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Cash-flow tells a story : how can cash-flow patterns assist analysts in investigating a company's financial health?

Steyn Bruwer, Wilma Hamman, Willie (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)

Cash has been called the lifeblood of a business. A company’s ability to generate cash from its activities is a critical determinant of its survival and growth. Moreover, companies that consume cash consistently are ...
Leading tourism ventures : what are the characteristics that enable some small tourism enterpreneurs to succeed, while others fail?

Van Zyl, Chris Mathur-Helm, Babita (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)
Raising a crop of farmers

Duma, Moses Thomas, Wolfgang (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)

In the wake of the launch of Zimbabwe’s land-reform programmes and the subsequent deterioration of the formal farming industry, contract farming has emerged as a significant economic activity. It offers communal farmers ...
Reaping the rewards of risk

Long, Julia (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)

South Africa needs more venture capitalists who brave risks by supporting new entrepreneurs with early-stage finance. In such uncharted territory failure is a possibility, but so are excellent returns
Relationships that can bear fruit

Smuts, Annelie Loubser, Stephanus (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)

Can a new model of supplying fruit to the export market nourish competitiveness and help ensure the long-term survival of South Africa’s deciduous fruit industry? Research conducted at the University of Stellenbosch ...
The subconscious mined : beneath the surface of a myriad of business data, meaningful patterns can be found by the sophisticated data-mining techniques of neutral networks

Olivier, Riaan Gevers, Wim (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)

The concept of self-organising feature maps (SOFMs) is a powerful tool that can be used in a variety of applications for data-mining and exploration, as well as decision support. In its basic form, an SOFM reduces the ...
The tree of life

Landman, Frik (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)
Who needs strategy?

Alberts, Retha (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)

Modern executives have become sceptical about the merit of strategic planning in the unpredictable business world. Should they be?