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Media usage and preference of consumers in the Transkei

Smit, Johannes Jacobus (1992-11)

The objective of this study is to establish the media usage and preference of consumers in the Transkei. The results are of special significance to media planners and advertisers in so far as they will assist in the ...
Aspects as organisational buying behaviour in the South African Leather Industry (dyestuffs and chemicals)

Schmidt, Dirk Otto (1994-06)

Knowledge of the many influences that affect purchasing preferences is important for marketers o Apart from the technical and economic factors of importance, non- economic factors are also significanto The latter have ...
The evolving scope and impact of total quality management in leading South African companies

Weitz, Kevin Walton (1994-06)

The objective of the study was to quantify the evolving scope of quality management as practiced in a sample of companies in South Afiica, and to correlate this with corporate profitability. The empirical data in this ...
Economic sanctions against South Africa during the eighties

Louw, Michael Hendrik Sarel (1994-11)

Import sanctions were used to a very limited extent against South Africa in the early sixties and latter half of the seventies to clearly signal the international community's disapproval of the country's apartheid policy. ...
The application of total quality principles to the South African pharmaceutical industry

Mader, Derek Kelvin (1994-11)

The traditional quality culture in the pharmaceutical industry is driven by the regulatory process of marketing authorisation and manufacturing authorisation. These components of the South African regulatory control ...
Development of a model for the measurement of home loan risk

Powell, Robert John (1994-11)

The primary objective of the study was to develop a model which allowed banks to measure home loan risk and determine prices accordingly. A survey among banks revealed: 1. belief that the home loan market is more risky ...
The implementation of a risk management programme in Irish local authorities

Greenford, Brian Charles (1995-06)

Irish local authorities and their insurer have experienced increasing liability losses during the past ten years. To combat this situation their insurer requested the local authorities to implement a risk management ...
Imported capital goods and the income adjustment process in small open economies

Hawkins, Penelope Anne. (1995-06)

The principle of effective demand states that given endogenous expenditure patterns, the level of exogenous expenditure determines the level of employment. If investment represents the sole form of exogenous expenditur ...
Vakbonde, loonaanpasbaarheid en werkloosheid

Serfontein, Frederik Hendrik Bernardus (1995-06)

Suid-Afrika ondervind reeds geruime tyd hoe en stygende vlakke van werkloosheid. Gedurende die tagtigerjare bet die opkoms van vakbonde 'n fundamentele herstrukturering van die Suid-Afrikaanse arbeidsmark veroorsaak en ...
The financing of a nonpure public good : the case of roads

Naude, C. M. (Clifford Marnetz), 1965- (1996-06)

This dissertation is concerned with the financing of roads in terms of public finance economic theory. The theory of public goods is applied to the case of roads and it is concluded that roads possess significant elements ...
Financial innovation and its implications for monetary policy in South Africa

Epstein, Stanley Robert (1996-11)

Financial innovation is a process that is not fully understood because of ~ts nebulous nature and the difficulties in determining its causes and effects. The pace of financial innovation has increased rapidly in recent ...
Die ontslag van stakers op grond van deelname aan 'n beskermde staking

Naudé, Christelle (199711)

Die Grondwet van die Republiek van Suid-Afrika en die Wet op Arbeidsverhoudinge verleen aan werknemers die reg om te staak. Die reg is egter nie onbeperk nie. Op grond van die voldoening aan wetlike vereistes, word ...
Post Keynesian monetary theory and its implications for monetary policy in South Africa

Jackson, Michael Keith Caulton (1998-06)

The theoretical foundations of the Post Keynesian view of money are examined, including the nature of money, role of uncertainty and time, and the use of equilibrium concepts. This provides a backdrop against which the ...
Policy reforms and economic development : an institutional perspective on the Nigerian experience (1986 to 1993)

Dipeolu, Adeyemi Olayiwola Kayode (1998-11)

African economies, including Nigeria continued to perform poorly despite the adoption of economic policy reforms in the 1980s. An explanation for the failure of economic policy reforms was therefore sought from an ...
Maatskappybesparing en die investeringsbesluit

Van Zyl, Cecilia J. (1998-11)

The share of corporate saving in total saving in South Africa has increased during the past four decades. In this dissertation various economic theories are examined in order to try to explain this change and ...
The nature and extent of intra-industry trade in South Africa

Parr, Richard Geoffrey (1999-06)

Intra-industry trade occurs when goods from the same industry category are both exported and imported. Types of intra-industry trade are identified, and theoretical models of intraindustry trade under conditions of ...
Endogenous development of natural resource management in the communal areas of Southern Zimbabwe : a case study approach

Van Halsema, Wybe (1999-09)

Despite decades of development efforts to combat desertification processes in southern Zimbabwe, a development deadlock occurs. Using the local knowledge systems as a basis, and making an effort to strategically facilitate ...
Macroeconomics without laws : methodological and theoretical aspects

Van Eeghen, P. (Piet Hein) (1999-11)

This study develops an economic methodology in which,behavioural laws (in the sense of necessary connections between cause and effect) play no essential role. Hayek and Menger are important sources of inspiration. Economic ...
The Casualization of Black Female Labour in South Africa

Fenyes, TI; Lalthapersad-Pillay, Pinky (2000)

Black women workers in South Africa are highly marginalized in that their work has been undervalued and underpaid due to disadvantage and discrimination. They were severely curtailed by legislation that aimed to keep ...
Foreign direct investment flows and fiscal discipline in South Africa

Schoeman, N.J; Robinson, Zurika; de Wet, T.J (2000-06)

This paper investigates the impact of fiscal policy on foreign direct investment (PDI) in South Africa during the past 30 years. Casual empirical analysis reveals a definite linkage between FDI flows and variables such as ...

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