• Unravelling the entrepreneurial ecosystem conditions spurring the global value chains : a configurational approach 

  Kansheba, Jonathan Mukiza; Fubah, Clavis Nwehfor; Marobhe, Mutaju Isaack (Emerald, 2024-03)

  PURPOSE : Despite the popularity of the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) concept, research on its value-adding activities receives less attention. Thus, in this article, the authors investigate the role of EEs in supporting ...
• Southern Africa's post-COVID-19 tourism industry recovery plans : reality or rhetoric? 

  Ilo, Sylvester O.; Das, Sonali; Bello, Felix G. (Routledge, 2024)

  The adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global tourism industry necessitated several responses from policymakers in order to support the industry’s recovery and post-pandemic growth. Southern Africa hosts ...
• Entrepreneurship training : why trainee selection is as vital as training design and delivery 

  Davies, Clint E.; Moos, Menisha; Van Vuuren, Jurie Jansen (AOSIS, 2023-11-13)

  ORIENTATION : Entrepreneurship education (EE) and entrepreneurship training (ET) programmes have boomed but many studies have questioned the degree of applied benefits realised from the training. RESEARCH PURPOSE : The ...
• Enhancing creditor decision-making in South African business rescue proceedings: a comprehensive analysis of information requirements in business rescue plans 

  Kekana, Mamekwa Katlego; Pretorius, Marius; De Abreu, Nicole Varela Aguiar (Emerald, 2024-02)

  PURPOSE : Business rescue, as a mechanism to aid financially distressed companies in South Africa, has received considerable academic and practical recognition. However, the business rescue plan is an overlooked and, ...
• RSCL onto-epistemology and practice approach to reconceptualise responsible leadership theory 

  Ntakumba, Stanley Sixolile; De Jongh, Derick (AOSIS, 2023-04-28)

  PURPOSE : This article explores how the relational social constructionist leadership (RSCL) ontology and epistemology, as well as the practice approach, could be employed to reconceptualise the responsible leadership ...
• A framework to drive business growth in developing countries using omni-channel strategies 

  Botha, Lezaan; Human, Lara I.; Rossouw, Melissa E.; Nel, Jacobus D. (Inderscience, 2023)

  During the past few decades, firms have undergone radical changes due to digitalisation initiatives, changing consumer behaviour and other factors, such as the pandemic. This has led to, amongst others, the implementation ...
• Investigating tensions experienced by decision-makers during a business rescue event 

  Du Toit, A.C. (Andria); Pretorius, Marius (AOSIS, 2023-08)

  BACKGROUND : Practice has shown that decision-makers experience various tensions during a business rescue event, which adds to the complexity of their decision-making. Even though business rescue has been operational for ...
• Understanding opportunity evaluation prototypes in search of more entrepreneurs 

  Pretorius, Marius; Millard, Sollie M.; Le Roux, Ingrid (Unisa Press, 2023-06)

  BACKGROUND : In search of more entrepreneurs for economic development, academics and policy makers are continuously seeking ways in which the participation of potential entrepreneurs in the economy can be enhanced. PURPOSE ...
• Comparing the effectiveness of public and private support to youth entrepreneurs : a qualitative inquiry 

  Moos, Menisha; Lombard, Liezl; Yap, Nicola GiGi; Yap, Tamryn Mary; Fubah, Clavis Nwehfor (JCMAN, 2022-08)

  PURPOSE OF THE STUDY : The purpose of this study was to explore the needs of youth entrepreneurs while comparing the effectiveness of support offerings provided by public and private entrepreneurial support centres ...
• Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on South African tourism industry - a systematic review 

  Ilo, Sylvester O.; Das, Sonali; Bello, Felix G. (Africa Journal, 2023)

  The need to systematically examine emergent literature focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on South African tourism is prompted by the contributions of tourism to the South African economy. The Preferred Reporting ...
• Internal supply chain integration during disruption recovery : a case study in the South African liquor industry 

  Wolmarans, Ian; Niemann, Wesley (AOSIS, 2023-08)

  ORIENTATION: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) alcohol sale prohibitions have significantly impacted the South African liquor industry. This act of government halted the supply chain flow of both locally produced and ...
• Psychological propellers of propensity for business start-ups among university students 

  Eresia-Eke, Chukuakadibia E.; Shaun, De Villiers; Jean-Claude, Pinto; Ijagbulu, Oluwafemi Dele (Adonis and Abbey, 2023-03)

  In a society plagued by inadequate employment opportunities as evidenced by relatively high unemployment rates, the youths are often the most affected. A commonly touted recourse in such situations is an inclination ...
• How high-growth entities’ knowledge of small, medium and micro-enterprise policy framework impacts business performance 

  Nomafu, Zukile; Van Vuuren, Jurie Jansen; Davies, Clint E. (AOSIS, 2023-07-20)

  ORIENTATION: Global policy attention has shifted from start-up companies to high-growth entities (HGEs), as these entities can innovate and scale up within a short timeframe. RESEARCH PURPOSE: This study aims to evaluate ...
• Incubator management experiences engaging with public SMME financiers at national and provincial levels in South Africa 

  Van der Spuy, S.J.H.; Antonites, Alexander Josef (JCMAN, 2022-01)

  BACKGROUND : Public funding agencies are governmental funding organs tasked with supplying developmental finance to prospective and emerging entrepreneurs. These agencies focus on bridging the finance gap between investors ...
• When entrepreneurship becomes a tool for political hegemony 

  Smit, Maria Magdalena; Pretorius, Marius (AOSIS, 2023-05)

  ORIENTATION: From a critical entrepreneurship perspective, this article examines the potential hegemonic nature of the mainstream entrepreneurship discourse. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: (1) To determine what mainstream ...
• The upside of narcissism as an influential personality trait : exploring the entrepreneurial behaviour of established entrepreneurs 

  Botha, Melodi; Sibeko, Sphumelele (Emerald, 2023)

  PURPOSE : As research emerged in terms of how narcissism, a negative or dark trait, has been found to be constructive in enhancing entrepreneurial behaviour, there are mixed results regarding the significance of narcissism ...
• Dialogic communication management theory and engagement with investors : a study of publicly listed organisations 

  Serfontein-Jordaan, Muriel; Bornman, D.A.J. (Dawid) (University of Johannesburg, 2022-07)

  Considering the recent corporate scandals faced by the South African capital market, stakeholders are understandably more sceptical about the accuracy and transparency of information being communicated to them. An ...
• Establishing turnaround potential before commencement of formal turnaround proceedings 

  Rosslyn-Smith, Wesley John; Pretorius, Marius (AOSIS, 2022-10)

  BACKGROUND : Determining the turnaround potential of a firm has plagued academia and practice. Existing failure prediction tools yield limited insight into turnaround potential and are heavily dependent on financial ...
• Leadership and risk : a review of the literature 

  Fourie, Willem (Emerald, 2022-05)

  PURPOSE : Even though every decision a leader makes carries an element of risk, no review on the topic of leadership and risk has appeared in highly-ranked management journals in the past 20 years. This is in contrast to ...
• Practices applied by practitioners to achieve management and financial control during business rescue 

  Madigoe, Thabang; Pretorius, Marius (AOSIS, 2022-10-17)

  ORIENTATION : To resuscitate financially distressed companies in South Africa, business rescue as introduced through the enactment of Chapter 6 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 requires the business rescue practitioners ...

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