Browsing Doctoral Degrees (University of Stellenbosch Business School) by Title
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An integrated strategy and risk management approach for public universities in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : All organisations must face the uncertainty of both internal and external future factors. These uncertain future challenges are dealt with by formulating and applying a sound business strategy towards ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An investigation into aspects of transformational leadership in South African small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: To the world community at large globalisation has been a gradual process, whereas its impact in South Africa was more intensive and concentrated over a shorter period of time - in particular since South ... -
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 ... -
An investigation into global distribution systems in the crop protection industry and the development of distribution system managment model for particular application in South Africa and Australia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The traditional ways in which manufacturers of crop protection products exercised control over distribution systems have diminished in their impact. Control was based on quality products, the power of ... -
An investigation into the co-producers of preferred strategic behaviour in small, micro and medium tourism enterprises in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African tourism industry has undergone transformation with numerous “windows of opportunity” having been opened for tourism entrepreneurs. The South African small, micro and medium tourism ... -
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 ... -
Knowledge-centric capabilities : a configurational approach
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During the past 15 years knowledge management has emerged as a key new organisational practice with numerous organisations implementing processes aimed at facilitating knowledge creation, integration ... -
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 ... -
Managing portfolio managers : the impacts of market concentration, cross-sectional return dispersion and restrictions on short sales
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)The impacts on the active management of investment portfolios of a) market concentration, b) cross-sectional return dispersion and c) restrictions on short sales are explored in this thesis. The context is the fund sponsor’s ... -
Measuring the barriers to investment in emerging economies : the case of some African countries
(2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is made up of stand-alone essays on the determinants of the investment climate in emerging market economies. Chapter One presents the purpose of this study, the significance of the ... -
Methods of financing universities with special reference to formula finding in South Africa
(1982-12)The subject discussed in this dissertation is that of how universities should best be financed. This appears, prima facie, to be a readily solvable question, but is in fact one that contains innumerable disguised difficulties. ... -
Modelling the determinants of the business performance of small and micro accommodation enterprises in the formal sector in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study investigated the nature and the extent of the inter-relationships between the Kirznerian and Schumpeterian entrepreneur types and decision styles, decision context prioritisations, strategic ... -
Modelling the effect of disruption to electricity supply on economic growth in Benin
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Infrastructure is an important factor that contributes to economic growth. Energy, telecommunications, roads, rails, sea ports, airports, and drinkable water are important elements which determine the ... -
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 ... -
Pension fund reform towards development of national economy : a South African case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : South African pension assets have grown astronomically over the past few decades. The implications of this phenomenon on savings, capital markets and growth in the economy are investigated in this study. ... -
Performance & financing of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) in Nigeria : implication of transaction costs and collateral
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis examines the performance of MSMEs in the Nigerian economy and how transaction costs and collateral constitute constraints to accessing finance for a better MSMEs performance. This thesis looks ... -
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 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 ...
