20 articles in this issue
Flory Anette Dieck-Assad
The development of the Mexican rural sector is vital because it is the source of raw materials needed for production in the manufacturing sector. Thus, it is indeed important that its development follow that of the industrial sector. The main objective of... see more
Melody Brauns, Malcolm Wallis
The South African healthcare sector stands at the threshold of major restructuring in an attempt to address inadequacies as a result of fragmentation of health services in apartheid South Africa. The level of health services, particularly in rural areas, ... see more
Lawrence Mpele Lekhanya
This paper reports on the impact of viral marketing on corporate brand reputation. The study aimed to analyse and evaluate the use of viral marketing and the impact it has on the reputation of corporate branding of South African companies. The study was c... see more
Wilma Viviers, Martie Lubbe, Ermie Steenkamp, Douglas Olivier
South Africa needs to advance its industrialisation process and diversify its exports if it is to enhance its global competitiveness ranking and meaningfully tackle the double scourge of unemployment and poverty. The pharmaceutical industry makes a signif... see more
Jeffrey Schieberl, Marshall Nickles
Although the United States is the worlds biggest proponent of capitalism and free trade, the time has come to address what global economic pressures have done to Americas labor force. From the Second World War to approximately the late 1990s, the U.S. lab... see more
Theuns Pelser, Anita Groenewald, Hein Prinsloo
The feedlot industry is the main beef producer in South Africa and falls in the category of Small Businesses. For these small business enterprises to be successful in an industry subjected to fierce competition, it is necessary to be innovative in a marke... see more
L. P. Steenkamp, P. L. Wessels
Tolerance for ambiguity is a personality characteristic that reflects the general feelings and attitudes of an individual toward ambiguity and ambiguous situations. Prior research has found accounting students to be significantly less tolerant of ambiguit... see more
Mohamed Imam Salem
The driving force of every successful economy in the world is entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial university is a concept which explains universities that provide a good environment, culture, opportunities, and practices that enhance student entrepreneurshi... see more
Jacob M. Selesho, Idah Naile
The shortage of academic staff and the failure of universities to retain quality academic staff continue to be crucial to the changing prospects and potentials of knowledge formation and learning. This paper intends to examine factors that influence the p... see more
Prakash Singh, Thembinkosi Twalo
The sustainability of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) in South Africa is being threatened by the reported cases of poor administration, weak management of resources, inappropriate job performance, and inappropriate job behaviour of some ... see more
Chun-Kai Huang, Knowledge Chinhamu, Chun-Sung Huang, Jahvaid Hammujuddy
South Africa is a cornucopia of mineral riches and the performance of its mining industry has significant impacts on the economy. Hence, an accurate distributional assumption of the underlying mining index returns is imperative for the forecasting and und... see more
Amon Okpala, Comfort Okpala
It is important to examine the role of urbanization, government, and school life expectancy (the years of schooling a child is expected to have) on adult literacy because literacy contributes to economic success. Using cross-sectional data on 46 Sub-Sahar... see more
Cindy Erdis, Michael du Toit
The restaurant industry is rife with customers experiencing unacceptable levels of customer service, resulting in many customers often deciding to take their patronage elsewhere. Marketing researchers have long been investigating the influence of family o... see more
Prince C. Nwakanma, Arewa Ajibola, Hudson C. Nwakanma
The studies on beta variability have been fully documented in the literature with various empirical stances, meaning that a concession has not been reached. In view of this we employ the variable Mean Response Regression Model to investigate the random mo... see more
Roland J. Sparks, Nick Desai, Perumal Thirumurthy
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is critical to the economic development of any nation regardless of its level of growth. There is a plethora of research on the determining factors of FDI, both economic and non-economic, but very little on the weighted inf... see more
James W. Gabberty, Robert G. Vambery
As America grapples over what to do in order to avoid the perils associated with manifest U.S. economic growth that has been characterized as barely enough to forestall another recession, the nation is mired in economic limbo due to, among other causes, t... see more
Osiris Parcero, Abdul-Aziz Osman Abahindy, Abdul Rashid Faizi, Ahmad Kamalsada
This paper examines the impact of foreign ownership on local firms capital deepness in the resource-rich economy of Abu Dhabi. The authors use a novel dataset of more than 15,000 local firms registered in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.Empirical evidence shows ... see more
Mohamed H. Abdel-Azim, Awad E. A. Ibrahim
The current study examines the relationship between Historical Cost Accounting (HCA) and real earnings management. Accounting literature argues that HCA provides a chance for manipulation. HCA creates large unrealized capital gains/losses that are recogni... see more
Ali H. Al-Badi, Wafa S. Al-Qayoudhi
Web 2.0 technologies have become effective tools in recent years, being used by people everywhere for everything. One of the most effective types of Web 2.0 technology is online social networks. Social networks, like Facebook and Twitter, are being used i... see more
Liza (ESM) Coetzee, Hanneke du Preez, Aideen Maher
Like other countries in transitional democracies, South Africa is experiencing high levels of crime since its first democratic election in 1994. About 83 percent of South Africans believe that the South African Police Service is corrupt and citizens are l... see more