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Using pension funds in infrastructure finance in Africa : the case of NEPAD projects
Chuckun, Vedvyas Sharma - 2010
World Bank at US$75 billion per annum.However, the current levels of public sector resources and foreign capital inflows in … Africaare insufficient to fund this infrastructure gap. Africa, therefore, needs to explore newsources of funding to finance its …Thesis (MDF (Development Finance))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. …
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The role of governance in using project finance as a contract for the delivery of infrastructure in Africa
Kamanga, Harris Benula - 2008
the economy. For over a long time the delivery of infrastructure in Africa has been the domain of the public sector … the developing world is the use of project finance.The research study sought to achieve two objectives. The first was to … discover whether governance played a significant role in attracting foreign lenders to use project finance in the delivery of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442211
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Improving public-private partnership deal flow for infrastructure delivery in South Africa : the role of National Treasury
Ngamlana, Philbert Xola - 2009
. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are emerging as an alternative form of delivering infrastructure, not necessarily as a … and poor risk management are problems too. There is a lack of mechanisms to attract long-term finance at affordable rates …. Publieke-private vennootskappe (public-private partnerships (PPPs)) kom na vore as 'n alternatiewe manier om infrastruktuur te …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442075
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Infrastructure and its impact on economic development : the case of South Africa and Brazil
Lazarus, Hilton - 2007
-inprivate sector investment. Brazil has in recent times followed a route of public-privatepartnerships with the South African … analysis in this study do not conclusivelysuggest that the path followed by Brazil through public-private partnerships has had …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442104
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A holistic approach to the management of electrical assets within an Australian supply utility
Brown, Colin - University of Western Sydney; Sydney Graduate School of … - 2005
Asset-rich organisations (utilities) within Australia have entered into an era of environmental change, imposed largely by successive Federal and State Governments wanting to exact financial returns from these State Owned Corporations (SOCs). These changes have created a shift in the paradigms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482022
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Sovereign lending gone wrong : who bears the costs?
Schraner, Ingrid; Emerging Financial Markets and … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2004
This exploratory issue paper begins with a statement by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, which outlines what a well-functioning global financial system would achieve, followed by his dry statement that the current global financial system does none of these things. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482147
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Transitional and quasi-objects in organization studies : viewing Enron from the object relations world of Winnicott and Serres
Carr, Adrian; Downs, Alexis - University of Western Sydney; College of Social and …; … - 2004
It is proposed to examine how these two different models of human relations - that of Winnicott and Serres - illuminate features of contemporary organizational life.With these models, one can view recent scandals in the USA, specifically the implosion of the energy firm, Enron. Previous accounts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482006
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Engendering an innovative culture and maintaining operational balance
Hyland, Paul W.; Beckett, Ronald C.; Reinvention Network - Central Queensland University; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005
This paper aims to identify key elements of innovative culture using innovation audit tools. The research seeks to determine if factors such as the ability to collaborate are important in building a culture that supports innovation. Many firms are continually scanning the environment for sources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482093
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Hegemony and its discontents : a critical analysis of organizational knowledge transfer
Mir, Raza; Banerjee, Subhabrata Bobby; Mir, Ali - William Paterson University of New Jersey; University …; … - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the phenomenon of knowledge transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs), and how the imperatives of thought and action that constitute new knowledge are received in the terrain that constitutes the MNC subsidiary. This study employs an ethnographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482279
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Shareholder distribution choices for industrial companies listed on the JSE : share buybacks versus dividends
Bester, P. G. - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Repurchasing of shares by South African companies were legalised on 1 July 1999.This introduced an alternative to dividends for distributing cash to shareholders.Although dividends and share repurchases realise the same value in a perfect efficientmarket, the inefficiencies of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442030