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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Family businesses represent a large proportion of the businesses registered in South Africa today, however very few of these businesses will cease to exist after the first generation. This represents a great loss in skills ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-21)There is a critical need for entrepreneurial action to stimulate the economy, this study aimed to investigate how entrepreneurs make decisions, how they perceive financial risk and how their decision-making linked to their ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-21)The main objective of this study was to determine the entrepreneurial potential amongst Grade 10 learners in South Africa (Moutse East, Sekhukhune district of Limpopo Province), using the ATE test2 developed at the Kingston ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-27)The purpose of this paper is to evaluate effectiveness of business incubator process models employed in government-funded incubators operating in the emerging markets countries, using South Africa as an example. This ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)The issue of the division of equity is one that founders of joint ventures inevitably face during the start-up phase of business development. Whilst this is an issue of great importance in that it shapes the capital structure ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The lack of succession planning by financial advisers poses a threat to the business continuity and sustainable growth of life assurance and investment companies. This study aims to address this problem by developing a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)In 2011 Eric Ries wrote a book called “The Lean Startup” in which he documented inexorable logical and lean concepts applicable to start-up businesses. The Lean Startup principles are not yet widely understood and very ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-19)The link between entrepreneurship and economic growth is well-established. Incubators aim to stimulate entrepreneurship, and one of the factors which contributes to effective incubation is networking. Previous research on ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-07-11)The research aims to determine the obstacles that BEE mining entrepreneurs face at the growth stage of their business. The objective of the study is to gain insights into both internal and external factors, identify common ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)The preferential procurement policy objective of granting SMMEs preference in the allocation of government contracts is to guarantee a level playing field by granting access to the market. Yet, it is unclear what the current ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Small businesses have a high failure rate in South Africa, mainly due to lack of skills, resources and inexperience of owners. There is a lack of research into skills retention in small business. Understanding how ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)The challenges faced by early-stage entrepreneurs are well researched, however, the role played by an entrepreneur’s social capital, social network and incubation in moving the business along the entrepreneurial process, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The practice of shared leadership in family business management teams requires further study. Shared leadership is an emergent participative theory that requires team leaders to emerge and change naturally within a team. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Corporate governance (CG) is recognised as a key driver of company performance, improves the decision-making and strategic vision of the business, thereby making it easier to monitor and manage risks as the business grows ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The study highlights the determinants of continuity and viability for a South African family owned firm across three generations. Family firms contribute significantly to the South African and global economy, and are ...
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