International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER)  

Anmar Pretorius, Jesse de Beer

This paper compares the South African stock markets response to two periods of distinct instability, namely the East Asian and Russian crisis of 1997-98 and the global financial crisis of 2007-09. Considering share prices, the Johannesburg Securities Exch... see more

Robert J. Boldin, Mukesh Chaudhry, Ibrahim Affaneh

Linkages between the Islamic Stock Indices, the Indices of Europe, Asia, US, UK, and Japan, and those of the emerging markets are empirically analyzed. Using methodologies that account for idiosyncratic factors in the data, evidence of linkages are found ... see more

Chengedzai Mafini

There has been an explosion of research interests centered upon the job satisfaction-life satisfaction nexus within organizations. Be that as it may, there is a relative paucity of research on the job satisfaction of logistics practitioners in general and... see more

Dorah Dubihlela, Tshediso J. Sekhampu

The study reported in this article used household level data to analyse the impact of recent price changes on the demand for food and non-food items among households of different poverty statuses in a township of Bophelong, Gauteng Province, South Africa.... see more

Isaac M. Ntshoe, Jacob M. Selesho

While funding is undoubtedly necessary to promote the quality of the curriculum, teaching, and learning, funding in and by itself is not a guarantee to achieve equity and equality of outcomes. Accordingly, in some cases, such as the South African context,... see more

Francois van Dyk, Gary van Vuuren, Andre Heymans

The Sharpe ratio is widely used as a performance evaluation measure for traditional (i.e., long only) investment funds as well as less-conventional funds such as hedge funds. Based on mean-variance theory, the Sharpe ratio only considers the first two mom... see more

Nirmala Dorasamy, Monal A. Abdel-Baki

While the Egyptian Revolution has initiated democratic transformation, the economy remains vulnerable to shocks that are apt to exacerbate unemployment, inequity, and poverty the prime triggers of the popular uprising. Stability hinges on the newly elect... see more

A. C. Groenewald, J. J. Prinsloo, T. G. Pelser

Branded meat of consistently high quality has earned a reputation worldwide as a means to increase beef consumption. The feedlot industry is the main beef producer in South Africa and falls in the category of Small Businesses. For these small business mea... see more

Lee-Ann Steenkamp

In this era of globalisation, developing countries have resorted to double tax agreements in order to attract foreign direct investment. The extent to which a countrys tax treaty policy favours developing countries or not depends upon the extent to which ... see more

Genius Murwirapachena, Kin Sibanda

Since the right to strike was recognised in the South African Constitution, strike actions have been a common phenomenon in the country. Causes of strikes in South Africa are multifaceted and their effects detrimentally catastrophic. This paper explored t... see more

Joel Hinaunye Eita, Moses Muse Sichei

This paper estimates the equilibrium real exchange rate for Namibia for the post independence period (1998 to 2012) using quarterly data. Increases in the ratio of investment to GDP and resource balance are associated with an appreciation of the real exch... see more

Jae-Kwang Hwang, Young Dimkpah, Alex I. Ogwu

This paper examines the transmission of the 2008 US financial crisis to four Latin American stock markets using daily stock returns from 2006 to 2009, analyzing returns before and during the 2008 financial crisis. The empirical evidence presents a financi... see more

Thomas Frisch, Sascha Kolaric, Dirk Schiereck

This study tests for underreaction and overreaction in the South African stock market by examining abnormal returns on the stocks included in the FTSE Group Johannesburg Stock Exchange Top 40 index following large price rises and drops. The results of our... see more

William Seyfried

At the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, several countries in the periphery of Europe began suffering from sovereign debt crises, resulting from and contributing to economic weakness. As of late 2013, each country was struggling wit... see more

Prakash Singh

Being simply cognitively capable would be inadequate for employees to satisfy job performance requirements associated with their job behaviour. Before an employee performs his job, he must understand what it entails because the activities and behaviours a... see more

Riaan Rudman, Wandi Kruger

Having pervasive skills is becoming more important to employers as well as to professional bodies and associations. Consequently, the ability to work in groups is regarded as an essential skill. Although working in groups is found to heighten the performa... see more

Mohamed Imam Salem

Entrepreneurship contributes to economic development in all countries all over the world and has always been a powerful driving force of innovation, productivity, job creation and economic growth. In recent years, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has launched ... see more

Intaher Marcus Ambe

This paper sought to investigate the alignment between supply chain strategies and practices of local manufacturers of locally made light vehicles in South Africa. The research design employed was a combination of exploratory and descriptive research desi... see more

Monsurur Rahman, Framarz Byramjee, Reza Karim

Very few westerners ever heard of Chanakya, a.k.a Kautilya. Kautilya is credited with compiling the treatise on statecraft called the Arthashastra. This treatise contains fifteen distinct chapters or parts encompassing all components of statesmanship that... see more

Maxwell Sandada, David Pooe, Manilall Dhurup

Strategic planning is a business tool that small and medium businesses need in todays dynamic and highly competitive business environment. It has a potential to cushion these enterprises from such unpredictable harsh business conditions. The purpose of th... see more

Jan Komorowski

The current global crisis leads to new theoretical concepts that will go beyond neoclassical economics. The behavioral approach helps to understand business choices, autonomy, subjectivity, efficiency, etc., and finally, it goes to define such categories ... see more