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Viviers, W., A. Saayman, M. L. Muller, and J. Calof. "Competitive intelligence practices: A South African study." South African Journal of Business Management 33, no. 3 (2002): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v33i3.703.

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Competitive Intelligence (CI) as a business discipline and as a business practice is still in its infancy in South Africa. Only a few higher education courses in CI exist in South Africa and only a few studies on CI practices in South African firms have been done. The question that arises is: What is the level of development and deployment of CI in South Africa? From this study it is clear that most of the responding firms believe that CI can be used to create a competitive advantage and that CI is a legitimate and necessary activity for increasing their firms’ intelligence. It is, however, al

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Smith, Rozanne, and Ben Marx. "Corporate Governance Practices in Large and Medium-Sized Auditing Firms in South Africa." International Journal of Management and Sustainability 11, no. 4 (2022): 202–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/11.v11i4.3209.

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South African corporate failures and audit failures, including those of VBS Bank, Tongaat, Steinhoff and KPMG, have exposed vulnerabilities in audit quality and the role of governance failures in auditing firms. In auditing firms, good corporate governance principles are not always followed. Additionally, South Africa does not have a corporate governance code that governs auditing firms, nor is there a sector supplement to the King IV Report on Corporate Governance that applies to other industries. To identify areas for improvement in South Africa, this study aimed to ascertain the current cor

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You, Weimu, Asta Salmi, and Katri Kauppi. "Integration of African firms into global value chains." critical perspectives on international business 14, no. 2/3 (2018): 252–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-11-2016-0056.

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Purpose This paper aims to analyze the roles that African suppliers play in global value chains and the strategies that foreign firms adopt to integrate African firms into their supply chains. Design/methodology/approach The empirical research of this paper is based on a multiple case study and on interview data of foreign buyers and their entry into African supply markets: five Finnish companies and five Chinese companies were interviewed in 2014-2015. Findings The authors find that Finnish firms make relatively small investments and start sourcing operations on a small scale, whereas Chinese

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Nnadi, Matthias, Nyema Wogboroma, and Bariyima Kabel. "Determinants of dividend policy: Evidence from listed firms in the African stock exchanges." Panoeconomicus 60, no. 6 (2013): 725–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/pan1306725n.

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The study demonstrates that much of the existing theoretical literature on dividend policy can be applied to the emerging capital markets of Africa. Using available financial data of listed firms in the 29 stock exchanges in Africa, the study finds similarities in the determinants of dividend policy in African firms with those in most developed economies. In particular, agency costs are found to be the most dominant determinant of dividend policy among African firms. The finding is non-synonymous with emerging capital markets which have a high concentration of private ownership and trading vol

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Ayawei, Michael Joshua. "Assessing the Factors Underlying the Adoption of E-Commerce Among B2B SMEs." Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations 21, no. 1 (2023): 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jeco.333612.

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This research examines the key factors of e-commerce adoption by South African and Nigerian B2B SMEs using a multi-perspective model that combines elements in the technological, organisational, and environmental contexts of the firms. Survey data for the research model were randomly collected; 700 were B2B SMEs in South Africa and Nigeria. A partial least squares structural equation model technique using the SmartPLS was applied to validate the measurement model and to assess the theorized relations. Results of the analysis showed that while some factors robustly predict the adoption of e-ecom

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Tchanga Paul, Sob, and Ondřej Dvouletý. "African Firms Internationalization: What Can We Learn from the Most Cited Articles Published in the Last Decade?" Studies in Business and Economics 18, no. 3 (2023): 281–305. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2023-0059.

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Abstract This article aims to develop a recent overlook of African firms’ internationalization and its importance in consideration of the growing interest of multinational stakeholders. We analysed 26 most-cited journal articles, i.e., based on the number of citations, in the last decade, indexed in the Web of Science database, i.e., from 2011 to 2021. The previously published studies revealed that the internationalization of African firms is a fast-growing stream of the broader topic of international entrepreneurship. Our review also summarized two main research areas identified in the studie

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Doorasamy, Mishelle. "Capital structure, firm value and managerial ownership: Evidence from East African countries." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 18, no. 1 (2021): 346–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.18(1).2021.28.

