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Relationship between in-store promotions and consumer behaviour in shopping malls in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Promotions of products and services close to the point of purchase is a reality to many companies. These promotions include the demonstration of products, price discounts and free samples. This paper sets out to determine ... -
The relationship between levels of education of entrepreneurs and their business success: A study of the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2011)The small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) sector has been widely recognized as an engine of economic growth in South Africa. The implementation of the National Small Business Strategy (NSBS) in 1995 established important ... -
Relationship marketing: Strategic and tactical challenges for SMEs
(Academic Journals, 2010)This study sought to explore the tactical and strategic challenges, which small and medium sized service firms may face in their bid to successfully practice and implement Relationship marketing. The framework of the ... -
Report on review of the current status of the pilot Certificate in School Business Administration (CSBA) 2008-2009: Guidelines for CSBA 2010
(University of the Western Cape: School of Business and Finance, 2010)Executive Summary: By almost any measure, most South African public schools, and schools in the Western Cape, are underperforming academically. For a number of years, there has existed a wide degree of consensus among ... -
A review of performance evaluation measures for actively-managed portfolios
(IFRD, 2013)In the recognition that investment management is an on-going process, the performance of actively-managed portfolios need to be monitored and evaluated to ensure that funds under management are efficiently invested in order ... -
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 ... -
Small medium micro enterprise business goals and government support: a South African case study
(APM, 2013)Small and medium-scale enterprises (SMMEs) form the majority of the enterprises in the South African economy. The South African government has identified the SMME sector as one of the potential enablers to achieve its ... -
The spatial practices of school administrative clerks: making space for contributive justice
(University of the Western Cape, 2012-12)The article aims to contribute to our analysis of social justice by suggesting that we broaden our focus on social justice to include issues of contributive justice. It highlights how those who are denied contributive justice ... -
Sports effects on ethical judgement skills of successful entrepreneurs: Adaptation of interpretative phenomenological analysis
(Emerald, 2021)This paper aims to identify how entrepreneurs’ active involvement in sports/athletic training affects and adds to their overall ethical judgement skills within and outside the workplace.This study adopted a qualitative ... -
The state of entrepreneurship education at tertiary institutions in the Western Cape
(Clute Institute, 2008)This paper summarizes, analyses the offerings and gaps on entrepreneurship education at four tertiary institutions in the Western Cape. Most of the offerings were knowledge based. Some of the participants on the programmes ... -
Strategic alliance governance in Zimbabwe policy and strategy
(Academic Journals, 2009)Worldwide interest in strategic alliances has increased dramatically partly because of their potential to expand firms operations in the short run. Among the many issues posed by the increasing interest in strategic ... -
Strategies, practices and skills for competitiveness in the digital economy: a perspective on large companies in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, University of Stellenbosch Business School & Ikamva National e-Skills Institute (iNeSI), 2014)The impact of the digital developments of our time - new digital devices, new software, and new areas of applications - can be felt in more and more areas of life and work. In fact, in some areas of business the impact is ... -
Towards a learner-centred approach: Interactive online peer assessment
(Researchgate, 2016-01)The tremendous workload produced by multiple assessments that aim for a learnercentered approach to learning in huge classes and the inability to provide results timeously, often results in lecturers’ maintaining ... -
Towards an Understanding of How School Administrative Clerk’s Negotiate Their Work in Public Schools: A Social Worlds Perspective
(2015-02)There is a dearth of literature concerning the social worlds of school administrative staff. The aim of the presentpaper is to understand the complex (social) reality of their work. Hence, the researchers used the notion of ... -
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 ...