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Adoption of environmental management accounting in the textile manufacturing industry in South Africa

Omoworare, Temitope (2022-12)

The global profile of environmental concerns has intensified the demand to develop greener practices. This study investigated the green practices employed by textile manufacturing organisations (TMOs) in South Africa, and ...
An analysis of the impact of taxation and government expenditure components on income distribution in Nambia

Indongo, Albinus Atugalikana (2018-11)

This research analyses the statistical relationship between income distribution and seven taxation and government expenditure components in Namibia using data from 1996-2016. The research is aimed at creating new knowledge ...
An analysis of the implemenation of activity based costing at the Water Trading Entity

Bvumbi, Mulalo Naome (2017-02)

The Water Trading Entity (WTE) is a subdivision of the Department of Water and Sanitation responsible for water infrastructure and resource management. Despite ABC implementation at the WTE, the water resource management ...
Application of the budgetary metrics and outcomes-based logic model for controlling and monitoring performance in Capricon District Municipality

Sithole, Marilyn (2021-12-12)

This study investigates the application of the budgetary metrics and outcomes-based logic models (OBLM) for monitoring and controlling performance in Capricorn District Municipality from 2014 to 2019. The study is inspired ...
Assessing perceptions on performance measures and funding processes at a development finance institution in South Africa

Mhlahlo, Petunia Siphiwe (2017-02)

The Industrial Development Corporation is the largest provider of development funding in South Africa. Despite having documented processes for assessing funding applications, which include traditional performance measures, ...
An assessment of the impact of climate change on the risks, returns and opportunities of selected South African companies

Moyo, Mandlenkosi (2013-02)

The risk of climate change has gained prominence globally and also in South Africa. Companies operating in developing countries such as South Africa are perceived to be particularly vulnerable to climate change. There have ...
A costing system for the construction industry in Southern Africa

Mushonga, Evans (2015-03)

This research is based on the problem of allocating indirect overheads to construction projects in order to establish the performance of each project. Traditional costing (TC) systems and Activity-Based Costing (ABC) systems ...
Do performance measurement reports address the problem of accountability in the public sector?: A case of Gauteng Municipalities

Mahuni, Netsiwell (2019-09)

Public organisations account for their performance by making annual reports available to the public. While such increased emphasis on performance leads to a greater awareness of annual reports, it also raises the question ...
The effect of environmental management activities on the financial performance of food processing companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Lebeya, Thabang Frans (2024-07)

The study sought to investigate the effect of environmental management activities on the performance of JSE-listed food processing companies. Also, it seeks to identify environmental management activities that JSE-listed ...
The effect of the application of "E"-communication on commercial banking in Zimbabwe

Kashora, Trust (2009-08-25)

This study investigates to what extent "e"-communication is used successfully by Zimbabwean commercial banks. The study was done using the literature survey method and the questionnaire. The closed and open-ended questionnaires ...
Exploring key performance indicators for selected township small, medium, and micro service enterprises in South Africa to evolve in the organisational life cycle

Huma, Busisiwe (2024-03)

Township small, medium, and micro enterprises (“enterprises”) face challenges due to not utilising key lagging and leading performance indicators (“indicators”) to evolve in the organisational life cycle (“cycle”) and ...
Exploring the adoption of activity-based costing in selected South African crude oil refineries

Makhaza, Sanelisiwe Peacefull (2022-02)

The South African petroleum industry is regulated, with the Department of Energy stipulating import parity as refinery product costs. Refineries may not have an exact view of actual product cost and may base decisions on ...
Exploring the correlation between selected performance measurement tools for individual investors in South Africa

Totowa, Jacques (2015-02)

It is generally acknowledged that the share price of listed companies is not usually a true reflection of the value imbedded in the said companies. The main purpose of this study is to explore the correlation between ...
Factors influencing the success of activity-based costing in the Nelson Mandela Bay metropole manufacturing industry

Reynolds, Arthur (2014-05-08)

Past research on activity-based costing (ABC) success factors has predominantly focused on establishing relationships between known success factors and ABC implementation success. According to the researcher, there is a ...
Factors that influence debt financing of municipal owned entities: a case study of the city of Johannesburg

Galane, Oupa Madala (2019-07)

This quantitative research was conducted to examine factors that have an influence on the debt financing of MoEs for the CoJ. It is quite evident from previous literatures that there has been a plethora of research undertaken ...
Financial planning and control systems : essential tools to increase the survival rate of micro and small manufacturing enterprises in the Tshwane metropolitan area

Berry, Pamela Ruth (2011-02)

The use of financial planning and control systems is one of the factors that influence the survival of small businesses. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of financial planning and control systems ...
Financial reporting and its interpretation for management purposes in the agricultural environment

Shuttleworth, Christina Cornelia (2009-08-25)

This study examines whether financial reporting, in its present state, complies with the modern farmer's need for efficient financial management. Although decision making is the ultimate outcome, the emphasis in this ...
The gap in management accounting skills required by venture capital providers and those possessed by small and medium enterprises in the craft industry

Shaku, Mmudi David (2011-02)

SMEs are considered as the best possible vehicle to reduce the unemployment rate and increase economic participation in the country, specifically for historically disadvantaged people. Due to, among other things, the ...
The implementation of the balanced scorecard for service delivery performance : the case of Gauteng Metropolitan Municipalities

Mbala, Chantal Banga (2016-02)

This qualitative study set out to investigate the extent to which the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has been implemented for service delivery by South African Metropolitan Municipalities. The Ekurhuleni Municipality, City of ...
An integrated framework for performance measurement in small and medium enterprises : the case of Cape Metropole, South Africa

Mabesele, Lindiwe Albertina (2020-12)

Performance measurement has been in existence and the subject of research for at least two decades. However, it would appear that the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector lags behind other industries in terms of ...

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