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An analysis of the continuation and expansion of transnational organized crime : the case of human trafficking in Mozambique
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In 1992, warring factions in Mozambique put an end to 15 years of violence and instability. By signing the General Peace Accord in Rome, the civil war was officially over, and postconflict reconstruction ... -
Assessing key political risk indicators for authoritarian states : the case of Libya and the petroleum industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For multinational oil corporations (MNOCs), increasing worldwide demand for energy combined with greater competition in the international petroleum market necessitate continuous search for new areas ... -
Assessing the utility of Kingdon’s multiple streams framework for studying policy implementation : a case study of mobile hospitals in Lusaka Province, Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite policy implementation research being 30 years and having been analysed using various perspectives, very few have analysed it using Kingdon’s (1984) multiple streams framework. Whether the framework ... -
The changing role of political risk analyses in foreign investment decision-making: A case study of South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Political risk has historically been identified as a significant determinant of foreign direct investment (FDI). Numerous studies confirm that investors sometimes eliminate whole geographical regions for ... -
Constructing a scenario planning method as a tool for political risk mitigation: The case of Exxon Mobil’s Operations in the South China Sea
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Uncertainty and unpredictability within the global political environment has presented considerable political risks for businesses and organisations. An alternative means to explore how these actors can ... -
Corruption as a political risk factor for investors in the oil and gas industry, with specific emphasis on Nigeria : identification, analysis and measurement
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The central research question of this study concerns how corruption as a political risk factor should be measured in order to provide an accurate assessment of the risk factor within the oil and gas ... -
A critical analysis of the relationship between the State and wildlife crime. Case: Rhino poaching in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Abstract South Africa is undoubtedly one of the most vulnerable countries in the world when it comes to wildlife crime. Regardless of the increased focus on combating wildlife crime and curbing demand, ... -
Cyber-threats as political risk : increased risk for the oil and gas industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The oil and gas industry has always had a high vulnerability to risk, despite the high risk associated with the industry companies continue to invest in the industry because of the potential high profit ... -
High impact, low probability risk and related events in political rsk analysis: an evaluation of the Black Swan
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis conducted an evaluation on the Black Swan theory, developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and its applicability in Political Risk Analysis (PRA). The theory is based on three primary characteristics ... -
The illicit arms trade in states in transition : a comparative study of South Africa and Croatia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research study aims to analyze the illicit arms trade in states in transition. While both the study of the illicit arms trade and the study of states in transition per se, are characterized by a ... -
International electoral observation in Southern Africa: Botswana experience
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: International electoral observation has become a customary normative practice deeply embedded in Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) democratisation agenda. Consequently, the phenomenon ... -
Investing in troubled territories: industry specific political risk analysis and the oil and gas industry
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The central research question of this study concerns the level of political risk that the Ogaden region of eastern Ethiopia poses for companies operating in, or intending to operating in the oil and gas ... -
Make or break : reputational risks facing Chinese companies operating in Africa’s extractive industries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Multinational Companies operate in the political sphere where political risks are created. Political risk is an ever-evolving field with new risks emerging and old risks changing as the world continues ... -
Managing political risk : corporate social responsibility as a risk mitigation tool. A focus on the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The petroleum industry concern itself with natural resource extracting activities which are highly sensitive for contributing to environmental degradation by oil spills or gas flaring. A large proportion ... -
Maritime political risk conceptualisation and mapping of maritime political risk in order to improve management and mitigation strategies for the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Guinea
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Understanding a risk is the first step in managing and mitigating it. Maritime insecurity has been an integrated risk for investors in the Gulf of Guinea for many years. But what do investors know about ... -
The (non)-impact of democracy on levels of political risk. An evaluation of the relationship between levels of democracy and the political risk facing the oil and gas industry in Angola
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a world where emerging markets are increasingly driving the world’s economic growth, and an increasing part of the world’s energy supply comes from politically unstable or undemocratic countries with ... -
Political risk and Chinese investments in the African oil and gas industry : the case of China National Petroleum Corporation in South Sudan
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Chinese national oil corporations have increased their foreign direct investments over the last decade in Africa, where the political environment of oil producing countries often expose the firms to ... -
Political Risk in the Agricultural Industry in the SADC region: the Cases of Mozambique and Zambia
(2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Amidst the decline in investment returns of traditional sectors such as the oil and gas industry, investment in the agricultural sector is increasingly proving to be a viable alternative. In the Ernst & ... -
Political risk in the oil and gas industry in emerging markets : a comparative study of Nigeria and Mexico
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The interplay between political risk and emerging markets is current and dynamic. As global interest shifts, investors cannot ignore emerging market behaviour and their influence. However, with great ... -
The political risk of terrorism : the value of "new terrorism" as a concept for analysis
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research paper offers an analysis of new terrorism as a concept for analysis in Political Risk. In order to assess the novelty and value of new terrorism it is juxtaposed with old terrorism. This ...