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East African firms are experiencing economic growth and are attracting foreign investment in the form of equity capital and loans. However, there are concerns about whether the structure of the capital and managerial ownership of these firms can influence their growth. The study examined the relationship between capital structure and firm value in East African countries and how managerial ownership influences this relationship. Sixty-five (65) listed firms in East Africa were selected for the study. The study employed a GMM estimation technique. The evidence showed that leverage has a signific

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Vendrell-Herrero, Ferran, Christian K. Darko, and Pervez Ghauri. "Knowledge management competences, exporting and productivity: uncovering African paradoxes." Journal of Knowledge Management 24, no. 1 (2019): 81–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkm-07-2018-0433.

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate the importance of relational and conditional knowledge by assessing how service and signaling competences affect manufacturing firms’ productivity. These relationships are explored in the context of Africa, where, paradoxically, firms selling abroad must satisfy different market demands than firms that serve only domestic markets.Design/methodology/approachThe authors draw on the World Bank Enterprise Survey to perform a cross-sectional analysis of 4,683 manufacturing firms. These surveys cover the period 2009-2017 and 35 different African countries. The a

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Vengesai, Edson, and Farai Kwenda. "The impact of leverage on discretionary investment: African evidence." African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 9, no. 1 (2018): 108–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajems-06-2017-0145.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of leverage on firms’ discretionary investment in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ a dynamic panel data model estimated with generalised method of moments (GMM) estimation techniques on the panel data of listed African non-financial firms. A dynamic model and the generalised methods of moments estimations are handy in controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, endogeneity, autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity, etc. Findings In spite of different settings, markets, leverage levels and methodologies, the authors found

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Afolabi, Adeoye Amuda. "The key challenges of corporate governance of firms: Empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan African anglophone (SSAA) countries." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 3 (2016): 415–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i3c3p1.

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This paper uses empirical evidence to identify views about the important components of good corporate governance practice for listed firms in Sub-Saharan African Anglophone countries. This study used survey questionnaire based on international corporate governance norms, data were collected from listed firms in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The findings include: In Ghanaian and South African firms there are evidence that regulatory framework and enforcement of corporate governance promote sound corporate governance system. This study revealed that commitment of board of directors to disclos

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McMillan, Margaret, and Albert Zeufack. "Labor Productivity Growth and Industrialization in Africa." Journal of Economic Perspectives 36, no. 1 (2022): 3–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.36.1.3.

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Manufacturing has made an important contribution to raising living standards in many parts of the world. Concerns about premature deindustrialization have made some observers skeptical about the potential for manufacturing to play this role in Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been accompanied by: (i) large increases in the number of small manufacturing firms; (ii) limited employment gains in large firms; and (iii) robust labor productivity growth in Africa’s large firms. Limited employment growth in Africa’s l

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Lundqvist, Alex, Eva Liljeblom, Anders Löflund, and Benjamin Maury. "M&As in Africa – effects of law and governance." International Journal of Emerging Markets 14, no. 5 (2019): 873–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijoem-05-2018-0223.

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Purpose The cultural and legal differences between foreign acquirers and African target firms can be substantial. There is also a large variation in cultures and legal systems within Africa. However, there is limited research on merger and acquisition (M&A) performance by foreign firms in Africa. The purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by exploring the “spillover by law” hypothesis (Martynova and Renneboog, 2008) that focuses on the influence of the external environment on the governance and performance of foreign M&As in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The data set covers 41

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ODU, Caroline Ifechukwude, Dr. ATU, O.O. Kingsley, and Dr. OZELE, Clement, E. "CORPORATE SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF LISTED FIRMS IN SELECTED SUB-SAHARA AFRICA COUNTRIES." Finance & Accounting Research Journal 5, no. 9 (2023): 287–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.51594/farj.v5i9.570.

