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Valiani, Salimah. "Structuring Sustainable Universal Health Care in South Africa." International Journal of Health Services 50, no. 2 (2020): 234–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020731420905264.

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Intervening in debates around universal health care in South Africa, this article draws on class-based analytical tools from social medicine, political economy, and historical sociology. It is argued there are 3 keys to achieving sustainable universal health care in South Africa: addressing the socioeconomic roots of ill health; establishing a fully public, nonprofit health care system; and adequate investment in undervalued female workers who are the backbone of public health care. Each key is discussed with accompanying recommendations, using evidence from South Africa and other countries. P

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Middelberg, Sanlie L., and Pieter W. Buys. "Commodity Derivative Transaction Comparability: Evidence From South Africa." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 28, no. 3 (2012): 441. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v28i3.6960.

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Financial statements are used by investors and financiers in their investment or financing decisions. The accounting treatment of individual transactions is reflected in the annual financial statements; therefore, similar transactions should be accounted for similarly by organisations in the same industry, otherwise these financial statements become incomparable. Commodity derivatives are utilised extensively by agricultural companies and processors in their risk management strategies. The accounting standard, IAS 39, on financial instruments such as commodity derivatives should be interpreted

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Fawkes, H. "Energy efficiency in South African industry." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 16, no. 4 (2005): 18–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2005/v16i4a3073.

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Energy efficiency in South African industry has only recently started receiving attention due to the low cost of South Africa’s electricity, and a not too distant history of isolation leading up to democratic elections in 1994.This study shows that strong incentives exist for energy efficiency improvement in South African industry, in particular, the potential for increasing profit, the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the need to maintain economic competitiveness, and the need to delay the cost of new peak-load electricity generation facilities. Barriers to the implementation of

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Verhoef, Grietjie. "Mutuality and regulation: The transition from mutual to public in the South African longterm insurance industry." Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences 5, no. 2 (2012): 567–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jef.v5i2.300.

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The mutual structure of various financial institutions has changed internationally, especially during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Various explanations have been offered. Some commentators argue the mutual organisational form has become redundant, others consider structural changes in the financial services industry as the main reason for organisational changes. In the United Kingdom the stronger emphasis on profitability had a profound impact on the decision to demutualise many building societies. In the USA the failure of mutual savings and loan associations resulted in demutualisation as

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Stainbank, Lesley, and Kibra Adagish. "Non - Financial Disclosures in the South African Mining Industry." Alternation Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa, SP20 (December 31, 2017): 253–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.29086/2519-5476/2017/sp20a13.

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Foster-Pedley, J., and H. Hertzog. "Financing strategies for growth in the renewable energy industry in South Africa." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 17, no. 4 (2006): 57–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2006/v17i4a3209.

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This study analyses empirical qualitative data collected from key stakeholders in the renewable energy industry in South Africa. As a step on the path towards developing better success in financing for renewable energy entrepreneurs, a financing framework is proposed and used to create a holistic view of the financing process in the renewable energy sector. It allows stakeholders to get an understanding of all the motives, barriers, sources of capital and possible destinations of capital in one system. Many good reasons exist for South Africa to invest in renewable energy with motives dominate

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Crafford, Wessel Lourens, Frederik J. Mostert, and Jan Hendrik Mostert. "Liquidity management by South African banks." Corporate Ownership and Control 9, no. 3 (2012): 52–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i3art4.

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The management of liquidity is of prime importance to banks. This management process should be carefully planned and continuously managed to master a global and/or national financial crisis. The objective of this research paper embodies the improvement of financial decision-making by banks regarding the management of their liquidity. To achieve this objective, a literature study was initially done. An empirical survey followed thereafter, focusing on the 10 biggest banks in South Africa. They are the leaders of the South African banking industry, and as South Africa is a developing country wit

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Volschenk, J., and N. Biekpe. "A comparative study of different segments in the South African lending industry." South African Journal of Business Management 34, no. 1 (2003): 13–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v34i1.674.

