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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The main research question of this study is: What influences the choice of entry modes for the BoP markets in Sub-Saharan Africa? A literature review was conducted which assisted in developing a case study research design, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Small states are challenged with lower levels of influence than larger states and require special strategies to overcome these challenges. Multilateral organisations (“MLOs”) are often dominated by larger members who have ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-07)The cyclical nature of the automotive industry has been blamed for many dealership closures as well as thousands of retrenchments. Macro environmental changes like the recent spike in oil prices and the sub-prime debacle ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Cultural differences between countries are widely acknowledged, and these differences manifest in HQ-subsidiary relations of MNCs. Central to the strategies that MNCs implement outside their home countries is the understanding ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)This paper argues that greater levels of risk, generally thought to be detrimental to business performance in emerging markets, are actually a benefit and an important source of competitive advantage for emerging multinational ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-16)This paper will show the similarities in the overall perspective of the Polysem-ployee’s psychological contract with both their employing organisation and their client organisations, although in favour of the employing ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-10-01)The internationalization process of firms has essentially been in two contexts, one focusing on those from the developed, and the other on those from the developing economies (Buckley et al.2008). According to (Panond, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)This paper explored the requirements and subsequent competencies needed for an emerging market SME to operate in the developed markets on design, development and manufacturing projects. This was analysed by first exploring ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014-06-08)Corporate political activity (CPA) refers to the actions firms undertake to influence government policy in order to create a favourable environment for their business. Emerging markets are currently a strategic focus area ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)The efficiency of motor industry sales people has not changed over the past 20 years, despite a R23.8 billion injection over the past 7 years. Making use of personality traits to identify a suitable employee limits the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Service Delivery Protest is a unique institution, that is characterized as unstable, unpredictable, permanent and destructive. Institutions are known to have an effect on firm success and this special type of institution ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-07-02)The study deals with the relatively unexplored area of the evolution of HQ-subsidiary relations in emerging market Multinational Corporations (MNCs). The study uses a framework proposed by Harzing, Sourge and Paauwe (2001) ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Front-line managers and HR practitioners are principal implementers and gatekeepers of HR practice in organisations and as such, the survival of HR analytics is dependent on their concerted effort to enable it. HR analytics ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The aim of this dissertation was to provide a better understanding of how multinational enterprises (MNEs) can learn human resource (HR) practices originating from its subsidiaries, particularly in emerging markets. This ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This study describes the factors that drive competitiveness between local firms and multinational enterprises (MNE) in a retail consumer market of an emerging country. It also seeks to identify the approaches and strategies ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-21)This study assessed multinational corporations (MNCs) from developed markets with subsidiaries based in the emerging markets, to determine whether being based in a dynamic market influences the positive attention in terms ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Extant brokerage literature is teeming with explanations of brokerage across structural holes (open networks), but lean on the accounting for brokerage opportunities in closed networks. Predominantly, brokerage is presented ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-07-09)As with most human responses in life, voluntary turnover is also based on cause and effect. If an event or chains of events happen certain responses are triggered. In the case of voluntary turnover these responses form ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Characteristics of national cultures have frequently been claimed to influence service quality perception and customer satisfaction. This inquiry investigates this claim by analysing a multinational company’s call centre ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Frequent and prolonged labour strike actions in the South African mining industry are widely acknowledged. These strikes continue to negatively impact on the socio-economic factors in the South African society and particularly ...
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