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The paper investigated the effect of corporate specific attributes on financial performance by employing samples from listed non-financial firms in Sub-Sahara African countries of Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa between the periods of 2012-2021. The study sourced data from annual reports of non-financial firms in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. The model evidenced that, the series are evenly spread, are not faced with multi-collinearity issues, and that the robust fixed effect model is appropriate for the study since the p-value of the Hausman Test estimated at 0.000 is below 0.05 significa

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ODU, Caroline Ifechukwude, Dr. ATU, O.O. Kingsley, and Dr. OZELE, Clement, E. "CORPORATE SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF LISTED FIRMS IN SELECTED SUB-SAHARA AFRICA COUNTRIES." International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences 5, no. 8 (2023): 272–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.51594/ijarss.v5i8.576.

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The paper investigated the effect of corporate specific attributes on financial performance by employing samples from listed non-financial firms in Sub-Sahara African countries of Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa between the periods of 2012-2021. The study sourced data from annual reports of non-financial firms in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. The model evidenced that, the series are evenly spread, are not faced with multi-collinearity issues, and that the robust fixed effect model is appropriate for the study since the p-value of the Hausman Test estimated at 0.000 is below 0.05 significa

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Jonty, Tshipa, and Thabang Mokoaleli Mokoteli. "The impact of gender diversity in the boardroom on firm performance: A South African perspective." Corporate Board role duties and composition 11, no. 1 (2016): 71–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cbv11i1art7.

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The study employs panel methodology and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) multiple regression to examine the impact of board gender diversity on firm performance for a sample of 137 Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed firms during the period 2002 and 2011. The results show that board gender diversity among South African firms have been improving substantially since 2002 when King II came into force. In 2002, the average South African board had only 4 per cent of women and by 2011, this had increased to 13 per cent. Notably, the findings also show that large South African firms have a greater r

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Nenzhelele, Tshilidzi Eric. "Competitive intelligence formalisation in the property sector: The emerging market study." Corporate and Business Strategy Review 5, no. 1, special Issue (2024): 295–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cbsrv5i1siart4.

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Competitive intelligence (CI) enhances the quality of products or services and decision-making (Tarek et al., 2017). Despite formalisation having been identified as a cornerstone for CI, firms continue to practice it informally (Cavallo et al., 2021). Although CI formalisation has been investigated in other economic industries in South Africa, no study on the formalisation of CI has been conducted in the real estate sector (Cavallo et al., 2021). The objective of this research was to establish the formalisation of CI in the South African real estate sector. This research followed a quantitativ

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Maama, Haruna, and Shenaaz Gani. "Determinants of sustainability reporting: Empirical evidence from East African Countries." Problems and Perspectives in Management 20, no. 2 (2022): 564–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.20(2).2022.46.

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Sustainability reporting is gaining attention among industry professionals and academics. However, it has been criticized since it fails to represent the proper reporting practices of firms, with this being described as symbolic in form. Regardless of this criticism, management of firms in East Africa is increasingly adopting sustainability reporting, despite being voluntary. Therefore, the paper analyzed the determinants of sustainability reporting of East African firms. Eight years of annual reports of 74 listed firms in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda were used. Random and fixed effect regressi

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de Vries, Annalien. "Financial crisis and capital structure: perspectives from an emerging market economy." Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 4 (2013): 789–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i1c9art3.

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World economies experienced one of the worst recessions in recorded history in 2008. South Africa, as an emerging economy, did not escape the negative effects of the global recession, and, as a result, experienced its first recession in almost two decades. During a recession, firms may need to adjust their capital structure in response to the adverse circumstances. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the South African recession on the capital structure of firms listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE). Panel data methodology was used for this study. The resul

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Sánchez-Hernández, M. Isabel, Luísa Cagica Carvalho, and Inna Sousa Paiva. "Orientation towards social responsibility of North-West African firms." Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 10, no. 2 (2019): 365–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-07-2018-0171.

