The objective of the study was to assess financial access as a challenge to SMEs in tourism and in rural areas. The focus was on the relationships between financial access and its determinants, such as, information asymmetry, ...
The study examined the macro and micro-economic determinants of the mining companies’ share returns. The system-driven generalised methods of moments was employed to analyse panel data comprising ten listed mining companies ...
The historical roots of the employment relationship date back to early civilisations, marked by individuals seeking expertise in exchange for rewards. Unspoken expectations between parties often shape the dynamics of this ...
Focusing on African economic panel data from 1990-2018, this study set out to analyse the relationships between foreign direct investment (FDI), official development assistance (ODA) and economic growth. Specifically, the ...
Scholars and several global and international development agencies have been advocating the importance of financial inclusion for financial stability, social welfare improvement and sustainable economic growth. Within this ...
Banks are essential to any economy because they play an important role in ensuring financial stability. Thus, it is critical that banks always remain functional to be profitable and ensure the country's economic progress. ...
The specific objectives of this study were three-fold: to analyse global public-private partnerships (PPP) models commonly used in providing water and sanitation services in urban settlements, and assess their applicability ...
This study sought to investigate women’s participation in the blue economy and its effect on their long-term economic development. The study assessed the challenges faced by the few women participating in the blue economy, ...
This study examined the effects of liquidity and solvency on South African banks’ performance. The panel regression approach was used, applying panel data from 13 commercial banks over the period 2012 to 2022. The pooled ...
Despite implementing various corporate governance (CG) frameworks, guidelines, and laws, mine workers continue to suffer from exposure to occupational health and safety risks. This study examines corporate governance's ...
The study investigated the relationship between banking sector development and stock
market development in Southern Africa, with special focus on the Southern Africa
Development Community (SADC). Using the Seemingly ...
The 2007-2008 global financial crisis (GFC) exposed the shortcomings and inefficiencies of the global banking system, and these weaknesses were not limited to only one country or economy. In addition, the financial crisis ...
This study created a customised model and a custom index to profile momentum in
equity markets. The customised model used a momentum term structure grouped into
different entry zones to create visual profiles for ...
Despite policy measures aimed at improving the performance of commercial banks
and their contribution to economic growth, little progress has been made in reviving
the Zimbabwean economy. The effective function of banking ...
Parental financial socialisation is becoming increasingly important globally, due to low levels of financial literacy amongst young adults, especially those in developing countries, rural and low-income areas, and black ...
South African municipalities are experiencing a deterioration in municipal financial performance in addition to proliferated unlawful expenditure. Good municipal financial performance is imperative for social development ...
The focus of the study was to investigate the relationship between liquidity risk, financial leverage and firm’s financial performance with evidence from top-40 JSE firms. Despite the existing literature on the topic, no ...
The drivers of financial success of the insurance industry are of interest to several players in any economy including the government, policymakers, policyholders, and investors. In Kenya, there have been relatively few ...
While a significant portion of the global population remains financially excluded, most empirical studies and policy interventions for increasing financial inclusion appear to focus predominantly on supply-side determinants ...
The main aim of the study was to determine the relationship between working capital management and the financial performance of South African retail firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The study examined the ...