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    • Hacker risk in e-commerce systems with specific reference to the disclosure of confidential information 

      Lamprecht, C. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2004-12)
      In a Web-centric environment, transactions between various parties, such as the e-commerce company, its client and a bank, are done electronically. Merging the business processes of this extended enterprise with the ...

    • Harnessing insights from social-ecological systems research for monitoring sustainable development 

      Selomane, Odirilwe; Reyers, Belinda; Biggs, Reinette; Hamann, Maike (MDPI, 2019)
      The United Nations’ Agenda 2030 marks significant progress towards sustainable development by making explicit the intention to integrate previously separate social, economic and environmental agendas. Despite this intention, ...

    • Has inguquko (transformation) taken place? 

      Swart, Clayton (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2008-02)
      Forever entrenched in history is the Springboks’ annihilation of the English in the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France and becoming the second team to lift the coveted Web Ellis trophy for a second time. For South Africa ...

    • Health Service Delivery in the Western Cape: A Measurement of Perceptions 

      Whitford, Frederick John (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
      ENGLISH SUMMARY: Satisfaction surveys are increasingly being suggested as a means to understand the service expectations and perceptions of patients in hospitals. The purpose of this study is to measure patient expectations ...

    • Healthcare reform priorities for South Africa : four essays on the financing, delivery and user acceptability of healthcare 

      Smith, Anna Maria (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: peers, South Africa is achieving health outcomes that are comparable to those of low-income countries. This dissertation contains four essays on the financing, user acceptability and delivery of ...

    • Healthy children : healthy future employees 

      Harrison, Deborah-Sue (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)
      AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die lewe van 50 kinders wat MIV positief is . Die doel van die studie is die verkryging van inligting wat aangewend kan word vir die beter begrip van kinders wat MIV positief ...

    • A heavy goods vehicle fleet forecast for South Africa 

      Havenga, Jan H.; Le Roux, Phillippus P. T.; Simpson, Zane P. (AOSIS, 2018)
      Purpose: To develop and apply a methodology to calculate the heavy goods vehicle fleet required to meet South Africa’s projected road freight transport demand within the context of total surface freight transport ...

    • Hedging currency futures basis risk : a SADC uniform currency perspective 

      Jordaan, Felipe Yvann (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The implementation or adaption of a common currency by a group of countries has managerial as well as risk management implications for these emerging market multinational corporations (EMNC’S). This study ...

    • Helping small businesses to grow 

      Smith, Cherice (2013-04)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The USB launched its Small Business Academy (SBA) in May 2012. The first cohort of 23 participants from Khayelitsha, Cape Town, started with their business development programme in March 2013.

    • Hemelhoë ambisie 

      Smith, Cherice (2013-10)
      AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die USB MBA-alumnus Nombeko Mbava kyk al van kleins af na die groter prentjie om te sien waar en hoe sy tot die toekoms kan bydra. En op die oomblik doen sy presies dit as werknemer by die Suid-Afrikaanse ...

    • The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index as an official statistic of business concentration : challenges and solutions 

      Djolov, George Georgiev (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the measurement of business concentration by the Herfindahl- Hirschman Index (HHI). In the course of the examination, a modification to this method of measurement of business ...

    • A heuristic approach to the deterministic and stochastic air crew pairing problem 

      Masipa, Lehlohonolo (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)
      ENGLISH SUMMARY : The air crew pairing problem is a subproblem of the integrated airline management problem and one of the more complicated problems to solve in the field of transport logistics. There have been various ...

    • Heuristic solution approaches to the fixed charge transportation problem 

      Dikgale, Rarang Phillemon (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)
      ENGLISH SUMMARY : The classical transportation problem is concerned with the distribution of a single commodity from a group of supply centres or sources, to a group of demand centres or destinations. The amount of commodity ...

    • Heuristics for offline rectangular packing problems 

      Ortmann, Frank (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Packing problems are common in industry and there is a large body of literature on the subject. Two packing problems are considered in this dissertation: the strip packing problem and the bin packing ...

    • The hidden costs of automotive commodities procured from the People’s Republic of China 

      Boshoff, Oliza (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globalization has shifted to a level where market competition is tougher. Therefore, multinational companies focus on cutting cost along the company’s supply chain with heavy scrutiny on procurement. Developing ...

    • Hiermee beloof ek... 

      Marais, Jana (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch business School (USB), 2010-04)
      Honderde MBA-gegradueerdes van regoor die wêreld ondersteun 'n Hippokrates-time MBA-erekode wat beloof om die sakewêreld te verander. Moet jy dit onderteken?

    • High lift movement in a storage rack system 

      Baard, Pierre Stephan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)
      ENGLISH SUMMARY : With the growing competitive global economy new techniques need to be adopted for distribution of goods. Companies are searching for efficient distribution methods to improve customer service. Due to an ...

    • Higher education and the poor in South Africa 

      De Villiers, Pierre (Stellenbosch University, 2011-09)
      INTRODUCTION: In the old dispensation the majority of students attending Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) were white. For example, in 1980 74.8% of students were white and only 12.5% were black (de Villiers, 1996: 359). ...

    • Historic bells in Moravian Missions in South Africa's Western Cape 

      De Wet, Tertius; Teugels, Jef L.; Van Deventer, Pieta (Historical Association of South Africa, 2014-11)
      The Moravian Church was the first denomination to begin with missionary work among the indigenous people in South Africa and today the church still has a very strong presence in the country. After opening their first mission ...

    • An historical overview and evaluation of the sustainability of the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) Programme in South Africa 

      Tsawu, Simphiwe (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Land policy in South Africa prior to 1994 was used as a political instrument to discriminate against the black population by preventing them from accessing land. The National Party government ...