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Browsing Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) by Issue Date
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)This research was undertaken to explore the potential application of Human Resource (HR) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) as an appropriate service delivery mechanism. The investigation included the identification of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)The environment in which a business operates is not static. Intensifying global competition and rapid technological progress put pressure on business to change. Better quality and service are no longer enough to give a ...
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(South African Institute of International Affairs, 2006)Examines critically China's acquisition of and investment in Africa's natural resource sector, as well as the short- to medium term political, economic, social and environmental implications this has for African states.
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(OpenJournals, 2006)Reliability is conceptually defined in terms of consistency across test occasions but coefficient alpha, the most popular reliability estimation method, precludes the examination of such consistency. Three recent proposals ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)The objective of this report is to understand the factors that hinder and those that facilitate the representation of women on boards of directors in South African companies. The insights gained on the obstacles and ...
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(University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, 2006)PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to report on research into whether knowledge can be managed more effectively by taking into consideration the nature and complexity of information being received by members of an organisation; ...
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(Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2006-03)In the competitive business environment, brand management is viewed as a critical success factor. The importance of building a brand-centric organisation in which employees are ambassadors for the brand is often espoused, ...
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(Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2006-03)The authors embarked on this study to investigate factors likely to impact on the adoption of VoIP and other converged Internet protocol (IP) services in the SA market. The intention of this study was to lay the groundwork ...
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(Juta, 2006-09)Accounting numbers generally obey a mathematical law called Benford's Law, and this outcome is so unexpected that manipulators of information generally fail to observe the law. Armed with this knowledge, it becomes possible ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-11)Organisational culture is widely celebrated as a legitimate source of corporate success. The study aimed to investigate the possible relationship between organisational culture and performance among four departments within ...
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(University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, 2007)PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to report on research into the status of information and communication technology in use at members of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS). DESIGN / METHODOLOGY / APPROACH: ...
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(University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, 2007)PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to further the theory and strengthen methodological approaches to the role of ethics in buyer-seller relationships. The paper explores opportunities to enhance response rates, validity and ...
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(Investment Analysts Society of Southern Africa, 2007)Large scale surveys of UK (CBI, Deloitte and Touche, 1996) and US (Daily and Dalton, 1994) companies a decade ago suggested that the majority of respondents felt that the heightened focus on corporate governance had no ...
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(Elsevier, 2007)UNCTAD's annual World Investment Report (WIR) has established itself as a source of invaluable data about global foreign direct investment. It has also become well recognised as an important source of overview commentary ...
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(Emerald, 2007)Design/methodology/approach – This is achieved by firstly, providing a concise summary of the classical management theory. This is followed by a presentation of selected dimensions of South Africa's economic, social and ...
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(Graduate School of Business Leadership and the Department of Business Management, University of South Africa, 2007)This research examined men and women managers' perceptions of organisational politics (OP) in South Africa. The research replicated the methodology of an earlier American study and found that while gender differences in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)Against the backdrop of rising fuel prices and increasing demand for transport fuels, coupled with government’s imperative to reduce high unemployment levels by developing the agricultural sector to support a bio-fuels ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)Black Economic Empowerment is a strategy aimed at substantially increasing meaningful Black participation at all levels in the South African economy. South Africa is characterised by remarkably low levels of entrepreneurship. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007)The research aimed at broadly exploring whether there is a relationship between brand equity and shareholder returns amongst South African companies. More specifically, the research sought to establish whether there was a ...
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(Investment Analysts Society of Southern Africa, 2007)A KPMG survey in London found that 53% of mergers and acquisitions destroy shareholder value (Brewis, 2000). Andrade, Mitchell and Stafford (2001) state that two of the main objectives in corporate finance research are ...
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