Mobile phone ownership and mobile phone use is prolific in South Africa which enjoys more than 100% mobile penetration. Whilst mobile payments, the cashless-payments for goods and services using mobile devices, have been ...
The objective of this research was to establish factors that affect the decision by
farmers in the purchase micro-insurance, with the ultimate goal of making
agricultural micro-insurance providers increase their product ...
Mobile banking offers the banking industry an opportunity to reduce their cost-to-income ratios and to improve their service by reducing their focus on daily, lower-value banking functions to higher-value financial services. ...
Recent technological advancement in the area of electronic data interchange (EDI) provides
the mechanism for small medium enterprises (SME) to leverage trading networks at a much
lower cost. The result is that SMEs can ...
The purpose of this research report was to explore the factors affecting the attraction, development and retention of managerial talent within Sun International. Five major themes were investigated according to the relevant ...
The global ICT revolution has led to the introduction of numerous education
related ICT projects worldwide. The ICT introduction in education has resulted in
an abrupt transformation and changes. These changes pose various ...
Although there is some literature evidence of HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) research among high-risk groups, a review of the literature failed to identify research into the factors that support or undermine ...
The South African mobile telecommunications market is very mature and close to saturation. The decline in subscriber growth rates coupled with regulatory pressures to reduce tariffs could have a serious negative impact on ...
Employee engagement is not a new concept and over the years a number of research studies have been conducted on the topic. However, little is known specifically about the factors that young women perceive to affect their ...
Employee engagement is a critical business issue for South Africa if we are to take
this country to the next competitive landscape. South African business has been
mired by negative perception of underperformance and ...
South Africa has been experiencing a shortage of qualified resources since the
early nineties, particularly in the skilled and professional sector. This study
explores the loss of engineers from the profession within the ...
This research report determines the dimensions of perceived influencers of
employees in a soft-drink manufacturing company, associated with workplace
HIV/AIDS voluntary counseling and testing (VCT). The relationship ...
The South African food retail sector is extremely competitive, where high
customer churn and pressures on margins are common and are often linked.
Structured marketing efforts such as a customer loyalty programme can ...
This report investigates the factors that are of importance in choosing a Black
Economic Partner to maximise the vested interest of all stakeholders involved
in the joint venture.
The research report is broad and lays ...
Black Economic Empowerment is an important and influential aspect of South
Africa’s economy. Firms listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange have been
engaging in deals aimed at Black Economic Empowerment for a ...
The work described here sets out to investigate the factors influencing the
internationalisation of South African mining firms. Strategies used to manage
these factors are also investigated. The research follows a ...
This study focuses on the factors that influence consumer adoption of liquefied petroleum gasoline as an alternative vehicle fuel in South Africa. Numerous factors emerged from the qualitative analysis, among the most ...
Store brands have been prominent in the United States and Europe for many years. Retailers introduced store brands to achieve greater margin and improve store patronage. The strategy behind the brands has always been to ...
Increased retention of its customers increases a bank’s market share and can have a significant impact on profits (Reichheld and Sasser 1990). Many customer satisfaction studies have shown clear links between customer ...
This research investigates the key elements that South African financial services
firms consider before making foreign direct investments (FDI) in Sub-Saharan
African (SSA) markets. Specifically it aims to establish the ...