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The efficiency and availability of financial services for the poor is a global problem, and has only recently started to attract attention in South Africa. This paper aims to examine the South African microfinance industry by comparing sector-related differences in the ranking of specific problems. Tests for the significance of differences (in the location of specific populations) indicate significant differences in perceptions regarding certain intra-industry segments within the microcredit industry. The recent arguments in favour of a single regulator imply that the financial industry as a w

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Mnguni, Aaron. "FINANCIAL TRANSLATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE INDIGENOUS AFRICAN LANGUAGES." vol 5 issue 15 5, no. 15 (2019): 1456–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.18769/ijasos.592118.

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In terms of the Census 2011 in South Africa, the majority of the South African population use indigenous African languages as mother tongue, compared to the minority that use English, Afrikaans and other languages. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) declared Sepedi (N. Sotho), Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, Siswati, isiNdebele, isiXhosa and isiZulu as official languages of the Republic of South Africa. Even though in 1996 eleven languages were declared official by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108

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Magdalena Smit, Anet, and Eddie Kotzee. "Investigating environmental management accounting in the chemical industry in South Africa." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 13, no. 1 (2016): 151–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.13(1-1).2016.02.

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Environmental issues are of increasing concern to a variety of stakeholders in most countries all around the world. There is a growing consensus that conventional accounting practices simply do not provide adequate information to support decision-making in order to manage the environment. Environmental management accounting (EMA) is a combined approach that provides for the transition of data from financial accounting, cost accounting and mass balances to increase material efficiency, reduce environmental impacts and risks and, ultimately, lead to the reduction of environmental costs. This pap

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Pillay, Suren, and Pieter W. Buys. "Carbon Tax Implications On Corporate Social Investment In The South African Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 12, no. 12 (2013): 1605. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v12i12.8254.

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Carbon excise tax was implemented on all passenger motor vehicles in South Africa as of 1 September 2010. Since its implementation, the impact of carbon tax on the corporate social investment (CSI) initiatives and expenditure of South African motor vehicle manufacturers has not been assessed. Given that the carbon tax price should ideally compensate for the damage caused by carbon emissions on the environment and people, the key knowledge gap this article aims to consider is whether the implementation of such a carbon tax is likely to affect the CSI decision-making process in respect of motor

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Ncube, Caroline B. "The Creative Industry and South African Intellectual Property Law." Law and Development Review 11, no. 2 (2018): 589–607. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ldr-2018-0030.

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Abstract This paper seeks to provide a more nuanced view of the creative industry that goes beyond assertions of its contribution to economic growth, which, it is then further argued, requires stringent copyright protection to ensure development. It argues that a critical first step is to optimize an existing copyright framework by addressing its inherent entrepreneurial challenges to better enable authors to garner economic returns. These challenges are identified before the paper delineates the creative industries in South Africa and related policies. It then turns to the ongoing copyright p

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Nossel, B., Colin Firer, and J. Ford. "Ethics and financial reporting." South African Journal of Business Management 25, no. 2 (1994): 78–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v25i2.846.

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In order to establish the way in which Chartered Accountants in South Africa regard the ethics involved in the presentation and management of reported results, the opinions of a random sample of Chartered Accountants were surveyed. It was found that South African Chartered Accountants appear to be more conservative than their American counterparts and have a different ethical perspective towards financial reporting. In general, auditors were found to be slightly more ethical than Chartered Accountants in industry and commerce. Two thirds of the respondents also indicated that they had encounte

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Worku, Zeleke. "Risk factors for failure in newly established small, micro and medium-sized enterprises in the tourism sector of Gauteng Province, South Africa." Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions 5, no. 4 (2015): 8–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/rgcv5i4art1.

