Stock markets in Africa are small, underdeveloped and generally
undercapitalised by world standards. Until recently they have been perceived as
too risky to invest in by external investors. The “old” perception of Africa ...
In recent times, there has been a significant increase in the level of interest in
corporate social responsibility (CSR) amongst regulators, legislators, shareholders
and broader stakeholder groups. The major driving ...
The South African economy has, over the last 18 months, experienced severe change. The good times have been replaced with bad. The once buoyant consumer riding the crest of the wave and with an unquenchable appetite for ...
Exchange rate fluctuations are believed to affect the value of construction companies with foreign sales and/or operations for various economic reasons. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between ...
The study examines the relationship between the costs of initial public offerings (IPOs) and IPO underpricing within the South African IPO market. The sample consists of 59 firms which listed on the Main Board of the JSE ...
The project research investigated the inhibitors and facilitators of the relationship
that exists among the marketing and the manufacturing departments in a South
African manufacturing company. The increase in volume of ...
The volatility of a share or market is used as a proxy for risk in a number of
financial calculations. Volatility measures the deviation from the average value, and
is therefore an estimate of how much a share or market ...
Style indices can be created for any investment style by calculating the
weighted average performance of the shares that form part of a particular style,
be these value, growth, large, small, etcetera. This study ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of personorganisational
fit and espoused-organisational fit with organisational commitment.
The random sample comprised of employees belonging to six SBUs of a ...
The international accounting firms in South Africa are placing significant emphasis on relationship marketing of their professional services divisions. The reason for this is that internationally and locally, significant ...
The relative importance of the asset allocation decision versus the security selection decision in the investment process has been the subject of fierce debate over the last two decades. There is a common misconception ...
The recent rise in the numbers of high net worth and high net income individuals and
deregulation, globalisation and information access has driven the rapid growth in private
banking in South Africa. Competition is fierce ...
At the forefront of the marketing battlefield, Customer Equity and Brand Equity have been identified as important drivers of shareholder value. Fulfilling this role, Brand Equity is viewed as the inherent value of the brand ...
Marketers in the fuel retail industry in South Africa communicate with customers and prospects through advertising, sales promotions, the sales force, publicity and sponsorship and point of purchase communications. These ...
It is generally accepted that the knowledge and practices described by the
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is applicable to most
projects most of the time, and there is general consensus about their value ...
The introduction of the Shotgun Stochastic Parameter Estimation Algorithm (the Algorithm) in 2006 by A. Stacey offered a simple method of introducing interval level data into rank ordered observations thus allowing the ...
South Africa jumped many hurdles which at the beginning could be seen as impossible. This, thanks to the goodwill of many of our people irrespective of race, class or gender. However, there is still a long way to build ...
Many forms of stress and adversity exist in our workplaces and in our world and peoples’
and organisations’ ability to cope with change and handle difficult situations and stress is
being challenged. Therefore it is ...
The impact of HIV/AIDS on employee risk benefits represents a threat to the social security of the majority of South African employees. The economic dimension of the disease is manifested in prohibitive cost increases and ...