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  • The 4 As: Response strategy to stressors that negatively influence employees’ positive work behaviour 
    Mamabolo, Mathukhwane Anastacia; Barnard, Helena (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2019)
    Workplace stressors are understood to be the result of a misfit between employees and their teams, supervisors, job or the organisation. However, in speaking to C-level executives in large companies in Africa, GIBS ...
  • Active versus passive policies of unemployment : growth and public finance perspectives 
    Gupta, Rangan; Du Toit, Charlotte Barbara (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2006-10)
    This paper develops a general equilibrium endogenous growth model in an overlapping generations framework, and compares, in terms of economic growth, a passive unemployment policy (unemployment insurance) with an ...
  • Amplying personal and leadership development through group coaching 
    Van der Veen, Natalie; Reid, Alison (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2021)
    With the ever-expanding role of technology, an increasing focus on human-centricity and ubiquitous global influence, workplaces have become increasingly complex. Working effectively in groups will be essential to future ...
  • An analysis of the inward cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the UK : a macroeconomic perspective 
    Naraidoo, Ruthira; Boateng, Agyenim; Uddin, Moshfique M. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-11)
    Most of the growth in international production over the past decade has been carried out via cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Yet previous empirical work relating to CBM&As has been confined to firm-specific factors. ...
  • Artificial intelligence: Is South Africa ready? 
    Schoeman, Willie; Moore, Rory; Seedat, Yusof; Chen, Jeff Yu-Jen; Mhangwani, Ntombi; Barbagallo, Paul; Vazirani, Madhu (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2021)
    The world around us is changing at a furious pace. It’s left many established businesses shaken, with executives questioning their organisations’ longevity. To participate in a digital future, business transformation ...
  • An augmented gravity model of South Africa's exports of transport equipments and machineries 
    Sichei, Moses Muse; Erero, Jean Luc; Gebreselasie, Tewodros G. (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2005-12)
    The study applies an “augmented” gravity equation to South Africa’s exports of motor vehicles, parts & accessories (SIC 381-383) to 76 countries over the period 1994 to 2003. The study employs a dynamic panel data model ...
  • Back to BASIC in Compiler Construction 
    Gruner, Stefan (College of Science, Engineering and Technology: University of South Africa (UNISA), 2019)
    This short-paper offers an experience report about a successful way of giving an introductory compiler construction course to 3rd-year undergraduate students. Because the in-depth-presentation of compiler construction has ...
  • Bank lending channel in South Africa : bank-level dynamic panel data analysis 
    Sichei, Moses Muse (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2005-11)
    The paper investigates the bank-lending channel (BLC) of monetary policy in South Africa using quarterly bank-level data for the period 2000Q1-2004Q4. Capital adequacy and bank size are used as indicators for information ...
  • Barriers and enablers for the uptake of FinTech remittance platforms by migrant entrepreneurs in South Africa 
    Smith, Sean; Van Zyl, Kris (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2021)
  • Bayesian methods of forecasting inventory investment in South Africa 
    Gupta, Rangan (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2007-02)
    This paper develops a Bayesian Vector Error Correction Model (BVECM) for forecasting inventory investment in South Africa. The model is estimated using quarterly data on actual sales, production, unfilled orders, price ...
  • The blessing of dimensionality in forecasting real house price growth in the nine census divisions of the US 
    Gupta, Rangan; Das, Sonali; Kabundi, Alain (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-01)
    This paper analyzes whether a wealth of information contained in 126 monthly series used by large-scale Bayesian Vector Autoregressive (LBVAR) models, as well as Factor Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) models, ...
  • Border tax adjustment to negate the impact of an electricity generation tax 
    Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Seymore, Reyno (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2010-02)
    In the 2008 Budget Review, the South African government announced its intention to levy a 2c/kWh tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources. This measure is intended to serve a dual purpose of ...
  • Bubbles in South African house prices and their impact on consumption 
    Gupta, Rangan; Kanda, Patrick T.; Das, Sonali (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2010-07)
    This paper tests for house price bubbles in the South African housing market, using quarterly data from 1969:Q2 to 2009:Q3, based on the unit root test developed by Phillips et al. (2010). This test allows us to detect ...
  • Building Africa report 2022 
    PPC; GIBS Centre for African Management and Markets (2022)
    PPC poured its first cement in 1902. On that day, Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States (POTUS). He would become the first POTUS to ride in an automobile. On 31 May that year, the Second Boer War ended ...
  • Centenary Building Lecture Hall (CAD sketch 1) 
    Eksteen, André; De Villiers, Braam; Van der Westhuizen, Leon; Earthworld Architects and Interiors (2010-01-12)
    To accommodate the increasing number of students, a new lecture complex, the Centenary Building, was officially opened in 2009. The complex comprises of six lecture halls with 300 seats each.
  • Centenary Building Lecture Hall (CAD sketch 2) 
    Eksteen, André; De Villiers, Braam; Van der Westhuizen, Leon; Earthworld Architects and Interiors (2010-01-12)
    To accommodate the increasing number of students, a new lecture complex, the Centenary Building, was officially opened in 2009. The complex comprises of six lecture halls with 300 seats each.
  • Centenary Building Lecture Hall (CAD sketch 3) 
    Eksteen, André; De Villiers, Braam; Van der Westhuizen, Leon; Earthworld Architects and Interiors (2010-01-12)
    To accommodate the increasing number of students, a new lecture complex, the Centenary Building, was officially opened in 2009. The complex comprises of six lecture halls with 300 seats each.
  • Child mortality in eastern and southern Africa 
    Koch, Steven F.; Handa, Sudhanshu; Ng, Shu Wen (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2008-10)
    High rates of infant mortality in Africa continue to be a major public health concern today, despite the fact that most deaths can be prevented from well known, relatively low cost technologies. Using multiple years of ...
  • Combine and conquer: Unlocking the power of digital industry X.0 
    Moore, Rory; Narsalay, Raghav; Seedat, Yusof; Sen, Aarohi; Chen, Jeff Yu-Jen (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2017)
  • Comparing South African inflation volatility across monetary policy regimes : an application of saphe cracking 
    Gupta, Rangan; Uwilingiye, Josine (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2009-02)
    Recent empirical evidence on the direct link of inflation targeting and inflation volatility is at best mixed. However, comparing inflation volatility across alternative monetary policy regimes within a country based on ...