13 articles in this issue
Samuel Bradley
AbstractThe goal of this research was to determine, in a South African context, whether there is any correlation between chief executive officer compensation and the performance of the company. For the purposes of the research, the compensation of chief e... see more
Sophia Brink
AbstractClient loyalty programmes are a common phenomenon in the South African market. Despite the fact that client loyalty programmes have been prevalent in South Africa since the 1980s, the South African Revenue Service has issued minimal guidance on th... see more
Elmarie Papageorgiou,Nirupa Padia,Yaeesh Yasseen
AbstractOrganisations are constantly striving to maximise shareholder wealth by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of operations. Since the early 1980s, there has been an emerging trend to outsource functions considered to be non-core. These trend... see more
Chris W. Callaghan,Tendai Gwatidzo
AbstractHistorically, policy applied to the informal sector in the Southern African context has been either (i) ‘restrictive’, or aimed at the elimination or eradication of the sector; or has been (ii) ‘promotive’, or aimed at the financial upliftment of ... see more
Clarissa van Tonder,Melville Saayman,Waldo Krugell
AbstractTourism is an engine of growth and development in natural areas, but resources need to be protected and that often involves high costs. The opportunity to view Big Five game in their natural habitat is a common good and it is difficult to determin... see more
Willie Nakunyada,Laurine Chikoko
AbstractThis article analyses the competitiveness of Zimbabwe’s exports in the South African market under the multiple currency system from 2009 to 2011. Using real exchange rate analysis and the Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage index (RSCA), the ... see more
Vusani Moyo,Hendrik Wolmarans,Leon Brümmer
AbstractThis study uses a sample of 49 manufacturing, 24 mining and 23 retail firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange during the period 2005-2010 to investigate the relationship between leverage and the firm’s key financial performance variables. ... see more
Andre Botha,Andrea Saayman
AbstractThis paper models tourism demand for South Africa from the UK and the USA, using an almost ideal demand system. An error-correction almost ideal demand system (EC-AIDS) is applied to quantify the responsiveness of UK and USA tourism demand for Sou... see more
Taiwo Ajilore,Sylvanus Ikhide
AbstractThe study examined the assumption that ‘size matters’ in the empirical controversy of the relationship between migrants’ remittances and economic growth. This is done through an empirical analysis of the remittances-growth relationships in selecte... see more
Chris van Heerden,André Heymans
AbstractA significant correlation exists between financial crises and bank liquidity problems, thus exposing the investor to increased risk where the banking industry forms part of their investment portfolios. Also, due to more volatile markets and more c... see more
Hardus van Zyl
AbstractThe aim of this article is to estimate, compute and determine the magnitude of positive labour productivity externalities (defined as unintentional positive labour productivity spill-over effects) generated by employees with a post-secondary educa... see more
Corlise le Roux,Gideon Els
AbstractIn this study, the relationship between movements in the exchange rates of five commodity currencies (Australia, Canada, Chile, China, and South Africa) in terms of the United States Dollar (USD) and the spot USD copper price was analysed. Correla... see more
AbstractClient loyalty programmes have been prevalent in South Africa since the 1980s, but the popularity of these programmes has increased drastically over the past few years, with more than 100 suppliers in South Africa currently making use of them. On ... see more