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Book-to-market ratio and returns on the JSE

Auret, CJ; Sinclaire, RA (Taylor and Francis, 2006)

Many firm-specific attributes or characteristics are understood to be proxies for what Fama and French (1992: p428) refer to as “the unnamed sources of risk”. Perhaps the most notorious of these is the size of the firm ...
Mobile banking applications: Consumer behaviour, acceptance and adoption strategies in Johannesburg, South Africa (RSA)

Balabanoff, GA (2014)

There has been a complete disparity in the number of cell phone subscribers when compared to fixed line users in South Africa (referred to as Republic of RSA or RSA). In 2011, results revealed that 29 million South Africans ...
Consensual and entrepreneurial culture: Insights from organisational culture and human resource development policy in Nigerian banks

Atiku, SO; Chitakunye, P; Fields, Z (2014)

This study contributes to an understanding of consensual and entrepreneurial culture in organisations within the context of communicating organisational culture through human resource policy. Given that consensual and ...
Customers’ perceptions on ESKOM’s pre-paid billing system and the effects on their satisfaction and trust

Chinomona, R; Sandada, M (2014)

Despite the increasing awareness of the paramount importance of customer satisfaction and trust in the context of large firms, research efforts focused on the investigation of the role of electricity pre-paid system ...
An assessment of the public attitudes towards the inner City of Johannesburg as a branded destination

Daya, Nikita JC; Chiliya, N (2014)

Cities across the world have shifted their focus to urban development and place marketing strategies. These concepts are increasingly becoming important since the competition between cities have intensified globally in ...
A selected history of South African inflation perceptions: The question matters

Rossouw, J; Bosch, A; Padayachee, V (2014)

This paper provides a selected historical overview of inflation perception surveys undertaken in South Africa between 2006 and 2010 with a view to assessing the nature of the link between inflation perceptions and inflation ...
A new probabilistic problem-solving paradigm: A conceptual critical reflection.

Callaghan, CW (2014)

For Coase, organisations exist because they manage resources more efficiently than markets can. In contrast, for Grant, organisations exist because they are more efficient at integrating knowledge. Therefore, according ...
An exploratory study on the marketing strategies adopted by small micro and medium enterprises in Johannesburg Central Business District

Mapila, K; Chiliya, N; Chiliya, W (2014)

Over the years marketing theory development has been limited and small enterprises often have to rely on marketing models used in big businesses. There are a number of marketing strategies that are currently applied by ...
The influence of e-service quality on customer perceived value, customer satisfaction and loyalty in south africa

Chinomona, R; Masinge, G; Sandada, M (2014)

While researches on online shopping behaviour have been steadily increasing, they seem to be a paucity of studies that investigate the importance of E-service quality; customer perceived value and customer satisfaction ...
Research productivity and values

Callaghan, CW (2014)

According to the predictions of convergence theory, the implementation of best practices derived from the global context has been found to be associated with increased performance for both individuals and organisations. ...
Mobile TV as a marketing tool in South Africa: A consumer’s perspective

Chuchu, T; Chiliya, N; Uta, L (2014)

Mobile Television is highly considered to be the next breakthrough application in wireless technology. Recently mobile marketing has become an important method of communication with the recent advances in mobile phone ...
Revisiting employee motivation and job satisfaction within the context of an emerging economy: Theoretical representation and developing the model

Ncube, CM; Samuel, MO (2014)

The world’s economic attention is rapidly shifting towards the direction of emerging economies. In order to facilitate and accelerate this process, it is important that designated economic hubs are well positioned in terms ...
The influence of information quality, system quality and service quality on student’s self-efficacy at institutions of higher learning in South Africa

Chinomona, R (2014)

The notion of improving student self-efficacy at institutions of higher learning has become a priority matter. There is a growing realization among institutions of higher learning that one way of achieving this, is by ...
Shock advertising: Not so shocking anymore. An investigation among Generation Y

Urwin, B; Venter, M (2014)

In today’s society, marketers are going to extreme measures to attract consumers’ attention in an attempt to break through advertising clutter. A widely used method is shock advertising, however, the effectiveness of this ...
The relationship between SMEs and insurance providers in Nelson Mandela Metropolitan area, South Africa

Chodokufa, K; Chiliya, N (2014)

Media reports on the effects of climate change on Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa has increased over the past decade. The amount of loss in terms of assets and infrastructure suffered by SMEs is disturbing. ...
R&D failure and second generation R&D: New potentialities

Callaghan, CW (2014)

Ample incentives exist for firms to pursue product, service, or process innovations to increase their profitability. In contrast, few incentives exist for firms to pursue innovations that provide social externalities if ...
A Segmentation of Mall Shopping Motivations in the South African Gauteng Provincial Context

Jogee, R; Callaghan, CW (2014)

Consumer markets, globally, exhibit increasing diversity. Shopping malls that do not take cognisance of this diversity, along all appropriate dimensions, can lose market share to competitors that do. Despite extensive ...
An assessment of the effectiveness of self-service technology in a university enviroment: The case of University of the Witwatersrand

Ngcwabe, Y; Chiliya, N (2014)

Self-service is basically a method of serving oneself in business-related organisation without the help of an employee. With the exponential increase of the technology, service companies adopt Self-Service Technologies ...
Compliance with labour rights and international labour standards: Implications for workplace productivity and competitiveness

Samuel, MO (2014)

The common perception, particularly among employers of labour is that enforcement or implementation of enhanced labour standards would negatively impact on overhead costs thereby impeding the organisation’s competitive ...
Mobile money as a strategy for financial inclusion in rural communities

Thulani; Chitakunye, P; Chummun, BZ (2014)

This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the usage level of mobile money, and how it has accelerated financial inclusion among the rural communities in an emerging economy such as Zimbabwe. The study employed ...

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