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Theses and Dissertations (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The amount data generated and collected by organisations is growing at an accelerated rate. Retail organisations are in need of interventions to better manage their data to leverage it for a competitive advantage. Data ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)A rights issue is a term used to describe the process of providing existing shareholders with a preferential option to purchase shares in proportion to their holding of existing shares. This enables publicly traded ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)State-owned entities (SOEs) in South Africa have received unprecedented attention in recent years due to their persistent poor operational and financial performance, as well as their systematic and chronic corporate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Implementing artificial intelligence in the workplace is becoming imperative for organisations to stay competitive. The event of AI introduction can serve as both a stressor due to perceived job insecurity or a challenge ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)International strategic alliances are seen as popular mechanisms for new market entry and gaining access to resources and technology. Despite their popularity, the failure rate of strategic alliances still remains high. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)This research project aims to investigate and analyse the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the vertical boundary strategies of firms in the South African agricultural sector (SAAS). It attempts to determine how firms ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Process mining is becoming a popular big data analytics and artificial intelligence tool in business today as a result of technological advancements being accelerated by digitalization. Fast process adaptation to keep up ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The need for effective change leadership in organisations has become more important due to the ongoing pressures and demands for strategic rethinking and adaptation. However, in facilitating change, many organisations fail ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Collective Hybrid Intelligence (CHI) is a proposed paradigm in which collective entities, such as human intelligence, collective intelligence, and artificial intelligence, combine their unique abilities to form an entity ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The issues with traditional methods of education and the growing skills gap in several key knowledge areas like software engineering are well known. After the realisation that massive open online courses (MOOC) did not ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)There is a dearth of scholarship on digital transformation at for-profit firms in countries behind the technology frontier. However, digital transformation has been at the centre of disruptions of business practice and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work was restructured, and the work-from-home format became the norm. The primary aim of this study is to determine how the unexpected change to working from home (WFH) following the emergence ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The aim of this research was to determine the drivers of business success for small commercial farming enterprises. The study also sought to identify the financial and nonfinancial measurements used by small commercial ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Management faces a strategic pricing dilemma to remain competitive and survive in an uncertain environment. Uncertainty is prevalent all over the globe. The study used the Zimbabwean context with hyperinflation, volatile ...
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Entrepreneurial bricolage and scaling of SMEs in the tourism sector: Fear of failure as a moderator (University of Pretoria, 2022)Existing research has found that entrepreneurial bricolage is positively related to growth performance, new venture growth and improved growth capability. This quantitative descripto-exploratory study seeks to establish ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Globalisation of the marketplace has led to internationalisation becoming increasingly vital for companies’ survival. This rapid increase in the level of internationalisation has seen many retailers look for expansion ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Complex and increasing competition, fast global changes, and unpredictable shifts in expectations describe the business world. Relying merely on static procedures and instructions to employees is not agile enough in such ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Countries are encouraged to invest in sustainable development initiatives to realise a lowcarbon economy by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2030. South Africa is experiencing an energy crisis due to the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Autonomous motivation is a psychological factor that is important to employee performance and creativity. Although existent literature delves on this construct, there are limited studies that have revealed the drivers of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Mass media platform radio has enjoyed minute attention within the entrepreneurial education discipline thus far. As an intervention, this study investigated the impact on entrepreneurial intention of mass media entrepreneurial ...
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