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Application of fundamental indexation for South African equities
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The primary objectives of this research are to determine whether indices constructed from fundamental attributes of ALSI constituents outperform indices weighted by market capitalisations; and whether the performance of ...
An exploratory study on the use of social media as a business networking tool : the case of four female-owned fashion retail businesses in the Stellenbosch area, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
One major contribution to entrepreneurship in the past decade is the introduction of social media, which has changed the way in which businesses are operated. It is argued that using social media has signalled a departure ...
Ethical leadership: an assessment of the level of moral reasoning of managers in a South African short-term insurance company
(University of Western Cape, 2013)
Against the background of major corporate scandals internationally and in South Africa, questions are being asked about the level of morality of leaders in organisations. This study assessed the level of moral reasoning ...
Knowledge management infrastructure and knowledge sharing: The case of a large fast moving consumer goods distribution centre in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The aim of this study is to understand how knowledge is created, shared and used within the fast moving consumer goods distribution centre in the Western Cape (WC). It also aims to understand knowledge sharing between ...
Fundamental indexation and mean reversion on the Taiwanese equity market
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The equity market has a long memory of indexing. The market portfolio is a capweighted index that weights stocks based on the market capitalisation of the stocks constituting the index and has been upheld by modern portfolio ...
The identities and practices of faculty managers in a higher education institution in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This study addressed the identities and practices of faculty managers (FM) in a higher education institution (HEI) in South Africa. There is limited research on faculty managers in South African HEIs, specifically in ...
The role of management support and shared understanding of 20 keys for continuous improvement: an employee perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This study aimed to assess employee’s responses with regard to the implementation of a new workplace improvement programme. The purpose of this research was to focus on the understanding that could be gained about employee’s ...
Cooperation and competition: the case of the Western Cape wine cluster
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
A major challenge facing the South African wine industry has been the economic repositioning of the sector, which since 1994 has moved away from a highly regulated domestic environment. The increasing integration of the ...
Race and employee engagement in a diversified South African retail group
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
Background: Many South African companies are faced with the challenge of integrating a
racially-diverse workforce into a white-dominated environment. This research sets out to assess the relationship between race and ...
Black economic empowerment ventures in the South African wine industry: business models and key success factors
(2013)
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a growth strategy implemented by the South African government to address one of the country’s largest challenges, inequality. However, the failure rate of BEE ventures in the wine industry, ...