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Item Internationalisation of South African SMMEs: the role of capital factors.(2013-02-18) Shree, Sanam.The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of capital factors on the internationalisation of South African Small Medium and Micro-Enterprises (SMMEs). These capital factors are Financial, Social and Human capital. The study concentrates on determining how various levels of capital act as a preventative factor when a firm internationalises. The low levels of Financial capital is accentuated as it prohibits South African SMMEs from internationalising. Social capital emphasises that few social ties and networks prevent South African SMMEs from globalising. Lastly, the focal point of Human capital are the low levels of international knowledge and experience of management, which prohibits South African SMMEs from expanding internationally. To address these issues, this study draws upon a sample of 136 South African internationalised and non-internationalised SMMEs studied via an online questionnaire. The major theories underlying this research include the Resource-based theory, the Social Network theory and the Organisational Learning theory. Multivariate statistical analysis were used to test the results and confirmed that Financial Funding had an influence on an organisation’s ability to internationalise. Results from this study can potentially provide policy-makers and practitioners with additional insights into the key constraints to internationalisation of South African SMMEs.Item Exploring local economic activities in reconstruction and development programme housing: case study of Mapleton Township(2009-03-26T08:27:38Z) Nkadimeng, Patike MoffatEconomic activities are lacking in many townships around South Africa. The newly developed Reconstruction and Development Programme townships are also facing the problem of encouraging economic activities. These townships are always criticized for being overcrowded by the people who are unable to support economic activities because of lack of capacity to be employed. This study adopted assets pentagon method to find the assets which the people have in the township which they can use to support and encourage economic activities in the area. Assets Pentagon method includes social and political capital, human capital, physical capital, financial capital and natural capital. The availability of these assets in the township will be vital to encourage and support economic activities