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Theses and Dissertations (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)All organisations will face some form of decline in their existence. The sooner a decline is acted upon, the better chance for a successful turnaround. Cognition of a decline is the first phase within the turnaround ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Manufacturing is a core sector in the economy of a nation and currently faces increasing pressure to adopt highly sophisticated manufacturing technological innovations for competitiveness. This review examines the drivers ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Change within organisations has become a constant occurrence especially given the increased rate of innovation that is required for organisations to remain competitive. However, organisations are still experiencing change ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Purpose- Since the inception of psychological safety and leadership as conceptual constructs, empirical research has proliferated in their respective fields. While both constructs have received much attention and traction ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Product development and innovation are considered vital for business success. The rate of failure of new launches is very high, particularly in the food and beverage industry. This research study investigated how best to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The internationalization process of firms are well described in literature. The two foremost methods for Internationalization are the Uppsala model (phased commitments increasing over time) and the Born-Global model ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)These are unprecedented times for the financial services sector in South Africa. This is a time when financial technology companies or fintech’s have aggressively penetrated the financial services sector in South Africa ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)There is increasing pressure on incumbent companies to innovate their business to include sustainability, thereby creating social, environmental as well as economic value. This requires companies to innovate their existing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)This research is intended to deepen the understanding of the role of an organisations dynamic capabilities as internal drivers impacting and influencing business model innovation within the organisation. As a business ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The dynamic capabilities framework has been the subject of much research and debate. Closely interwoven with this framework are the dynamic managerial capabilities: managerial human capital, managerial social capital and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Whilst the procurement of electricity within South Africa for large power users is currently done through the incumbent utility, Eskom, the future of electricity purchases within South Africa may be radically different. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Waste management is increasingly becoming a global challenge due to the increase in population leading to an increased demand for food, water, energy and other resources. MSMEs are argued to be responsible for a bulk of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between employee commitment and successful strategy implementation in retail banking in South Africa. Successful implementation of strategy is key for organisations ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The customer loyalty (CL) landscape has changed with advances in technology. In an increasingly competitive and regulated telecommunications sector (telco), it is imperative for telco companies (telcos) to maintain customer ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)In this age of changing business environment and complexity, diversity and inclusiveness are imperative. The organisations’ ability to shift from the traditional perceptions and cultural stereotypes to a more inclusive ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Female representation in the upper echelons of business remains constrained, with only 27% of senior management roles occupied by women, who often experience bias despite possessing the same necessary management and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Middle managers represent a unique position in the organisation, as they can switch vertically between the contrasting positions of follower and leader. This implies that the middle manager engages in a power play by ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)With a growing interest in mergers and acquisitions to support corporate growth ambitions, researchers and business practitioners remain concerned as a high ratio of transactions lead to corporate value erosion. Priori ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Retaining critical employees has become increasingly important with the growing competition for valuable skills and employees’ increasing discernment of employment acceptability criteria. Significantly, changing working ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that enforced remote working changed the way organisations operate turning many face-to-face teams into virtual teams overnight with little warning. The digital transformation of ...
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