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Purpose Corporate social responsibility orientation (CSRO) is considered a crucial strategy to enhance long-term competitiveness around the world, and it is starting to be a broader issue in Africa. Based on recent works addressing the CSRO–performance relationship in countries outside the African continent, this paper aims to assess CRSO in North-West Africa. Design/methodology/approach In this study a questionnaire was distributed among 122 managers in two countries in North-West Africa: Guinea-Bissau and the Ivory Coast. Partial least squares (PLS) structural equation modelling (SEM) is use

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NAAM, DANIEL YENBIRE, and XU HUIZHEN. "Access to finance and firms performance : Evidence from West Africa." International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research 8, no. 11 (2019): 97–107. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3613395.

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<em>The study assesses the impact on access to finance on firms’ performance in West Africa by employing a generalized linear model based on Enterprise survey data for 15 West African countries.  The study concludes that access to finance has a negative impact on firms’ performance in West Africa. The business environment in which firms are situated has a significant impact on their performance. Firms in West Africa encounter some challenges in securing funds to grow their businesses due to the unfavourable business climates such as corruption, court administration constraints

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Yensu, Joseph, and Charles Adusei. "Dividend Policy Decision across African Countries." International Journal of Economics and Finance 8, no. 6 (2016): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijef.v8n6p63.

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<p>This paper provides analysis of the trends in dividend policy and differentials in firm and country specific factors for payers and non-payers of dividends and examines the predictions concerning the amount of dividends paid by listed non-financial firms in African countries. Using a panel dataset over the period 1994-2011 from 13 African countries, the study found that dividend payers are more profitable, have larger firm size, greater investment, higher retention of earnings and less financial leverage than non-paying firms. The results show that in countries where the GDP per capit

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Olaoye, Ayoola Azeez. "Artificial Intelligence and Enhancing Accounting Practices in Selected African Countries." Jurnal Akuntansi 17, no. 1 (2025): 36–50. https://doi.org/10.28932/jam.v17i1.10729.

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Purpose – As the firms in Africa strive to modernize and compete globally, Artificial Intelligence adoption becomes imperative for the transformation of their accounting practices, particularly in Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya. The aim of this study is therefore to examine the role of AI in improving accounting processes and operational efficiency in selected multinational companies in three under-studied countries. Design/methodology/approach – The study used a quantitative research design through questionnaires distributed to Chief Financial Officers/Accountants in 30 multinational firms

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Edesiri, Godsday, and Joel Confidence. "Does earnings management exert pressure on firms' return on assets and equity?: The case of Sub-Saharan Africa." Ekonomski horizonti 22, no. 3 (2020): 221–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/ekonhor2003221o.

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Regardless of the viewpoints of prior studies on earnings management, no study has been carried out on whether earnings management exerts pressure on firms' return on assets and equity, particularly in SubSaharan Africa in a single study. Drawing inferences from the existing earnings management models, a dissimilar model of earnings management, unlike those used in prior studies, which may match the peculiarity of Sub-Saharan Africa is developed in this paper. The data used were obtained from the Stock Exchange database of Sub-Saharan African countries by employing the fixed and random effects

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Chinwe, Dike Chinonso, Dr Emeka Obiora Peters, and Dr okeke Franklin C. S. "Chief Executive Officers Dynamics And Corporate Voluntary Disclosures in Nigeria and South Africa." Journal of Accounting and Financial Management 8, no. 7 (2023): 50–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.56201/jafm.v8.no7.2022.pg50.63.

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This study investigated the effect of Chief Executive Officers Dynamics on voluntary disclosure of selected industrial goods firms in Nigeria and South Africa. Corporate social responsibility was used as dependent variable while chief executive officers’ tenure, chief executive officers’ age, chief executive officers’ experience, were used as independent variables. A sample of 26 quoted industrial goods firms from two African countries (Nigeria and South Africa) was used for the period of ten years spanning 2012 to 2021. The study employed ex-post facto and longitudinal research design. The se

