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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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(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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(Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2007-03)This article presents the findings of research that was conducted amongst Enterprise Architecture (EA) practitioners in the South African financial services sector. Due to the duration and cost implications of EA projects, ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2007-05)The study describes four approaches for configuring corporate HR strategy by firms from an emerging market when dealing with the integration-differentiation dilemma. Most research on strategic international HRM is on the ...
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(Computer Society of South Africa, 2007-06)This article explores the use of storytelling as part of an overall approach to the teaching of information technology in tertiary education. The author defines the context of use of storytelling in terms of the various ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2007-06)Die artikel oorweeg sekere ekonomiese implikasies van die Accra-verklaring van die Wêreldbond van Gereformeerde Kerke (World Alliance of Reformed Churches, wat algemeen as die WARC afgekort word) [Kyk addendum]. Die ...
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(Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2007-06)This paper sheds light on the reasons for the limited uptake of responsible tourism initiative memberships by hotels in South Africa, despite South Africa being regarded as a leader in the field of responsible tourism ...
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(Elsevier, 2007-09)The global strategies of three major South African MNEs are examined with a view to understanding the applicability of existing theories to developing country firms and their emergence as global industry leaders. Emerging ...
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(Juta, 2007-12)One of the responses to the threat of global warming is the Kyoto Protocol and the associated Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to reduce greenhouse gases. South Africa is an ideal country for the implementation of industrial ...
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(Inderscience, 2008)This study addresses the fragmentation in the technology management field by identifying and organising the routines used by managers of technology. In a multi-method, iterative qualitative study done jointly between ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2008)More sophisticated demand is typically seen as an enabler of economic upgrading. This study questions this linearity and extends demand theory through a case analysis of the film industry in two developing countries. When ...
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(Emerald, 2008)PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to report on research conducted into the use of stories and storytelling to share knowledge in a large mining company based in South Africa. The paper shows how the use of oral methods ...
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(Taylor & Francis, 2008-04)This article will show the impact of employment equity legislation on the psychological employment contracts of the three main employee groupings in South African society. This study is important in that it fills the gap ...
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(Bureau for Economic Research and the Graduate School of Business, University of Stellenbosch, 2008-11)This research examines bank collections strategy by comparing two micro-loan books; one using a behaviour based strategy, in which a client is encouraged to re-establish regular payments and the other using an arrears based ...
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(Inderscience, 2008-12)This paper uses UNCTAD data to relate the destination of FDI from developing countries to their capability development. It expands the Investment Development Path (IDP) and the flying geese model to include the destination of ...
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