational boundaries, discretionary time, rewards/reinforcements, work discretion and management support as antecedents of CE. This ...