Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Business Management) by Title
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The behaviour of financial ratios for capital intensive and labour intensive enterprises during an upswing and decline phase of the economic cycle
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Financial performance ratios are generally based on a set of financial statements without taking cognisance of other factors that could affect the measurement of performance. The behaviour of financial ... -
Capital structure and financing of SMEs : empirical evidence from Ghana and South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is made of stand-alone essays on the capital structure and financing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana and South Africa. Chapter Two reviews issues on SME development in Ghana ... -
Cellphone banking adoption and continuance of use in an internet banking context : a study of consumers'cross-channel cognitive evaluations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The convergence of the Internet, wireless technologies, and mobile devices has led to the development of a new paradigm of transacting, namely, mobile commerce. Because banking activities are easily ... -
Connecting capital : the factors influencing the decision-making process of institutional investors towards responsible investing
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Institutional investors, as agents of other people’s money, have come to dominate investment holdings globally. Through the concentration of ownership of the assets they are mandated to manage, institutional ... -
Consumer ethnocentrism and attitudes towards domestic and foreign products : a South African study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The continued growth of international trade has resulted in levels of global product availability that is not only unprecedented, but would have been regarded as impossible not too long ago. Products of ... -
Corporate governance and the financial performance of selected Johannesburg Stock Exchange industries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mainstream investors are mostly interested in how they can benefit financially from a specific investment. Although this is the case, an increasing number of so-called responsible investors are also ... -
Corporate governance, institutional investors and firm performance: A comparative study of South Africa and China
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : As growing role players in corporate governance, institutional investors are regulated and guided by a series of rules, according to which they are required to address their fiduciary duty by protecting ... -
The critical success factors for commercialising microfinance instititions in Africa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Uncertainty of continued donor funding poses a risk to microfinance operations worldwide, and this study explores the circumstances under which African microfinance institutions (MFIs) will consider commercial ... -
Determining a method to measure the capital intensity for enterprises listed in the industrial sector of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange for the period 1989 to 1996
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A definite need exists for a measure which can be used to determine the degree of capital intensity of an enterprise. One of the main reasons why it is important to determine if an enterprise is capital ... -
Development of a synergy audit model for sustainability of horizontal airline alliances
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For more than a decade there has been an economic need to mitigate the negative effects of the air transport industry's innate sensitivity to cyclical developments as well as the effects of its inherent ... -
The development of an instructional design model as a strategic enabler for sustainable competitive advantage
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)Organisations increasingly operate in an environment of continuous change and turbulence which places new demands on the choice of business and supportive strategies relevant not only to the sustainable competitive advantage ... -
Donor decision making in a non-profit religious organisation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The non-profit sector has grown and changed substantially since its origins more than 2 000 years ago. At present there is an increase in organised voluntary activity around the globe, which reflects a ... -
Emerging leadership : a study of leadership thinking and its implications for business leadership and practice in the 21st century
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study seeks to demonstrate the impact of late 20th century leadership literature, which is taken as the accepted embodiment of leadership thinking. Leadership thinking influences both the academic ... -
Entrepreneurial intensity: the influence of antecedents to corporate entrepreneurship in firms operating in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)The turbulent, rapidly changing knowledge economy has forced enterprises to become more entrepreneurial in order to capitalise on new opportunities and to create value. Previous research has shown the financial and ... -
Evaluating value based financial performance measures
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008-03)The primary financial objective of a firm is the maximisation of its shareholders’ value. A problem faced by the shareholders of a firm is that it is difficult to determine the effect of management decisions on the future ... -
Foreign investment and South African real estate investment trusts (REITs)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Real estate investment trusts (REIT) were introduced in South Africa in 2013 and follow the global REIT standard that originated in the US during the 1960s. The previously existing South African property ... -
Fund and manager characteristics : determinants of investment performance
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)The objective of this study is to provide a new approach to assessing fund management and to establish whether there is empirical support for this approach. The new approach will improve investors’ decision making with ... -
Die gebruik van kontantvloei- en winsgegewens by die beoordeling van genoteerde industriele RSA-maatskappye se finansiele stabiliteit
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Several mixed industry prediction models about failure have been reasonably successful in differentiating between successful companies and those that have failed. The challenge, however, is to venture ... -
The impact of equity analyst recommendations on market attention, price-consensus and the behaviour of other analysts
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Analysts are valuation specialists who advise both institutional clients and non-professional investors on the choice and timing of security purchases and sales. The analysts’ advice may have hugely ... -
The impact of fear appeal advertising on disposition formation in HIV/Aids related communication
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)Research to guide marketing practitioners in social issue-related communication remains underexplored. The increases in various social problems have caused practitioners to return to fear appeals as motivation to influence ...
