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Should puffery advertising in South Africa be banned? an interdisciplinary analysis
(SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2010)Advertising is employed to influence consumer decision-making by informing, persuading and reminding. Legal persuasive advertising is referred to as puffery (praise for a product by means of subjective opinions, superlatives, ... -
South Africa’s hospital sector : old divisions and new developments
(Health Systems Trust, 2017)The hospital sector in South Africa mirrors deep inequalities in the country as a whole. The private, for-profit hospital sector is well resourced and caters to a population that tends to be wealthier, urban and more likely ... -
The strategic implications of black empowerment policy in South Africa : a case study of boundary choice and client preferences in a small services firm
(Faculty of Economic & Management Science, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, 2012)This paper studies the relationship between a firm’s boundary choices within its value chain and the BEE pressures it faces from its clients. The paper shows that BEE policy alters the value chain preferences of a firm’s ... -
Trickle-down ethnic politics : drunk and absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970)
(American Economic Association, 2018)How does ethnic politics affect the state's ability to provide policing services? Using a panel of administrative personnel data on the full careers of 6,784 police officers, we show how the rise of ethnic politics around ... -
Water management reporting in the Agro-Food Sector in South Africa
(MDPI, 2017)The purpose of the study is to assess whether Corporate Social Responsibility regarding water is considered relevant for sustainability in companies related to agriculture in South Africa, considering that their impact ... -
What do deviation cycles measure? An analysis of the informational content of filter-based business cycles
(AOSIS, 2018)Background: Empirical business cycle research typically commences with the extraction of a so-called deviation cycle using a time-series smoothing filter. This methodology is appealing for its pragmatism; it is easy to ... -
What we have learnt from post-1994 innovations in pro-poor service delivery in South Africa : a case study-based analysis
(Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005-08)Service delivery is vital for alleviating poverty in South Africa. This paper contributes to the dialogue on how to maximise the impact of pro-poor service delivery by considering evidence from a wide selection of case ... -
When selection trumps persistence : the lasting effect of missionary education in South Africa
(International Institute of Social History, 2015-01-15)To estimate the long-term, persistent effects of missionary education requires two strong assumptions: that mission station settlement is uncorrelated with other economic variables, such as soil quality and access to ...