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Browsing Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) by Supervisor "Raina, Rajinder"
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-23)The purpose of the study is to explore the concepts of strategy content and strategy process as it relates to small professional services firms. A case study approach based on grounded theory utilised in-depth interviews ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-02)The aim of this research is to measure the difference in efficiency between a coopetition strategy and a competition strategy pursued in a managed care organisation in order to guide South African managed care organisations ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-21)Underpinning the elements of strategy design and execution are assumptions, norms and beliefs which can be broadly characterised as strategic management practices. These strategic management practices are in evidence in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-21)The study sought to understand the factors that contribute to effective turnaround management of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs), based on the extant determinants of successful private sector turnaround strategies. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Corporate strategy forms the platform to consider fundamental strategic alternatives for an organisation. The recent financial crisis has been a sobering reality check for most companies. Diversification or specialisation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-16)Private Investment in electrical power generation will play a substantial role in South Africa’s massive capacity expansion programme over the next 20 years. Should this investment not materialise, South Africa’s security ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)It is widely held that CEOs are central to the successful financial performance of companies. Yet, little attention has been given to the correlation between CEO tenure and financial performance of companies specifically. ...
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A framework for the implementation of dynamic capabilities in successfully diversified conglomerates (University of Pretoria, 2013)Currently an overwhelming number of businesses have adopted diversification strategies and are exhibiting great success and have a prominent footprint on the global market. On the contrary, there is divergent scholarly ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)This research considers how competencies are developed that allow for a firm to explore. Limited empirical studies exist on how these competencies are developed and how they evolve. Utilising a single case study research ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-29)Corporate diversification is one of the fundamental strategic alternatives available to organisations to sustain growth and search for greater profits. International research has been conducted since the 1950’s to establish ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)South Africa is now well and truly part of the global economy after emerging from an inwardly looking era a mere 14 years ago. The change was felt by all South Africans, and most certainly also by local companies who entered ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-27)Diversification is an important strategic alternative commonly used by organisations in pursuit of different markets and greater returns. Within the resource based view, (Collins&Montgomery, 2005) suggest that an effective ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The energy industry is facing serious pressure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The purpose of this study was to investigate if there is a statistically significant correlation between certain institutional factors and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-07-02)The determinants of profitability should be at the forefront of CEO’s, managers and business owners minds. Whether the business takes a stockholder or stakeholder approach profit maximisation is the source for the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-07-02)The predicted impact of a potential future influenza pandemic was modelled for South Africa using a multi-state Markov transition model based on key parameters from the pandemics of the twentieth century. The number of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-23)In this research paper, business post-acquisition integration strategies and structures are introduced and discussed. Concepts are presented to demonstrate and support how formulation and implementation of these strategies ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-19)The emerging markets have become a new growth opportunity for multinational corporations (MNCs). This could be attributed to the stagnation of growth within the developed markets and the emergence of strong economic growth ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Emerging markets (EMs) contribute significantly year-on-year to global gross domestic product (GDP) and continue to offer developed countries huge opportunities such as raw materials and readily available markets for various ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-22)South African firms, subject to the pressures of globalisation, are having to reassess their mode of competing, as they increasingly find themselves facing foreign and international competitive threats in their domestic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)The impending NHI will cause a disruptive change in the health care industry in South Africa. For that reason the affected firms need to prepare themselves. Furthermore the current stakeholders in the private health care ...
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