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Theses and Dissertations (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Unethical behaviour has attracted the interest of both scholars and practitioners since the 1960s when Rettig (1966) studied unethical behaviour. Over the years there has been growing consensus amongst scholars that unethical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Access to finance for SMEs is a persistent wicked challenge that is faced globally. Formal lending, from financial institutions such as commercial banks, is the dominant source of financial resources for SMEs. Therefore, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Growth of economies in the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are estimated to outpace that of developed nations by 2050. However this comes at a high cost of energy consumption which is in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)According to the constitution, access to healthcare is a fundamental right for all citizens in South Africa. More than 25 years since South Africa became a republic, majority of its citizens still do not enjoy their rights ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The impact of climate change is a global challenge. The recent flooding events in South Africa are a constant reminder that this cannot be business as usual. There is a global agreement that climate change is caused by the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Despite the unwavering research that measures corporate entrepreneurship and its consequences, such as firm performance, strategic management, and market performance, minimal studies have explored the antecedents of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)South Africa has experienced the worst-case scenario of load-shedding over the past few months. Energy security and sustainability are paramount to increasing economic growth and prosperity. This study explains how and why ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Countries enter into bilateral and multilateral trade agreements to exploit the benefits of globalisation, which has enabled the flow and trade of goods and services across multiple markets globally. However, studies ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The circular economy is gaining a lot of interest as an alternative system that could address global challenges of environmental degradation and the depletion of the Earth’s resources. Business leaders are aware of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Online food ordering applications (OFOA) have changed customer-interaction within the food services industry. The emergence of COVID-19 has influenced the state of business-to-customer relations challenging how businesses ...
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The implications of high virtuality on the collaboration, creativity and innovation of virtual teams (University of Pretoria, 2022)The proliferation of telecommunication technology, globalisation and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the widespread adoption of virtual work within organisations and teams. While the benefits of increased ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Literature and the economic environment have emphasized the need for women to venture into entrepreneurial activities to promote the growth of the country's economy and thus alleviate poverty through reduction of unemployment. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Banks will play a pivotal role in the transition to a green economy and the achievement of the Sustainable development Goals (SDGs). Banks have investors and shareholders and as such must produce returns in order for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Entrepreneurs face high levels of uncertainty; this has been amplified the globally uncertainties and events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The South Africa economy is dependent on the flourishing of the entrepreneurship ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The development of innovative and prevailing digital technologies, digital platforms and digital infrastructures has transformed all organisations and in particular the banking sector in significant ways. Digital technologies ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)This paper looked at the past performance of multinational companies from emerging market countries post their merger and acquisition deals of subsidiaries based in developed markets. It investigated the link and influence ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)As the world moves toward a globally integrated society, the strategic management process is now more than ever in the spotlight. Organisations are required to have agility in responding to social, economic, and technological ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Consumer behaviour is of importance to marketers, organisations, and governments as consumption of unhealthy products increasingly create fiscal burdens through increasing non-communicable diseases and organisations face ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The South African manufacturing sector is strategic to the country’s economic recovery and future development. In the value chains, the sector is located centrally in such a way that it can influence both down-production ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify prevalent savings group approaches and to determine their subsequent thematic and theoretical underpinnings by reviewing a cross-section of interdisciplinary literature. ...
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