Browsing School of Management Sciences by Subject "Competitive advantage"

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Brand alignment : developing a model for competitive advantage through a study of selected South African companies

McCoy, Sean Patrick (2013-04)

The role of brand has evolved to take on a broader application as a post-modern management concept and has attracted increasing attention in the 21st century as a key component for the development of competitive advantage. ...
Creating competitive advantage through combined assurance in South African organisations

Madondo, Lancelot Nyaradzai (2021-02)

South Africa has institutionalised the application of combined assurance’s Three Lines of Defence Model (TLDM) through the 3rd and 4th editions of the King Code. Albeit, failure of the TLDM has been documented in recent ...
Gaining a competitive advantage : employees' perceptions on the role of leadership and talent management factors in a small company in South Africa

Ladewig, Brendon (2017-06)

Purpose – This research paper falls within the interpretive research philosophy and considers talent management within the field of competitive advantage. It aims to explore the organisation members’ perceptions of talent, ...
Industry and firm effects on the performance of financial services mediated by competitive advantage in Ethiopia

Yifru Tafesse Bekele (2018-02)

The main objective of this study was to explain top management perceptions of industry and firm effects on firm performance through the mediation of competitive advantage in financial service firms operating in a regulated ...
Measuring competitive advantage for corrective action and growth among listed companies in Zimbabwe

Kachunda, Moses (2023-07)

Zimbabwe stock exchange listed companies are losing significant market share to foreign companies due to inability to sustain competitive advantage, what strategy or position to take – defensive or offensive? This loss ...
Organisational capabilities as competitive strategies for financial performance of business process outsourcing firms in Mauritius

Beepat, Ved Prakashsing (2023-05-15)

The main aim of the study was to gauge the possible influence of financial performance on the sustainability of firms that operate in the BPO sector in Mauritius. The impact of internal capability on profitability, and ...
Relationship between personality traits, psychological capital and job performance among sales employees within an information, communication and technology sector

Naidoo, Ramona (2016-02)

This research explores the relationship between personality traits, Psychological Capital and job performance amongst sales employees within an Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector in South Africa. The ...
Social interactions shaping strategy - a case study at two small South African private higher education institutions

Bezuidenhout, Gerhard (2020-02)

This study was conducted to address a distinct lack of knowledge regarding strategizing as a function of social interaction. Social researchers like Critchley contend that an organisation should essentially be regarded as ...
A study of the awareness and practice of competitive intelligence in SMEs in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

Nenzhelele, Tshilidzi Eric (2012-06-30)

While it is acknowledged that CI is important to SMEs, it is not being practiced optimally in SMEs. The study of CI in SMEs has not been as well documented as it has been in larger enterprises. Moreover, there is no evidence ...
Talent management : an empirical study of selected South African hotel groups

Grobler, Pieter Alexander; Diedericks, J.C. (University of South Africa, 2009-12)

This article sheds light on the use of talent-management practices in some of the major hotel groups in South Africa. Growing numbers of organisations globally as well as in South Africa are embracing the concept of talent ...

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