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The annual report issued for the financial year 2013/2014 by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2015) shows that the business confidence index of South Africa was equal to 89.3% in January 2015. According to the South African National Department of Tourism (2015), the tourism sector contributed 93 Billion Rand (3%) to the South African GDP in the year 2012. The contribution of the tourism sector was equal to 189.4 Billion Rand in the year 2009. This figure is projected to grow to 499 Billion Rand by the year 2020. According to the South African Small Enterprise Development Age

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Mazibuko, Gezani. "The Relevance of Procurement in Public Administration: A South African Perspective." Journal of Social and Development Sciences 11, no. 4(S) (2021): 26–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v11i4(s).3157.

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Public procurement is a big industry in public administration as taxpayers’ money spent by the government on goods, services and infrastructure accounts for the massive gross domestic product (GDP) of a country. This study upholds the idea that public procurement is relevant and activity of public administration. The public administration atmospheres focus on macro milieus and support the government to advance consciousness, dynamics convoluted purchases of government goods, services, works and infrastructure development. Such external environmental aspects moving public and private buyers in

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Foligno, Silvia. "Publishing in South Africa." LOGOS 26, no. 3 (2015): 31–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1878-4712-11112081.

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South Africa is an emerging market for publishing; it has a number of small and medium-sized local publishers but is dominated by publishing groups and multinationals that import international trends. Along with textbooks, imported trade books are the heart of South African publishing. The major obstacles the industry faces are linked to the poor distribution network as well as the lack of access to financial resources for local publishers, and a readership characterized by the plurality of official languages and an educational gap left over from the social inequalities of the apartheid era. D

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Pidduck, Teresa Michelle, Karen Odendaal, Michelle Kirsten, Lauren Anne Pleace, and Kaylee De Winnaar. "Progressive tax: a proposal for customer loyalty programmes." Pacific Accounting Review 31, no. 4 (2019): 626–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/par-10-2018-0082.

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Purpose The South African Government needs to increase fiscal revenues to cater to increased government spending. This paper aims to argue that the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has an opportunity to tax the receipt of customer loyalty programme awards in the hands of customers, with little amendment to current tax legislation or administration. This provides the South African Government an opportunity to increase much needed tax revenue in spite of limited resources. Design/methodology/approach Five instrumental case studies were used and analysed from a financial reporting perspective

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Reinhardt, Carl J. "Competitiveness of South African Foundries – A Review and Comparison of Sand, Permanent Mould and Investment Foundries." Advanced Materials Research 1019 (October 2014): 133–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.1019.133.

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South African Foundries have promptly been met with challenges from international competition due in part to trade “liberalisation” of South African foreign trade. To objectively evaluate the challenge, data from selected local foundries were analysed together with and compared to international data from selected countries from industry and specific foundry macro level. The review seeks to evaluate the impact of resource use efficiency and resource specific cost on the local foundry and compare the challenges and opportunities available specifically to the local foundry industry. A simplified

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Nikulina, S. I. "Financing of Sustainable Development by the Institutional Investors in the Republic of South Africa." Economics and Management, no. 11 (December 19, 2019): 101–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.35854/1998-1627-2019-11-101-110.

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The research is aimed at the study of the institutional investments in sustainable development of the Republic of South Africa (RSA). Taking into account the large scale of agenda in the area of sustainable development, the article is focused on financing by the institutional investors of the environmental set of goals of sustainable development.Aim. To identify factors promoting introduction of the sustainable financing principles in the operation of RSA institutional investors.Objectives. To identify main components of the implemented strategies of sustainable financing and priority areas of

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Rateiwa, Ronald, and Meshach Jesse Aziakpono. "Financial structure and economic performance in selected African countries: time series evidence." Banks and Bank Systems 11, no. 2 (2016): 45–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/bbs.11(2).2016.05.

