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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)) by Supervisor "Rowley, Colin"
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is a broad and complex subject which has presented many challenges to leaders in the banking industry. Although many frameworks exist, the literature is limited in defining the skills ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) deals are major economic phenomena organisations use to increase their market share and expand rapidly. However, to date, they remain a renowned approach for business growth, with a dearth ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Given the current economic climate, organisations and their management teams are faced with many decisions. Cost cutting policies, restructuring decisions and downsizing decisions are under consideration before implementation. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-01-09)"The study aimed to determine how Dynamic Capabilities inform Business Model Innovation and through which mechanisms Business Model Innovation embeds Dynamic Capabilities within the organisation or individual. The findings ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Multiple strategic orientations are management philosophies and practices that assist organisations with internal preparation for quicker responses to external environmental changes. An organisations ability to integrate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This research posits that tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge and hubris influence the decision-making process of managers when deciding to enter an emerging market. The literature on emergent market strategy and the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)This research harnesses the employee engagement framework to investigate the impact that the Head Quarter (HQ)-Subsidiary relationship has on employees of South African subsidiaries to MNEs headquartered in advanced ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-09-11)Purpose – The purpose of this research was to establish whether destructive leaders are perceived by followers to be capable of driving beneficial outcomes for organisations, especially those operating in hostile external ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-29)The purpose of this research was to explore the domain of reflexive competence; how it is developed in business schools; what role the Council on Higher Education (CHE) plays in supporting its development and what organisation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The evolving business landscape has witnessed an ever-increasing participation of multinational corporations from emerging markets (BRICS) and more recently multinationals from lesser-developed countries. Given their diverse ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)As the business environment evolves at such a rapid pace, the teams and organisational culture play a critical role in impacting and in influencing team effectiveness. The organisations require tools, strategies, and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Using the lens of dynamic green capability, the research explores how MNEs respond to climate change from a strategic and an operational perspective by investigating how firms and managers interpret the exogenous phenomena ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Economies with weak or inefficient institutions are often replete with structural holes that if filled lead to the expansion of network structures and new intelligence regarding market opportunities. South African companies ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-22)South African businesses are faced with the immense challenge of transforming themselves so as to reflect post-apartheid South Africa, while at the same time remaining competitive within a globalised market. This research ...
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Impact of institutional voids on Japaneses multi-natonal enterprises operating in sub-saharan africa (University of Pretoria, 2019)Japan, has been facing sluggish economic fortunes in the past two decades, however, generated by Japanese Multi-National Enterprises’ (JMNEs) foreign direct investment (FDI) activity has been the key source of driving ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Organisations are faced with the reality of having to compete on the global market. It has therefore become critical now more than ever, for managers of these organisations to adopt strategies that will ensure competitive ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)The topic of authentic leadership, ethical and unethical leadership behaviour within the corporate environment has been under tremendous scrutiny over the past few years. Every organisation has leaders who are ultimately ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Understanding the interplay between expatriates and locals and how that has an effect on knowledge transfer within a Multinational Corporations (MNC) is key to increasing strategic competitive advantage (SCA). The literature ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Africa has long been considered as the next big growth market, according to both experts and economic organisations alike (World Economic Forum, African Union, The Economist, McKinsey). With a youthful population, a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-04-17)Despite initiated reforms, public sector organisations in developing countries often grapple with performance and service delivery issues. This study seeks to enrich existing literature by examining the influence of ...
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