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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 ... -
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 ... -
Beneficial ownership provisions in tax treaties between developed and developing countries: the Canada/South Africa example
(Clute Institute, 2013)In the years since the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) adopted its first draft tax treaty in 1963, the world has experienced an astonishing surge in international trade and investment. The ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Potential gains from sector timing in Taiwan
(IFRD, 2013)The dominance of the electronic sector in the Taiwanese stock market and the relatively low historical correlation between the Taiwanese electronic and financial sector indexes call for the exploration of sector diversity ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Barriers to tacit knowledge retention: an understanding of the perceptions of the knowledge management of people inside and outside the organisation
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013)BACKGROUND: Knowledge loss causes challenges for organisations that wish to remain competitive. These organisations must identify the risks that could lead to knowledge loss and become aware of issues that affect knowledge ... -
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 impact of Information Systems usage on productivity: A retrospective analysis and an empirical study in Cape Town tourism of South Africa
(AfricaJournals, 2014)In this article, the researchers examine the direct impact of Information Systems Usage to Productivity at Cape Town Tourism. Data for the full sample of individuals who use information systems was analysed. The results ... -
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 effect of working capital management on profitability: The case of Small Medium and Micro Enterprises in South Africa
(Danubius Journals Platform, 2014)Working capital is vital in any business, especially in SMMEs, given that most of their assets are in the form of current assets. Management of working capital is vital in order to improve profitability of the business. ... -
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 ... -
Accessing bank finance in relation to human capital, gender and race among SMMEs in a developing economy
(IEEE, 2015)Small, Micro and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) contribute to the national economy significantly. However, many SMMEs have difficulties in accessing bank finance due to the lower level of their human capital and scarce ... -
Internationalization as a "work-around" strategy: How going abroad can help smes overcome local constraints
(World Scientific Publishing, 2015)Although risk has always been at the center of entrepreneurship, research on risk recognition in new ventures is limited. Applying cognitive information-processing theory, we develop a theoretical framework that explores ... -
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 ... -
The market reactions to share repurchase announcements on the JSE: an event study
(Consulting Publishing Company, 2016)This study examines the market reactions to share repurchase announcements made by companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange from the years 2003 to 2012. The authors use an event study methodology and the Capital ... -
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 ...