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In this paper, the authors investigate the long-debated question of whether or not a country’s financial structure matters for economic performance and, if so, how exactly it matters. The study uses the Johansen cointegration and vector error correction modelling framework within a country-specific setting to examine empirically the existence of a long-run equilibrium relationship between the financial structure of a country and per capita GDP and the causality thereof. The empirical assessment is based on evidence from selected African countries over the period 1971-2013, notably Egypt, Niger

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du Plessis, M., Frederik J. Mostert, and Jan Hendrik Mostert. "Reinsurance by South African short-term insurers." Corporate Ownership and Control 7, no. 3 (2010): 210–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv7i3c1p5.

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Short-term insurers utilize mutually loss sharing by obtaining cover for their risk portfolios by ceding a part thereof to a professional reinsurer, who pools the risks of various insurers. This study, which has the improvement of financial decision-making by short-term insurers pertaining reinsurance as its objective, focuses on the reasons why short-term insurers obtain reinsurance. The various methods/contracts of reinsurance, as well as the forms/bases of reinsurance which are employed by short-term insurers, represent main sections of this research. The factors which determine the retenti

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Bloom, Jonathan Z., and Frederik J. Mostert. "Incentive Guidelines for South African Tourism: Implications and Challenges in the Context of Developing Socio-Political Trends." Tourism Economics 1, no. 1 (1995): 17–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/135481669500100103.

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The need for some form of support from governmental sources to advance the tourism industry by means of financial and fiscal incentives has become a significant issue. This article provides a comparison of incentives found internationally with those available in South Africa. Various shortcomings pertaining to the types of incentives provided are discussed. The main aim of the paper is to analyse three incentive options in the context of tourism policy together with a decision matrix which could be used by the government to make a choice between alternative options. A conceptual framework is p

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Maduane, Refilwe Tryphina, and Kunofiwa Tsaurai. "The link between capital structure and banking sector performance in an emerging economy." Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions 6, no. 4 (2016): 291–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/rgcv6i4c2art6.

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South African banks are small compared to the international standards and this necessitates them to remain efficient and competitive at both national and international levels. Such competitiveness shelter them from global competitors wishing to enter into the South African market. Putting in mind the critical role played by banks in the economic development of every country, managers in the banking industry should ensure they make sound financial decisions in order to remain profitable and competitive amidst challenges of the debt-equity choice. This study seeks to determine the influence of c

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Chanetsa, C. King. "Securities and Capital Markets Regulation in South Africa." Brill Research Perspectives in International Banking and Securities Law 3, no. 1 (2019): 1–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24056936-12340007.

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AbstractAn effective securities and capital markets industry has existed in South Africa for over 120 years. The regulatory authorities have been alive to globally competitive pressures for inward investment and have endeavoured to implement a conducive environment therefore in compliance with international standards. As recently as 2015, South Africa was considered the best regulator of securities in the world. The effects of the global financial crisis (GFC) were keenly observed. The fall out from the GFC contained lessons for all markets, but not to the same extent. Commentators may therefo

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Sibindi, Athenia Bongani. "Corporate governance practices of the insurance industry in South Africa." Corporate Ownership and Control 12, no. 2 (2015): 426–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i2c4p2.

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The insurance sector plays a critical role in any economy by its very mechanism of risk transfer and savings mobilisation. It thus performs a critical role in intermediation by fostering the liquidity of the financial markets. This in turn ensures that capital is transferred from surplus units to deficient units of the economy who are in need of funds for the undertaking of capital projects and thereby spurring productivity. In the aftermath of the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis the insurance industry image was tainted. As such, the observance of good corporate governance tenets has now more th

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Kühn, S. W., H. Spies, and D. J. Petzer. "Online servicescape dimensions as predictors of website trust in the South African domestic airline industry." Southern African Business Review 19, no. 1 (2019): 44–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/1998-8125/5833.

