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Theses and Dissertations (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The research article proposed constitutes original empirical research and investigates the effects of brand loyalty and programme loyalty in low-income consumer groups. This research fundamentally replicates a European ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This research sought to answer the question of whether South African EMNEs internationalising into developed markets, can successfully transfer the knowledge of their subsidiaries back home to improve their innovation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Business and Society Review addresses a wide range of ethical issues concerning the relationships between business, society, and the public good. The contents addresses issues of vital concern to business people, academics, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The sharing economy (SE) challenges consumers to participate in services characterised by information asymmetry, heterogeneous quality and risks of interacting with strangers who are consumers themselves, rather than ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Business models (BMs) represent a firm’s strategic and operational choices to create solutions and extract value from targeted markets. BMs were therefore required to have an inherent adaptive ability for changes to the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Digital transformation is increasingly high on the strategic agenda of organizations, with many appointing chief digital officers – senior executives with cross-functional digital transformation responsibility – to lead ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Entrepreneurial activity has been widely associated with the growth of the economy, based on its ability to create employment and alleviate poverty. Entrepreneurs often function in uncertain environments and, as a result, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)With high levels of inequality, poverty and unemployment in South Africa, governments and the private sector cannot resolve this alone. There is a requirement for third sector entities like social enterprises that will ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study aimed to further the research on dynamic managerial capabilities as a mechanism that allows firms to determine when to renew their capabilities and to break inertial tendencies in strategic decision-making. These ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)In this paper, we report on the Critical Learning experiences that shape Youth Entrepreneurial Success. The findings in our research show that the individual learning experiences that motive youth into entrepreneurship are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This thesis explored the impact of platforms on South African Banking, Telecom and Media industries, studying how the industry competes or collaborates with the phenomenon. Thus far, research focuses on non-existential ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Decision-making is one of the core strategic leadership functions across all organisational types. To that end, there is a large body of research on when and how leaders make decisions, but a paucity of academic literature ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Taking action on sustainability is key if the ideals of the South African national development plan, the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the global sustainable development goals are to be achieved. However, evidence suggests ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The retail banking sector is undergoing unprecedented business disruptions due to changing consumer patterns and increased competition from non-banking institutions. The most practical responses to these new risks are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This research article explores performance management in the context of virtual teams and falls within the area of HRD, as it investigates how managers drive performance in virtual teams. The research contributes empirical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Nonmarket strategy presents alternative strategies that firms can use to create value, yet, most nonmarket studies have not considered multinational enterprises (MNEs) and development finance institutions’ (DFIs) engagement ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)top and senior-level leadership, in the development and implementation of strategic change within organisations. In addition, strategic change research also tends to focus on the methods for enabling individual preparation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The paper seeks to shed light on the coping strategies applied by black senior and top management in light of their underrepresentation in executive roles. We believe that the attached manuscript is well suited to complement ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This qualitative case study explored a nonformal youth leadership development program offered by a South African business school which has been identified as a transformative learning experience that ignites critical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The liberal intergovernmentalist approach has been applied to numerous studies within the European Union (EU) context in the past, and lately to studies within the African regional integration context. Differing experiences ...
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