Doctoral Degrees (University of Stellenbosch Business School)
Recent Submissions
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Financing structure and financial sustainability: evidence from selected Southern Africa development community microfinance institutions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Despite the burgeoning interest in microfinance, research has shied away from addressing the relationship between financing structure and the financial sustainability of microfinance institutions (MFIs) ...
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New service development strategy and process: considering concepts from financial sector in an analysis of the hospitality sector in Kenya
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The purpose of the study was to build rather than test the underlying theory of new service development (NSD). The literature study was expanded by an empirical research on NSD strategy and process in the ...
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Enhancing small-business competitiveness in Nigeria through public-private partnerships in cluster development
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study looks at the enhancement of small- and medium-enterprise competitiveness in Nigeria through public and private partnerships in cluster developments. The overall objective of the study was to ...
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Drivers of organisational performance: a state owned enterprise perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study seeks to analyse the historical performance of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in sub-Saharan Africa, and to investigate and explain factors that combine to influence SOE performance with the ...
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An investigation of the potential interrelationships between the coping-values of entrepreneurs and the developmental stages of their businesses
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Many authors advocate the benefits of deepened insight to be gained from contextualisation. Some of them highlight the need for multi-level research as a method to identify interrelationships across ...
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Essays on FDI and welfare dynamics in Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Industrialisation for broad-based development and economic transformation remains Africa’s overarching priority. This dissertation examines the dynamics of how Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) translates ...
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Financial development, financial inclusion and welfare dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Over two decades of post reforms, the financial system of many sub-Saharan African countries remained underdeveloped and highly exclusive with only 34% of adults 15 years and above having a basic bank ...
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Innovation and access to finance in African enterprises
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Innovation enhances enterprise productivity, and contributes to economic growth (Radas and Bozic, 2009: 438). African firms are lagging behind the rest of the world in terms of innovation (Global Innovation ...
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Essays on exchange rate behaviour and macroeconomic performance in Ghana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In the presence of increased globalisation and liberalisation of trade and payment regimes, the role of the exchange rate in macroeconomic adjustments has become even more crucial, particularly for ...
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Foreign capital flows and economic growth in selected Sub-Saharan African economies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The need for foreign capital flows to developing countries to supplement domestic savings for investment and economic growth cannot be overemphasized. This is especially the case in sub-Saharan Africa ...
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An investigation into environmental coopetition in the South African wine industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Environmental problems can often not be solved in isolation and need to be solved in a cooperative manner, sometimes even by collaborating with competitors. The coopetition body of literature would be ...
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Transformative collaborative governance relations towards sustainability: the case of the Stellenbosch River Collaborative
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis challenges and complements the transdisciplinary inquiry into the governance of commons. Using a combination of auto-ethnography and participatory action research I contribute to the call to ...
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Internet investor relations, information asymmetry and the cost of capital: evidence from JSE listed companies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In South Africa, King III compliance is a JSE listing requirement. Chapter 8 of the King III code states that transparent and effective communication with stakeholders is essential for building and ...
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An impact assessment of the regulation of microfinance institutions in Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study aimed at contributing to the current debate on the regulation of microfinance institutions (MFIs), through providing important inputs for evidence-based policy dialogue and decision making, ...
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Volatility of capital inflows, economic growth and financial development in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In recent years, private capital flows to sub-Saharan Africa have increased considerably, becoming a major source of economic financing. Not only have private capital flow levels become important but also ...
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A communicative approach towards an understanding of multi-stakeholder cross-sector collaboration as an issue field: perspectives from sustainable seafood supply chain initiatives in an emerging market
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The complexities of social and environmental issues are shared by many at every level of society, by governments, communities, business and individuals. These issues are often described as systemic problems ...
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Information warfare as future South African national security threat
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The objective of this study was to use the emerging discipline of futures studies through the application of social science methodologies to generate foresight about the plausible manifestation of information ...
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Towards a client-based brand equity framework for selected business-to-business services
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The customer-based brand equity (CBBE) model was developed to guide brand building in a consumer product or individual brand context, but the model is proposed to be applicable to any context, including ...
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Implication of financial crises, financial regulation and business cycle for bank lending in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This thesis examines the link between financial crisis, financial regulation and credit crunch in South Africa. This was done by assessing how periods of credit growth or crunch are associated with recession ...
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Constructive environmental scanning: A method in creating positive world paradigms for more sustainable alternative futures
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The research posits that people who generally do environmental scanning on the Litany Level of Knowing do not have good judgement and foresight about the global contextual future and are, therefore, ...
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The productive use of free time : the utilisation of deterministic maintenance opportunity windows due to excess capacity in large coupled production lines with finite buffers
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Engineering design rules for large serial coupled production processes result in excess capacity and redundancy being built into production lines. The V-profile engineering design rule is applied to protect ...
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Efficiency and sustainability of Tanzanian saving and credit cooperatives
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Despite the consensus among economists that finance plays a critical role in growth and development at national/regional and enterprises/household levels, more than 90% of Tanzanians are excluded from the ...
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The power of responsibility : integrative social contracts theory and the United Nations Global Compact
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this sequential mixed methods study is to examine the application of Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT) to the principles of the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, with specific ...
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Towards a conceptual framework of coach supervision for internal coaches within South African organisations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Worth already $2 billion worldwide, coaching of managers and executives within organisations is the fastest growing field within the consultancy world. As investing in coaching grows, so does the demand ...
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Small enterprise development in South Africa : an exploration of the constraints and job creation potential
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis, presented in six thematic chapters, investigates an approach for promoting the growth of small businesses in South Africa. Chapter 1 motivates the thesis by discussing the contested role of ...
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An empirical model of choice between share purchase and dividends for companies in selected JSE listed sectors
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Share repurchases were allowed in South Africa as from 1 July 1999. The concept of repurchasing shares is therefore relatively new in this country, compared to many other countries (e.g. the United States ...
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The impact of microinsurance on household welfare in Ghana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Microinsurance services have been operating in Ghana for the last decade, but the question whether they have enhanced the welfare of low-income households, mostly in the informal sector, is largely ...
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Financial liberation and international remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa : a panel data analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study analyses the implications of financial liberalisation programme for international remittance inflows with regard to the macroeconomic determinants and also the implications of remittances for ...
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The development of a new instrument to measure client-based corporate reputation in the service industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The link between a favourable corporate reputation and business benefits is well established. Most executives recognise the importance of a favourable corporate reputation in building a competitive advantage ...
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Trademark and brand dilution : an empirical investigation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Constitutional Court in the Republic of South African indicated in 2006 (Laugh It Off Promotions CC v SAB International (Finance) BV t/a Sabmark International (Freedom of Expression Institute as amicus ...
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