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Increased costs, competition and a dynamic environment have led to South African domestic airlines relying more on their own websites as outlets for airline tickets. Customers’ e-commerce uptake with respect to buying airline tickets online has been slow, attributed mostly to a lack of website trust. A well-designed online service scape has been identified as an important contributor to website trust by several authors, but not yet in this particular context or industry. This study investigates the extent to which three online service scape dimensions predict website trust in the South African

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Tucker, George Cyril, Abimbola Windapo, and Keith Stone Cattell. "Exploring the use of financial capacity as a predictor of construction company corporate performance." Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 13, no. 4 (2015): 596–611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jedt-10-2013-0074.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the resilient operational variables that impact the corporate performance of construction companies in the South African construction industry and to explore whether financial capacity can be used as a predictor of construction company performance in the context of the South African construction industry. Design/methodology/approach – The operational variables of construction companies that impact their corporate performance were identified through an in-depth review of the extant literature. A combination of convenience and snowball sampling t

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Dube, Kaitano. "Implications of COVID-19 Induced Lockdown on the South African Tourism Industry and Prospects for Recovery." African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure 10(1), no. 10(1) (2021): 270–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-99.

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South Africa has one of the largest and most developed tourism markets in Southern Africa. Consequently, the sector's performance, therefore, has implications on the regional tourism market. In the advent of COVID-19, South Africa emerged as one of the global and regional epicentres of coronavirus infections. In March 2020, South Africa was one of the countries that adopted hard lockdown measures to control the pandemic. The consequent sealing off of the country’s ports brought the tourism industry to a sudden halt. This study is aimed at examining the impact and potential reopening strategies

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Morris, C. "Developments in the value-added efficiency of South African workers – an exploratory study." South African Journal of Business Management 46, no. 4 (2015): 35–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v46i4.107.

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Human capital efficiency (HCE) refers to an employee's ability to create value-added for his employer. The purpose of this study is to investigate the movement in HCE of the workers of South African listed companies over time. The metric for HCE, value-added human capital (VAHU), is calculated as the value-added per Rand spent on employee costs. The median of the compound annual growth rate of VAHU was calculated for all JSE Main Board and ALT-X listed companies, per industry, over the financial years ended 31 December 2001 to 30 June 2011. This median growth was used to infer an improvement o

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Jooste, L. G., and G. M. Dekker. "An evaluation of listed companies by means of cash flow ratios." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 2, no. 1 (1999): 128–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v2i1.2570.

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The aim of this study is to determine whether the cash flow statement succeeds in increasing the usefulness of financial data to parties interested in the results of specific companies and related institutions. This South African study uses the same industries as those in a similar study by Giacomino and Mielke (1993) in the USA. The industries concerned are chemicals and oils, food and electronics. Relative performance was measured by calculating nine sufficiency and efficiency ratios. These ratios were calculated for each institution in the industry; weighted averages were also calculated fo

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Huang, Chun-Kai, Knowledge Chinhamu, Chun-Sung Huang, and Jahvaid Hammujuddy. "Generalized Hyperbolic Distributions And Value-At-Risk Estimation For The South African Mining Index." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 13, no. 2 (2014): 319. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v13i2.8447.

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South Africa is a cornucopia of mineral riches and the performance of its mining industry has significant impacts on the economy. Hence, an accurate distributional assumption of the underlying mining index returns is imperative for the forecasting and understanding of the financial market. In this paper, we propose three subclasses of the generalized hyperbolic distributions as appropriate models for the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Mining Index returns. These models are shown to outperform the traditional assumption of normality and accommodate for a number of stylized features, such as

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Verri, Valeria Guzmán. "Gifting Architecture: China and the National Stadium in Costa Rica, 2007–11." Architectural History 63 (2020): 283–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/arh.2020.7.

