Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences: Recent submissions
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Factors influencing the adoption of digital technologies to reduce food waste in retail supply chain
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Digital technologies are projected to transform many work domains and industries including the retail supply chain. Some of the benefits of adopting digital technologies are increased levels of efficiency, cost-saving ... -
Factors affecting information security compliance among SMEs in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Small and medium enterprises are depending on the use of IT systems to compete and participate in the South African economy and also to improve the efficiency of their service delivery. Using IT systems in their business ... -
A critical investigation of factors influencing Ugandan family- owned manufacturing businesses’ performance
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study investigated the role of resources and capabilities, entrepreneurial orientation, and stewardship on the performance of family-owned manufacturing businesses in Uganda. Despite the availability of literature ... -
Exploring the determinants of conventional and participatory monitoring and evaluation: A case study of world vision Ethiopia (wve)
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)For the success of development programs at any level, the process of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plays an indispensable role. Although it has been exercised for decades in different contexts, its multidisciplinary ... -
The role of social networks in farm production in Zimbabwe's resettlement programme: the case of an AI model scheme in Murewa District
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)Land has been a source of political conflict in Zimbabwe since colonization, both within indigenous black communities and especially between white settlers and the black rural communities. At independence in 1980 Zimbabwe ... -
Ethico-political leadership in public organizations in Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The study investigated the ethico-political leadership in two Zimbabwean State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Since Zimbabwe attained its independence in 1980, the citizens have witnessed an alarming rate of unethical activities ... -
A Critical Perspective on Community Empowerment: Cases of Selected NGOs in Ethiopia
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)Empowerment is a catchword that has recently entered current development debate. Development is largely perceived as a process of building capacities hence empowering people to be able to handle their affairs. As such it ... -
Analysing the effects of public expenditure on economic growth in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Since the commencement of South Africa’s democracy in 1994, South Africa has made tremendous progress with a focus on sustainable economic growth. Due to data limitations because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the study drew ... -
Essays on financial inclusion in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)South Africa is known to be troubled by numerous persistent economic problems of inequality, poverty and high unemployment. The country is simultaneously praised for a well-developed financial sector that provides a ... -
The relationship between attaining Matric and labour market outcomes in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The South African labour market is characterised by a persistently high level and rate of unemployment and constrained capacity to create jobs. Given these conditions in the labour market, it is of interest to understand ... -
Citizenship, transport and the working poor and unemployed in Khayelitsha since 2010
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The largely peaceful, negotiated transition to a political democracy in South Africa was heralded internationally as a modern day miracle. However, the new democratic government also committed itself to equal citizenship, ... -
The influence of transformational leadership and organisational climate on organisational citizenship behaviour among support staff at a selected University in the Western Cape Province
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)In academic sector, especially the Universities and many other organizations, the human factor is the most important element of the organization and its functions exert a huge influence on the effectiveness, efficiency and ... -
Factors that contribute to social vulnerability in children from disadvantaged communities: A case of Atlantis in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This study aimed to explore factors that expose children to social vulnerability in Atlantis. The literature covered in this study revealed a gap in terms of the realization of children’s well-being in a disadvantaged ... -
Transformation amongst staff and student at the University of Cape Town: Challenges and prospects
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)This research is an evaluative case study of transformation in a Historically White University (HWU) in South Africa (SA). The research occurs within the context of redress against the inequality and exclusion created by ... -
Life stories of leading social entrepreneurs in Cape Town: Balancing business goals, strategic innovation and social value creation
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The growth of the social enterprise sector in Africa is a testament to the need for social value creation. In developing economies such as South Africa there are macroeconomic challenges that government and business fail ... -
The social and political construction of policies on adolescent pregnancy and child marriage in Zambia (1964-2018)
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)This thesis explores the social and political construction of adolescent pregnancy and child marriage policy and practices in Zambia between the nation's birth in 1964 and 2018 using a social constructionist approach. This ... -
The impacts of large-scale agricultural investments on food production systems: The case of Gurué district, Mozambique
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Large-scale agricultural investments in Mozambique peaked following the food, fuel and finance crises in 2008 and so far, more than 34 land deals have been established in the country. Proponents of such investments point ... -
Investigating institutions and policies shaping smallholder farming in South Africa: A case study of the Nkomazi area, Mpumalanga province
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)The agricultural sector plays an important role in the economy, globally. For developing countries, particularly rural areas, smallholder farming has become an active livelihood strategy. However, poverty and household ... -
Examining social entrepreneurship as a solution to addressing and reducing youth unemployment among disadvantaged youth in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Youth unemployment is a global problem but is particularly acute in South Africa, with the unemployment rate for youth aged 15 to 24 years currently exceeding 70%. Traditional ways of creating employment are failing to ... -
Urban contestations for housing: Reclaiming and deracialising Cape Town’s inner city
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)On the last weekend of March 2017, members of the Reclaim the City movement occupied two vacant government buildings: The old Woodstock Hospital on Mountain Road, Woodstock and Helen Bowden Nurses Home, located just about ...