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Wage dynamics, trade-related wage premia and productivity spillovers : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa continues to grapple with low economic growth, unemployment and inequality, making it crucial to gain further insights into wage inequality which is the largest component of income inequality. ... -
Usage-based insurance : nudging towards responsible driving
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The ramifications of South Africa’s poor road safety record extend far beyond physical- and emotional trauma by piercing a proverbial puncture of considerable consequence in the nation’s economy. Each year, ... -
Twitter predicts Naspers share price
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Naspers is a publicly listed South African company, and @Fin24 is the financial news Twitter account that belongs to Naspers. Using Natural Language Processing techniques, Twitter sentiment and emotional ... -
Transforming the accounting profession through Thuthuka : an outcome-based evaluation of the Thuthuka Bursary Fund programme as implemented at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Transformation is not dependent on financial forces alone and therefore a more holistic approach to transformation is required. The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) realised that ... -
Towards sustainable funding framework for rural public transport implementation in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Long distances, the necessity for regional connectivity, unreliability, and high costs characterise rural public transport in South Africa. Additionally, local governments do not recognise the importance ... -
A toolkit to aid in the education and training of supply chain members for the efficient distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine : a South African case
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic and South Africa is one of the many countries affected by it. Although the country has vaccinated citizens in the past, it now faces the challenge of vaccinating citizens ... -
South African risk behaviour archetypes in the domain of discretionary investments
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : More recent models of decision making under conditions of risk have built on Cumulative Prospect Theory. They propose that, in addition to the framing of choices, individuals' recent experiences of ... -
Simulated horizontal mergers in vertically related markets
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: A global trend of increasing retail concentration and a heightened concern about buyer power demand more sophisticated and flexible merger screening tools. Parametrisable merger simulation models that ... -
Revitalising rail : the case of public-private partnerships
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: In response to the degrading state of the national passenger railway service, the President of South Africa recently announced plans to revitalise the service through private sector integration. This study ... -
Restoring the Kuils River : understanding the past to inform the future
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: This study examined the state of the Kuils River catchment in Cape Town, South Africa, in terms of land-use change, ecosystem services, and water quality, to identify potential drivers of degradation and ... -
Resilience and conscientiousness as predictors of burnout amongst call centre employees
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Relevant literature relating to call centres consistently refers to the emotional nature of call centre work environments and the negative impact thereof on their employees. The purpose of this study is ... -
Resampling algorithms for multi-label classification
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Multi-label classification is a member of the supervised learning family and represents a scenario where we wish to classify an observation into many of many classes. Therefore, in the classification ... -
The relationship between project complexity and project success and the moderating 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 ... -
A quantitative analysis of investor over-reaction and under-reaction in the South African Equity Market : a mathematical statistical approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: One of the basic foundations of traditional finance is the theory underlying the efficient market hypothesis (EMH). The EMH states that stocks are fairly and accurately priced, making it impossible for ... -
Perspectives on food corporate contributions towards a sustainable food system : a South African case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The current food system has negative consequences for human health and the environment, making it unsustainable. Characterised as a neoliberal corporate food regime, the dominant food system displays a ... -
Modern portfolio optimisation under regime switching
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The main objective of this assignment is to consider modern portfolio optimisation under regimes. Unobservable regimes are assumed to be modulated by a time-change Markov process. These models are well-known ... -
The moderating role of gender in the relationship between general work stress and different sources of work stress
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Stress and burnout have quickly become buzzwords in the modern-day workplace. As such, work stress and different sources thereof, began attracting a large amount of research interest, with several studies ... -
A model to promote the effective use of evaluations in the South African agricultural sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The study that is the focus of this dissertation assessed the applicability of Patton’s utilisation-focused evaluation (UFE) approach to the South African agricultural sector in order to develop a model ... -
Measuring fiscal sustainability and its determinants in South African municipalities
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: African municipalities; the analysis also examines their ability to pay off long-term debts and to meet the current obligation. The composition of spending and how to improve efficiency are also studied. ... -
Management of coastal wetlands as an effective climate response : lessons learned from global blue carbon projects to aid successful project implementation in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Blue carbon ecosystems facilitate climate change mitigation because they sequester and store vast quantities of carbon. Since blue carbon ecosystems are being converted to other land uses for profit, ...
