Corporate diversification is one of the fundamental strategic alternativesavailable to organisations to sustain growth and search for greater profits.International research has been conducted since the 1950s to establish ifdiversification creates value and if it resulted in greater financial...

The determinants of profitability should be at the forefront of CEOs, managersand business owners minds. Whether the business takes a stockholder orstakeholder approach profit maximisation is the source for the sustainability of abusiness. International research has been conducted since the...

The automotive industry, one of the main contributors to the South Africaneconomy, has become a complex and competitive sector. Marketcompetition has resulted in an environment in which automotivemanufacturers and retailers have become increasingly competitive tosurvive in a captive market space...

Corporate strategy forms the platform to consider fundamental strategicalternatives for an organisation. The recent financial crisis has been a soberingreality check for most companies. Diversification or specialisation are two of themore common configurations that corporate strategy theory...

Emerging markets (EMs) contribute significantly year-on-year to global gross domesticproduct (GDP) and continue to offer developed countries huge opportunities such asraw materials and readily available markets for various goods and services producedin developed economies. However, multinational...

The relationship between market share and profitability has been the subject ofacademic research for so many years, yet it remains a generalisation which hasbeen over-extended and accepted without acknowledgement of all its attributes.This research intended to contribute to the literature by...

The determinants of the antecedents of the profitable performance of companies are a field of interest which should be at the forefront of the mind of the executives of any profit making institution. Industry structure and its effects on profitability have long been a focus of study in the...

South Africa is now well and truly part of the global economy after emergingfrom an inwardly looking era a mere 14 years ago. The change was felt by allSouth Africans, and most certainly also by local companies who entered theglobal market with their goods or services. This study investigates...

The purpose of the study is to explore the concepts of strategy content andstrategy process as it relates to small professional services firms. A case studyapproach based on grounded theory utilised in-depth interviews to collect datafrom five small professional service firms. The study found...

It is widely held that CEOs are central to the successful financial performance ofcompanies. Yet, little attention has been given to the correlation between CEOtenure and financial performance of companies specifically. The purpose of thisstudy was to determine whether CEO tenure has an impact...