12 articles in this issue
Nico van der Merwe
One of the most debated topics in extant accounting education literature is that of professional skills. It appears that many universities are failing to sufficiently equip their graduates with the generic professional skills required for the workplace. T... see more
Shakeel Kalidas, Douglas Mbululu, Chimwemwe Chipeta
The changing patterns in returns on African stock markets have not been adequately documented. This paper addresses this gap by testing for the day-of-the-week effect and the changes in the patterns of returns for several African stock markets. A direct t... see more
Jose Luis Gonzalez Narro
The expression credit is the name of the game is becoming more relevant as financing credit sales is increasingly becoming a challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mexico. The securitization of receivables, also called monetization, he... see more
Mahmut Munir Guzel, Kazuhiko Kameda, Naotoshi Yamamoto
This study examines fishery trade flows between Japan and Turkey, in order to identify existing trade patterns and look for potential business opportunities. In 2011, the total fish trade from Japan to Turkey was at its highest value ever, approximately U... see more
Maxime Legros, Egide G. Karuranga, Marie-France Lebouc, Muhammad Mohiuddin
This paper seeks to examine the evolution of determinants under scrutiny by academics publishing on performance of ethnic companies in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Using the systematic literature review method, ... see more
Yolande Hefer, Michael. C. Cant
Several consumers think they only purchase products when they go shopping, however time and time again they purchase the experience of shopping as well. The experience of shopping is highly influenced by the visual merchandising displays (also known as fe... see more
Ronel Du Preez, Leon P. Steenkamp, Roelof S. Baard
All South African universities face the challenges of student success and retention - a challenge compounded by under-prepared students from diverse backgrounds. This article explores peer module mentoring as a possible approach to facilitate student succ... see more
Wandi Kruger, Riaan Rudman
Numerous factors exist that may contribute to the unsuccessful completion of application software package implementation projects. The most significant contributor to application software package project failure lies in the misalignment of the organisatio... see more
Laetitia Radder, Xiliang Han
Museums are increasingly forced to pay attention to marketing-related aspects such as perceived service quality, satisfaction and loyalty. Using data from three South African heritage museums, this article first delineates the construct of perceived quali... see more
Jeffry Babb, Neil Terry, Kareem Dana
This paper examines video game sales by platform in the global market from a period spanning 2006 through 2011. As the home video game industry has rapidly matured and become established as a forefront facet of interactive entertainment in the home, we se... see more
Prakash Singh
Intrapersonal competencies complement the interpersonal skills of emotionally intelligent leaders. Experts believe that general intelligence (IQ) contributes to no more than twenty- five percent of ones overall success. The extent to which employers are c... see more
Richard Chinomona
This study examines the influence of consumer brand experience on their brand satisfaction, brand trust and brand attachment in an African context. Five hypotheses are posited and in order to empirically test them, a sample data set of 151 was collected f... see more