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AbstractThe delivery of stadiums — either as gifts or as concessional loans — is part of a strategy that the People's Republic of China has been implementing since the mid-1960s in its diplomatic relations with Asian, African, Caribbean and South Pacific countries. The National Stadium in Costa Rica, designed and built from 2007 to 2011, is a prime example of China's diplomatic drive through the cultural-geopolitical spaces of the ‘Third World’. It reveals the political, financial and diplomatic operations at stake, the kind of roles architects are expected to perform and the forms of architec

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Michael, Oyewo Babajide. "Performance Measurement Systems and Firms' Characteristics." International Journal of Business Analytics 2, no. 3 (2015): 67–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijban.2015070105.

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The Nigerian banking industry, being the second largest in sub-Saharan Africa after the South-African banking industry, has evolved and undergone remarkable transformation over the years. As such, the evaluation of the Performance Measurement Systems (PMS) of banks in Nigeriabecomes highly desirable. In response, this research was undertaken to: identify the elements of PMS; investigate the appropriateness and effectiveness of PMS; and assess the interrelationship between the PMS and strategy in the Nigerian banking industry. Statistics such as charts, percentage analysis, Wilcoxon, Chi – squa

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Coetzee, Johan, and Lwazi Genukile. "The short- and long-run drivers of lending behaviour by South African banks." African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 11, no. 4 (2020): 639–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ajems-08-2019-0316.

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PurposeThe role of banks to efficiently allocate loans to borrowers is fundamental to a thriving economy. In South Africa this is particularly important, given a challenging socio-economic environment with high levels of unemployment and poor levels of economic growth. This paper investigates the short- and long-run determinants of bank lending behaviour for South African banks.Design/methodology/approachThe study design uses time-series data in an autoregressive distributed-lagged model for the period 1994–2016.FindingsThe results indicate that factors such as the volume of deposits and the s

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Atkins, Jill, and Warren Maroun. "Integrated reporting in South Africa in 2012." Meditari Accountancy Research 23, no. 2 (2015): 197–221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/medar-07-2014-0047.

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Purpose – This paper aims to explore the initial reactions of the South African institutional investment community to the first sets of integrated reports being prepared by companies listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange. The research highlights a shift in attitude towards ESG and integrated reporting, initial views on the first sets of integrated reports and obstacles to the preparation of high-quality reports. The study also includes recommendations for preparers. Design/methodology/approach – Detailed interviews are carried out with 20 experts from the South African institutional i

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Madibana, MJ, CH Fouché, and CM Mnisi. "Challenges facing emerging aquaculture entrepreneurs in South Africa and possible solutions." African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 20, no. 06 (2020): 16689–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.94.18890.

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Despite aquaculture being hailed as the fastest growing farming sector in the world, South African aquaculture is still lagging behind. This article aims to highlight challenges (mostly beyond their control) that South Africa’s emerging aquaculture entrepreneurs have to endure in order to find a breakthrough into the industry. Availability of necessary resources such as land, water, infrastructure,financial support and access to markets, as well as crime are among challenges faced by these entrepreneurs on a daily basis. Limited human resources in capacity building, skills and aquaculture expe

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Denner, M., and H. Oosthuizen. "The strategic positioning and configuration of national mapping organisations as enablers of economic and social growth in South Africa." South African Journal of Business Management 39, no. 3 (2008): 41–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v39i3.566.

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This paper explores the transferability and application of business-driven strategic thinking to that of a public sector context, namely national mapping organisations. These organisations exist throughout the world because the economies of the world require geospatial information to support economic and social growth. As such their strategic positioning within government is of prime importance. In South Africa, however, there is a paucity of knowledge in this regard and consequently triggered the research which forms the basis of this paper.A macro-environmental analysis suggests significant

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Cameron, Jonathan, and Muhammad Ehsanul Hoque. "SME owners and debt financing: Major challenges for emerging market." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 4 (2016): 542–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i4c4p3.