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Lemma, Tesfaye T. "Corruption, debt financing and corporate ownership." Journal of Economic Studies 42, no. 3 (2015): 433–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jes-02-2013-0029.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of perceived corruption on debt financing and ownership structure decisions of firms within the context of ten African countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses 15-year (1996-2010) data pertaining to 556 non-financial firms drawn from ten African countries using models that link firm financing, ownership structure, and perceived corruption. It uses robust procedures including system-generalized method of moments, general least square, and Logistic (LOGIT) regression. Findings – The study finds evidence that perce

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Danso, Albert, and Samuel Adomako. "The financing behaviour of firms and financial crisis." Managerial Finance 40, no. 12 (2014): 1159–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-04-2014-0098.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the capital structure literature by examining the determinants of capital structure from the context of South Africa and to provide evidence of the effects of the 2007/2008 global financial crisis on firm-level determinants of debt-equity choice. Design/methodology/approach – This paper begins by embarking on an extensive review of literature on extant empirical research on capital structure. The panel econometric technique is further adopted to examine firm-level determinants of capital structure and also the impact of 2007/2008 financia

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Jooma, Mohammed Yaaseen Hajee, and Tendai Gwatidzo. "Partial adjustment toward target capital structure: Evidence from selected African countries." Corporate Ownership and Control 10, no. 3 (2013): 474–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv10i3c4art6.

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This paper investigates the firm-specific determinants of target capital structure and the speed of adjustment towards this target for industrial firms in four African countries. In addition to using a two-stage, dynamic partial adjustment model which sheds light on the dynamic nature of the adjustment process, various definitions of leverage are also used to check for robustness. The findings of the paper indicate that African firms adjust faster to short-term debt targets than they do to longterm debt targets. Furthermore, firms in Nigeria and South Africa adjust relatively faster to their t

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Hammerschlag, Zara, Geoff Bick, and John Manuel Luiz. "The internationalization of African fintech firms: marketing strategies for successful intra-Africa expansion." International Marketing Review 37, no. 2 (2020): 299–317. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/imr-05-2019-0130.

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore how African fintech firms adapt their marketing strategies for successful market expansion into new African countries.Design/methodology/approachThis exploratory study is qualitative in nature and utilizes semi-structured interviews at 14 African fintech firms.FindingsThe study reveals that, during intra-Africa expansion, firms adapt their marketing strategies by working with local people, prioritizing customer education, creating personal relationships with customers, adapting their communication strategies and pricing strategies and using social

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Kigalawa, Juma. "Factors for Capital Structure towards Firm Performance: Evidence from Listed Manufacturing Firms in East African Countries." International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 12, no. 11 (2023): 487–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.21275/es231026145647.

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Nenzhelele, Tshilidzi Eric. "Competitive intelligence awareness in the South African property sector." Journal of Governance and Regulation 4, no. 4 (2015): 581–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/jgr_v4_i4_c5_p2.

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The South African property sector contributes highly to job creation, alleviation of poverty and economic growth. Although South Africa has dropped in the global competitiveness ranking, the property sector of South Africa remains very competitive. To survive in a competitive business environment firms seek for tools that offer competitive advantage. It is widely reported the competitive intelligence provide firms with competitive advantage over rivals. Although the awareness of competitive intelligence has been examined in other sectors in South Africa, no study on the awareness of competitiv

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Dsouza, Suzan, Krishnamoorthy Kathavarayan, Franklin Mathias, Dharmesh Bhatia, and Abdallah AlKhawaja. "Leveraging Success: The Hidden Peak in Debt and Firm Performance." Econometrics 13, no. 2 (2025): 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/econometrics13020023.

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This study investigates the relationship between capital structure and financial performance in South African firms, focusing on the potential non-linear, inverse U-shaped effect of leverage on profitability. Drawing on data from 1548 firm-year observations covering 183 publicly listed South African companies between 2013 and 2022, the analysis employs both Fixed Effects (FE) and System Generalized Method of Moments (System-GMM) models to address endogeneity and capture dynamic adjustments. The findings indicate that moderate levels of debt enhance profitability, but excessive leverage leads t

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Du Plessis, T. "Information and Knowledge Management at South African Law Firms." Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad 14, no. 4 (2017): 232. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2011/v14i4a2589.

