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It has become almost trivial to assert that in the knowledge society universities are important institutions. This … challenges that such countries and their universities are facing. Both in the developed and the developing countries the main … emphasis is now on how universities may serve industry through direct flows of information from on-going research. To …
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This study examines the influence of institutional selectivity on alumni giving among public research universities … with lagged or "dynamic" variables. Using panel data from 147 public universities over 11 years, the analysis for this …
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Knowledge, information and communication are crucial for organizational effectiveness and key to the ability of the organization to respond to change. This article reports on the findings of a research and developmental project in a modular multi-campus university focusing on improving the...
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Recent years have seen intense scrutiny focused on the reported ethical breaches of enterprises across the globe. At the forefront of the accompanying criticism are the actions of giant American firms such as WorldCom, Arthur Anderson, and Enron. However, such deviations from acceptable...
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The main purpose of this study was to examine the use of mobile phones by Generation Y students in the city of Johannesburg in order to increase understanding of this segment's consumer behaviour. Generation Y is an important market segment in that it is making more independent purchase-related...
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In a freer global market economy, design, product development and production are no longer framed by geographical boundaries. Increasingly, the creative process requires more specialized solutions coordinated by the work of multi and interdisciplinary project teams that no longer exercise their...
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Principal Topic While a significant amount of research has investigated the factors that motivate individuals to start an entrepreneurial new venture, there is little research on the factors that motivate individuals to act entrepreneurially as an employee within an existing business (i.e. as...
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Capricorn Investment Holdings (CIH), Namibia. Shared services are tactical by nature and aim to support the organisation … Namibia are under ever increasing pressure to reduce costs, improve service, develop and deliver high quality banking products … traditional and non-traditional competition. CIHgroup now has a perfect opportunity, with business in Botswana, Zambia and Namibia …
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Namibia's call centre as it is now called, needs to undergo a major shape-up inproviding services beyond the traditional … for Telecom Namibia to expand its business by providing contact centre service to businesses in Namibia and in the distant … recommended that Telecom Namibia should reposition itself by expanding its business to the contact centre industry which should …
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In a stable economic environment and enabling macro economy, such as Namibia, a small and medium … Namibia with emphasis on the Khomas region.The aim of this study was to explore the progress made, during the last decade in …?The government of Namibia, in 1997, recognised the important role SMEs can play in the country's socio-economic development. A number …
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