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to unpack the different aspects of the financial obstacles that small medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) face in South Africa. Data were collected by conducting one on one interview’s among four financial specialists from financial institution. The financial specialists reported risk was seen as a contributing factor for loans being declined. Other reasons to decline loan were not having business management skills, lack of financial management, experience in an industry and passion for what they do, poor credit record keeping, and lack of collateral. The oppo

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Motaung, Thabiso E., Kiro R. Petrovski, Inge-Marie Petzer, Oriel Thekisoe, and Toi J. Tsilo. "Importance of bovine mastitis in Africa." Animal Health Research Reviews 18, no. 1 (2017): 58–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1466252317000032.

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AbstractBovine mastitis is an important animal production disease that affects the dairy industry globally. Studies have estimated the prevalence of this disease in approximately 30% of African countries, with the highest prevalence found in Ethiopia. This is despite the wide cattle distribution in Africa, and the largest number of dairy farms and herds in countries such as South Africa, Kenya and Uganda. Furthermore, the estimated financial losses due to direct and indirect impacts of bovine mastitis are lacking in this continent. Therefore, intensive research efforts will help determine the

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Mbedzi, Mashudu David, Huibrecht Margaretha van der Poll, and John Andrew van der Poll. "Enhancing a Decision-Making Framework to Address Environmental Impacts of the South African Coalmining Industry." Energies 13, no. 18 (2020): 4897. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13184897.

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The South African coalmining industry has a rich and long history and contributes significantly to the economic wellbeing of the country. Despite its importance in developing the economy, the industry is causing severe environmental challenges. For example, Emalahleni, a city situated in the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa, has been exposed for over a century to the continuous mining of coal. Challenges experienced include the sterilisation of land due to underground fires, water pollution, surface collapse, and acidification of topsoil. Previous work by the researchers formulated a concep

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Morris, Carla. "An industry analysis of the power of human capital for corporate performance: Evidence from South Africa." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 18, no. 4 (2015): 486–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v18i4.1191.

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Even in industrialised emerging economies, the value-generating competencies of a workforce, known as its human capital efficiency, are a key resource for commercial success. The objective of this research is to empirically investigate the relationship between human capital efficiency (as measured by value-added human capital) and the financial and market performance of companies listed on the Main Board and Alternative Exchange (ALT-X) of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Return on assets, revenue growth and headline earnings per share were used as financial performance indicators; while marke

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De Beer, Jesse A. "Helping South Africans achieve a better income in retirement: a critical evaluation of the impact of treasury proposals." Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences 8, no. 1 (2015): 185–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jef.v8i1.90.

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Retirement income security is an issue relevant to the majority of South Africans, many of whom are financially inexperienced and illiterate. South Africa has a sophisticated retirement industry offering a very wide range of choice of annuity products, but these are often not designed to optimise choices by rather unsophisticated investors. This article provides an overview of issues in the South African income withdrawal market, as well as policy remedies proposed by National Treasury to deal with these issues. The aim of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of these policy proposals,

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Jordaan, A. C., E. V. D. M. Smit, and W. D. Hamman. "An investigation into the normality of the distributions of financial ratios of listed South African industrial companies." South African Journal of Business Management 25, no. 2 (1994): 65–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v25i2.844.

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In this article we examine some of the inter-temporal and cross-sectional distributional properties of a selected number of financial ratios of South African industrial companies and we evaluate the effect of a simple procedure of outlier rejection. The normality assumption is rejected consistently in the case of the industry analysis and frequently in the sectoral and yearly analyses.

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Naradh, Kimera, Knowledge Chinhamu, and Retius Chifurira. "Estimating the value-at-risk of JSE indices and South African exchange rate with Generalized Pareto and stable distributions." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 18, no. 3 (2021): 151–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.18(3).2021.14.