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Global and national law firms alike operate in a challenging business environment and managing the firm's information and knowledge assets is increasingly viewed as a key factor in efficient legal service delivery. In legal practice, information management technologies, for example intranets, portals, workflow management systems, document and content management systems, case and project management systems and online dispute resolution systems are becoming important means of legal service delivery. The reason for applying information management technologies and implementing knowledge management

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Holman, Glen, Carlos Correia, Lucian Pitt, and Akios Majoni. "The corporate use of derivatives by listed non-financial firms in Africa." Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 1 (2013): 671–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i1c7art5.

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This paper presents the results of an extensive analysis of derivative use by 692 companies in 20 countries across the African continent. The results show that 29% of non-financial companies in Africa use derivatives but that derivative use is dominated by firms within South Africa. The study finds that 54% of firms in South Africa use derivatives but only 5% of non-financial firms in Africa (excluding South Africa) use derivatives for hedging purposes. The majority of derivative use is directed toward the management of currency risks and the derivative instrument of choice is OTC forwards. Sw

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KOLAWOLE, Joseph, Jeremiah AKINADEWO, Bankole OSALONI, and Olasehinde OMODARA. "APPLICATION OF UPPER ECHELEON THEORY IN IFRS 6 EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ACCOUNTING DISCLOSURE: A CASE OF AFRICAN FIRMS." Africa Accounting Journal of Cross-Country Research 1, no. 1 (2024): 27–53. https://doi.org/10.69480/aajccr.4.v1.1243.

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Aim: The study evaluated the application of upper echelon theory on IFRS 6 disclosure practices among African exploration firms. The research examined how CEO gender, board gender, board committee gender, and top management gender correlate with the level of IFRS 6 disclosure within Africa's exploration industry. Methodology: The study used ex post facto research design. Filtered sampling was adopted in selecting the sampled firms from African upstream, downstream, mining and metals industry. Data collected from Machame Ratios for 2012-2022 were analyzed through ordinal logistic regression. Fi

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Klaaren, Jonathan. "Current Demographics in Large Corporate Law Firms in South Africa." African Journal of Legal Studies 8, no. 1-2 (2015): 174–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17087384-12342059.

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By contrast with the judges and the advocates, the issue of race and gender representivity in the attorneys segment of the legal profession generally and in large corporate law firms specifically has not received significant attention, in part due to the lack of accurate statistics and a thin research tradition. Addressing the gap, a 2013 survey investigated the demographics of legal professionals in large corporate law firms in South Africa. The chief finding of the survey is that South Africa’s major corporate law firms are still dominated by white men, especially in their upper echelons. Fu

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Tajeddin, Mahdi, and Michael Carney. "Analysis of Solidarity Mechanisms Affecting the Performance of Ethnic Minority Business Groups in Africa." Journal of Risk and Financial Management 18, no. 4 (2025): 183. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm18040183.

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Business groups comprise independently owned firms based on different types of owner solidarity, such as kinship, ethnicity, religion, or political identity. However, research has been slow to account for how the adverse effects of ethnic solidarity influence BG-affiliate firm performance. We investigate the interplay of owner ethnicity and their firms’ innovation and export performance. We find variations in affiliates’ performance based on their self-identified ethnicities by analyzing data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys (WBES) across 20 sub-Saharan African countries. Notably, long

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Volodina, M. A. "The Development of Railways on the African Continent: A Factor of International Cooperation or Competition?" Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law 17, no. 3 (2025): 201–24. https://doi.org/10.31249/kgt/2024.03.11.

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The progressive development of African societies directly depends on the formation of modern mechanisms for the progressive modernization of all spheres of public life on the African continent. Thus, the primary role on the path to modernization and development of Africa is given to infrastructure projects implemented by joint efforts of African states and international companies. The creation of transport corridors connecting several African countries is a priority for infrastructure projects. Such corridors are a kind of multimodal solution for solving several strategic tasks: the possibilit

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Fombang, MccPowell Sali, and Charles Komla Adjasi. "Access to finance and firm innovation." Journal of Financial Economic Policy 10, no. 1 (2018): 73–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfep-10-2016-0070.

