Doctoral Degrees (University of Stellenbosch Business School)
Recent Submissions
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in retail : the AI-enabled value chain
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The competitive landscape is shifting for retailers, and many are scrambling to stay ahead of the competition by investing in new technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation, robotics and ... -
The relationship between project complexity and project success and the moderating effect of project leadership styles and roles in the construction industry of an emerging economy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Construction projects in most emerging economies provide infrastructural growth that facilitates economic and social development. However, most construction projects fail to meet expected outcomes owing ... -
Foreign capital inflows, financial development and sectoral growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Growth in sub-Saharan Africa has not risen to the level required to match developmental needs. The situation has been deteriorated by the current Covid-19 pandemic, where it is estimated that over 2.82% ... -
The dynamics and implications of market power, bank efficiency and bank risk-taking behaviour in the East African community
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The thesis sought to investigate the implications of increased market power and its effect on bank efficiency, bank risk-taking behaviour and overall financial stability. In Africa, banks are characterized ... -
The impact of leadership and relational quality on product innovation performance in the grocery retail environment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This research study investigated leadership, relationships and product innovation performance in a South African grocery retail milieu. The leadership aspect explored the degree to which leaders are ... -
Drivers of entrepreneurial orientation and innovation capabilities in African Internet start-ups
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Tech startups worldwide begin their operations and strategic business initiatives with high expectations of success, but 90% of these startups collapse within their first year of operation. In most ... -
The effect of investor-level tax reform on payout policies : evidence from companies listed in selected sectors on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Tax reform in a country offers an opportunity to investigate the effect of taxes on payout policies in support of the tax and tax clienteles theory as an explanation for paying dividends. Tax reform in ... -
Empirical studies on culture, individual finance choices, and the performance of financial intermediaries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Finance represents an important axle of economic growth and development globally. Through financial intermediation, savings can be transmitted into investment, which then has an impact on growth and ... -
Cost-effectiveness analysis of radiofrequency ablation versus drugs for the treatment of a trial fibrillation in the South African population
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Atrial fibrillation is the most commonly found and sustained arrhythmia. It affects about 1% of the total population and is found in more than one in ten in the elderly. The prevalence is increasing with ... -
Scaling the value creation capacity of non-profit organisations through an evolving partnering portfolio : learning from a case in practice
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study is anchored in a theoretical domain that explores the potential of partnering as a strategy and process to improve the value creation capacity and sustainability of non-profit organisations. ... -
The relationship between share repurchases and share-based remuneration of executive directors of South African listed companies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Increasingly, researchers are associating the exponential growth in worldwide share repurchases with a desire by executives to increase the share price (and possibly the earnings per share figure). ... -
Investigating the costs and value to smallholder farmers participating in the deciduous fruit value chains in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Integration and development of smallholder farmers into the deciduous fruit value chains continues to be a challenge and smallholder farmers are struggling to compete with large commercial producers. As ... -
Essays on fiscal policy implementation and governance : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Despite the adoption of national and supranational fiscal rules, fiscal policy performance or fiscal outcome in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been very poor, especially in terms of persistent deficits and ... -
Lending booms and bank fragility : the South African experience
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis empirically examined the link between credit booms and bank fragility in South Africa. Fundamentally, the thesis looked at how the current developments in the domestic credit market affect the ... -
Performance evaluation of agricultural coperatives in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The role of cooperatives and agricultural cooperatives in an economy is widely recognised as being a catalyst for inclusive growth and development. Despite the role played by cooperatives, their performance ... -
The executive sponsor as key factor in megaproject success : an exploratory study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Megaprojects are defined as ‘large-scale, complex ventures that typically cost US$1 billion or more, take many years to develop and build, involve multiple public and private stakeholders, are transformational, ... -
Relationships between training and firm performance for early industrializing economy : case of Tanzanian firms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Industrialization is among the recent key economic moves for most African countries to maximize productivity and create sustainable jobs. With respect to that, countries design policies to strategically ... -
Conflict, innovation and the mediating role of family influence in the South African wine industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Family businesses have unique attributes that distinguish them from their non-family counterparts. This also applies to conflict and innovation – two key aspects regarding the long-term sustainability of ... -
The development of a transformative business-driven action learning framework
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This present study is located within the realm of Business-Driven Action Learning (BDAL) in a management development programme. BDAL, a philosophy and process, results in many types of learning. Individual ... -
Public policy and entrepreneurship performance : the divide and nexus in West Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study examined the effect of selected public policies on entrepreneurship activities in the anglophone and francophone divides of West Africa in order to determine the nexus of performance, using ...
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