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South Africa’s economy has faced many downturns in the previous decade, and to curb the spread of the novel SARS-CoV-2, the lockdown brought South African financial markets to an abrupt halt. Therefore, the implementation of risk mitigation approaches is becoming a matter of urgency in volatile markets in these unprecedented times. In this study, a hybrid generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH)-type model combined with heavy-tailed distributions, namely the Generalized Pareto Distribution (GPD) and the Nolan’s S0-parameterization stable distribution (SD), were fitted

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Fauconnier, A., and B. Mathur-Helm. "Black economic empowerment in the South African mining industry: A case study of Exxaro Limited." South African Journal of Business Management 39, no. 4 (2008): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v39i4.567.

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This paper explores some of the key challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) deal of Kumba Resources, which subsequently led to the formation of Exxaro Limited, a large black-owned mining conglomerate in South Africa. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with a sample of 11 leaders involved directly in the deal. The data were content-analysed and the findings suggested that BEE transactions faced numerous challenges, including finding sustainable funding, securing suitable investors, merging various cultures

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De Meyer, C. F., and P. G. Mostert. "The influence of passenger satisfaction on relationship formation in the South African domestic airline industry." South African Journal of Business Management 42, no. 4 (2011): 79–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v42i4.507.

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Customers are increasingly becoming aware of alternative offerings in the market place, and are thus more demanding in terms of their expectations pertaining to service delivery. As airlines in particular are vulnerable to competitors’ offerings, they should offer passengers high levels of service and ensure that passengers are satisfied with their service offering in an effort to build long-term relationships. Building long-term relationships is important due to the financial and social benefits it holds to both the business and its customer. This study investigates whether passenger satisfac

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Chitiga, Margaret, Ismael Fofana, and Ramos Mabugu. "The poverty implications of high oil prices in South Africa." Environment and Development Economics 17, no. 3 (2012): 293–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x11000428.

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AbstractAn energy-focused macro-micro approach is used to assess the poverty implications of government policy response to increases in international oil prices in South Africa. The first scenario assumes that increases in international oil prices are passed on to end users with no changes in government policy instruments. In this scenario, poverty indicators increase. The second scenario assumes that the world price increases are nullified by a price subsidy by the government. This scenario still leads to an increase in poverty as the beneficial price effect is cancelled out by a decline in h

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Bussin, Mark, and Chris Blair. "Financial indicators of company performance in different industries that affect CEO remuneration in South Africa." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 18, no. 4 (2015): 534–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v18i4.1249.

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In an attempt to address the growing gap between chief executive officer (CEO) remuneration and that of the general worker, reign in rising CEO remuneration, and justify the portion of long-term incentive pay that makes up the bulk of CEO remuneration, shareholders and other stakeholders are trying to find definitive factors that will link CEO remuneration to company performance. Finding this link has become central to all executive remuneration issues. The results of the studies linking CEO remuneration to company performance are varied and inconclusive, particularly in South Africa. The reas

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Putsai, Unity Maqeda, and Msizi Mkhize. "Compliance With International Financial Reporting Standards and Value Relevance of Accounting Information in South Africa." International Journal of Financial Research 12, no. 4 (2021): 277. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijfr.v12n4p277.

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The objective of the study is to investigate the relationship between the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS 1) and the value relevance (VR) of accounting information. In this study forty-six companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange during the period 1993 to 2017. Panel data is used to compare the period before and after IFRS. The companies in the sample are composed of the following sectors; mining, manufacturing, banks and investment companies, real estate, general industry, retailers, construction and material, chemical and software, and computers. Based on the year

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Hemmonsbey, Janice, Tembi Tichaawa, and Brendon Knott. "Strategic Conceptualisation of the South African Sport Tourism Sector’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic." African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure 10(1), no. 10(1) (2021): 54–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-86.

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This study aimed to identify the practical and policy-based implications for the South African sport tourism organisations by highlighting strategic approaches to rethinking sport tourism planning and management. A content analysis of published academic and industry papers that focused on disaster management or mitigation within the sport tourism context, within a global and local context were analysed and thematically coded. The results reveal the vulnerability of the sport tourism industry to global threats while highlighting the lack of preparedness of this sector to strategically respond t

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