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Purpose The study aims to examine the importance of access to finance in firm innovation by using firm-level data from the World Bank enterprise survey (WBES) on selected African countries. Design/methodology/approach This study utilises firm-level data from the WBES database and computes aggregate innovation index by using multiple correspondent analysis. The authors then apply instrumental variable models (to control for possible endogeneity between innovation and finance) to assess the link between finance and innovation. Findings The research finds that finance in the form of overdraft ove

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IAN, MUTWIRI KITHURE, and SAMSON NYANG'AU PAUL DR. "EFFECT OF MATERIAL REQUIREMENT PLANNING ON PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA." International Journal of Recent Research in Commerce Economics and Management 9, no. 4 (2022): 143–50. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7467274.

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<strong>Abstract:</strong> Owing to the trend of globalization in recent decades, the importance of material requirements planning has been growing in various areas. For industries, material requirements planning system helps to optimize the existing production and distribution processes based on the same resources through management techniques for promoting the efficiency and competitiveness of firms. Material requirements planning system is ‘part of the supply chain process that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, serv

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Tshipa, Jonty, and Thabang Mokoaleli-Mokoteli. "The South African code of corporate governance. The relationship between compliance and financial performance: Evidence from South African publicly listed firms." Corporate Ownership and Control 12, no. 2 (2015): 149–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i2p12.

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Using both Return On Assets (ROA) and Tobin’s Q as proxies for performance, the study seeks to explore if better governed firms exhibit greater financial performance than poorly governed firms. The paper employs a panel study methodology for a sample of 137 Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed firms between 2002 and 2011. The results show that the compliance levels to corporate governance in South Africa (SA) has been improving since 2002 when King II came into force. However, the compliance level in large firms appears to be higher than in small firms. Further, the findings show that the

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Naidu, Delane Deborah, Kerry McCullough, and Faeezah Peerbhai. "Towards better governance: creating a corporate governance index for South African firms." Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society 24, no. 8 (2024): 133–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cg-04-2024-0228.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to construct a robust index and subindices to measure the quality of corporate governance for 266 firms listed in South Africa from 2004 to 2021. Design/methodology/approach Public information on the compliance of King Code of Good Corporate Governance is used to construct a main index predicated on provisions relating to board characteristics, accounting and auditing and risk management. These categories are transformed into three subindices. All constructs are scored with binary coding and equally weighted. Findings Cronbach’s alpha test reveals that the

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Luiz, John M., and Henry Stephan. "The multinationalisation of South African telecommunications firms into Africa." Telecommunications Policy 36, no. 8 (2012): 621–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2012.04.010.

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Cuyvers, Ludo, Michel Dumont, Wilma Viviers, et al. "Export intensity and the competitive intelligence of exporting companies: evidence from South Africa1." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 11, no. 1 (2012): 85–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v11i1.379.

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The present paper investigates the relationship between Competitive Intelligence (CI) factors, characteristics, information sources, needs, requirements and the export intensity of exporting companies in South Africa. We establish whether there are significant differences between firms, grouped according to export intensity with respect to awareness, use, information sources and attitude towards CI activities. A questionnaire was developed and sent to exporting firms, resulting in a usable sample of 309 South African respondents. These firms are grouped according to export intensity, and CI pr

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Badiane, Kemo, Huiting Lin, and Hsin-I. Lee. "Analysis of Differences in Business Etiquette between China and Africa: The Case of Senegal and Morocco." Journal of Educational Issues 8, no. 1 (2022): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jei.v8i1.19315.

