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The impact of employee remuneration inequalities on employee productivity in the South African workplace
Orientation: This article is part of an ongoing research project on various aspects of employee productivity in the South African …
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Understanding the drivers of financial inclusion in South Africa
Orientation: Financial inclusion is becoming one of the attractive topics at the global level with policymakers, development partners, governments and …
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Economic complexity to boost the selected sub-Saharan African economies
Orientation: Economic complexity is a measure of productive capabilities indirectly by looking at the mix of sophisticated products that countries …
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Analysing the criteria of private equity investment in South Africa
Orientation: Within the conceptual paradigm that the institutional environment may influence investment criteria, this study argues that South Africa has …
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An emperical study into the informal sector: The link between entrepreneurial activity and firm performance
Orientation: Within an emerging market context, the informal sector’s role was deemed critical towards achieving ideals of a developmental state. …
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Determinants of foreign direct investment in the Zimbabwean mining sector
Orientation: The mining industry being the main source of foreign currency for economy is the backbone of the Zimbabwean economy. …
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Remote night-time lights sensing: Investigation and econometric application
Orientation: Some recent studies have been published that demonstrated the value of remote sensing night-time lights as descriptors and/or proxies …
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Financial literacy and participation in the financial markets in Tanzania: An application of the logit regression model
Background: Financial market participation is explained from the viewpoint of financial literacy, awareness, investors’ risk aversion, and cost of stock …
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Factors affecting labour absorption in South Africa
Orientation: South Africa’s continually growing unemployment rates appear to be acute if measured by means of labour absorption. The country’s …
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An application of behavioural finance in banking: The Discovery Bank case
Orientation: Behavioural finance research suggests that human biases can cause irrationalities which have a significant impact on decision making. Discovery …
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Examining the cointegrating relationship between financial intermediation and poverty in a selected panel of developing countries
Orientation: Access to and use of formal finance can be an epitome for poverty reduction in developing and transitional economies. …
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Alignment of executive long-term remuneration and company key performance indicators: An exploratory study
Orientation: Executive remuneration remains a controversial topic. A major concern is the perceived misalignment of executive remuneration with company performance. …
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Perceived pervasive skills acquired through educational games in an accounting undergraduate degree
Orientation: Learning should be active, experiential and fun. Research purpose: This study investigated the perceptions of students regarding the development …
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The bankruptcy prediction approach: An empirical study of comparison between the emerging market score model and bankruptcy prediction indicators approach in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Orientation: The effective and timely bankruptcy prediction is crucial to the survival of companies. In order to attain a desired …
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Viewing ‘open strategy’ as a viable approach to the management of strategy
Orientation: Sound strategic management is vital for the longevity and sustainability of organisations. Yet, strategy execution remains problematic, in part …
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Economic empowerment of women in the informal African craft industry: The case of Tembisa
Orientation: In Tembisa, within the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, women sell woven baskets and traditional beaded accessories, trading informally. The baskets …
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Black tax: An international exploratory study in the South African context
Orientation: South Africa is a country where the vast majority of residents experience inequality, poverty and deprivation on a daily …
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Risk aversion, path dependency and financial economic decision-making in low-income communities: Experimental evidence from South Africa
Orientation: Poverty is deeply entrenched in South Africa, and various initiatives to reduce it have not been successful. Behavioural economics …
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Portfolio performance under tracking error and asset weight constraints
Orientation: Active portfolio managers must simultaneously maximise excess returns (over benchmarks), limit risk and observe constraints on, for example, tracking …
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The performance of morally questionable shares in South Africa (2004–2019)
Orientation: Investors are increasingly weighing up the cost of investing in companies with adverse impacts on society and the natural …