Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Economic impact"

Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Economic impact"

Sort by: Order: Results:

  • Assessment of entrepreneurship education : a pilot study 
    Pretorius, Marius (Department of Business Management, University of Pretoria & Academic Entrepreneurship Society of South Africa (AcES), 2008)
    Many institutions embark on entrepreneurship education, as ultimately start-ups benefit economic growth; but institutions unfortunately lack tools and benchmarks for assessing the quality of their programmes. The uniqueness ...
  • The contribution of copyright-based industries to the South African economy 
    Pouris, Anastassios; Inglesi-Lotz, Roula (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017-11)
    We report the results of an effort to measure the contribution of copyright-based industries to the South African economy. Following the methodology of the World Intellectual Property Organization, we identify the copyright ...
  • The economic impact of HIV/AIDS on rural households in Limpopo Province 
    Oni, S.A.; Obi, Chikwelu Larry; Okone, A.; Thabede, D.; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Blackwell, 2002-09)
    Although HIV/AIDS infection is a global problem, the epicentre of the disease lies in Africa. In fact, about 70 per cent of the global HIV/AIDS infected population can be found in sub-Saharan Africa (UNAIDS, 2000). ...
  • Economy-wide impact of drought induced productivity losses 
    Kilimani, Nicholas; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-; Bohlmann, Heinrich R.; Roos, Louise (Emerald, 2018)
    PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a drought which initially affects agricultural productivity can ultimately affect an entire economy. The study aims to assess the magnitude of the impact as well ...
  • Predicting the economic impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on South Africa 
    Bohlmann, Heinrich R.; Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957- (Inderscience, 2008-02)
    The impact of the sporting industry on economic decision making has increased dramatically since the global media explosion in the 1980s. Tourism and advertising revenues generated by mega-events such as World Cups or ...
  • Regional impact of the global economic crisis on the Free State province in South Africa : a computable general equilibrium (CGE) assessment 
    Maisonnave, Helene; Mahabir, Jugal; Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret; Mabugu, Ramos (University of Johannesburg, 2016-07)
    The decline in the world economy that followed the 2008-2009 global economic crisis had detrimental effects on most economies. Not enough attention has been paid to the process through which crisis-related pressures affected ...