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After China’s reform and opening-up, trade exchanges between China and Africa have risen sharply. Africa, a continent rich in natural resources, attracts Chinese businessmen and companies. Furthermore, many African countries strongly encourage Chinese firms to invest in. This paper aims at studying the differences in business practices between China and Africa through document analysis, interviews with experienced local businessmen. Focusing on China and two African countries (Senegal & Morocco), our findings show that the acceptance and respect of cultural differences play a key role in t

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Struwig, F. W., and E. E. Smith. "The organisational culture types of South African firms." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 3, no. 2 (2000): 320–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v3i2.2614.

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This article sets out to examine the organisational culture types of South African firms. A literature study revealed four common organisational culture types, namely a power, role, task and person culture. An empirical study of 3000 South African firms by means of a self-administered questionnaire, investigated which of the four organisational culture types the firms exhibit. It appears that most of the respondent firms have a task culture. This culture is one that can adapt quickly, and where influence is based on expertise rather than personal authority. This in turn indicates that most Sou

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Asare, Emmanuel Tetteh, King Carl Tornam Duho, and Edmund Narh Amegatcher. "Climate Change Reporting and Corporate Governance among Asian and African Energy Firms." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 997, no. 1 (2022): 012005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/997/1/012005.

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Abstract This paper examines the extent of climate change disclosure among energy firms operating in Africa and Asia, as well as the firm, country and global determinants of the disclosures. A quantitative approach was applied to evaluate an unbalanced panel data of 31 firms in 18 countries across Africa and Asia for 2015 to 2020. Data was collected from the GRI database and a composite index was constructed to measure the extent of climate change disclosure using “GRI 305: Emissions” indicators. The study used a regression model to find the nexus between climate change disclosure and its dete

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Sami, Mina, and Wael Abdallah. "Does Cryptocurrency Hurt African Firms?" Risks 10, no. 3 (2022): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/risks10030053.

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This paper aimed to assess the effect of the cryptocurrency market on firms’ market value, especially on the sectoral level, in Africa. To reach the study’s main goal, the authors adopted the Panel-Corrected Standard Errors (PCSEs) and Panel Double-Clustered Standard Errors (PDCSEs). Using firm-level data, the results of this study can be summarized as follows: (a) The cryptocurrency market hurts the firm market value in Africa. (b) The firms operating across different sectors respond disproportionally to the cryptocurrency market. For instance, the sectors that offer low returns in Africa (in

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Obraztsova, Margarita. "Economic relations between the United States and South Africa." Russia and America in the 21st Century, no. 2 (2021): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.18254/s207054760015880-5.

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The article analyses the role of the South African mining sector in the development of long-term relations between the United States and South Africa. Largely with the help of American investments the South African mining industry was formed. Thereby America provided its firms with access to South Africa’s rich resource potential. The increasing dependence of the United States on those types of minerals that are of strategic importance for its defense industry makes relations with South Africa a priority. Therefore, US policy is primarily aimed at ensuring the access of American companies to t

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Samuels, Alexander. "Charting New Waters: A Systematic Literature Review Of BOS And Supply Chain Management Models For The Birth And Growth Of African Firms." Management and Economics Research Journal 10, no. 3 (2024): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.18639/merj.2024.9900095.

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This study addresses the transformation of African firms through the integration of BOS within supply chain management models. BOS focuses on creating uncontested market spaces by making competition irrelevant through innovation, a strategy that can be particularly beneficial for African firms facing infrastructure, technology, and logistical challenges. The purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review to explore how BOS can improve the growth and competitive positioning of African firms by improving their supply chain practices.A systematic literature review, guided by the PRISMA f

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Vengesai, Edson, and Farai Kwenda. "Cash Flow Volatility and Firm Investment Behaviour: Evidence from African Listed Firms." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 10, no. 6(J) (2018): 129–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v10i6(j).2604.

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This study explored the association between cash flow variability and investment behaviour of African listed firms. The research employed a dynamic panel data model estimated with the difference and system Generalised Method of Moments estimation techniques on a panel of 815 listed African non-financial firms. The estimation techniques control for unobserved heterogeneity, endogeneity, autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity and dynamic panel bias. Two different measures of volatility were employed; the exponentially weighted moving average, a forward-looking measure that captures innovations in c

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