This paper presents results of a pilot study completed as part of the BestLog (Best Practices in Logistics) project. BestLog (www.bestlog.org) is a research project initiated by the European Commission (EC) and financed from the 6th Framework Programme. One of the project goals is to identify...

Research Problem: Research commences at the point where within our department we begin to reflect on penetrating a new market. At first this reflection can be a very unstructured thought, a conjecture, a question, or hypothesis. In our case, it was about entering the Brazilian telematics or more...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Clear Blue International (pty) Ltd (CBI) is a swimming pool construction companythat is in need of a high performance swimming pool pump in order to offer acompetitive tender for the construction of an intricate swimming pool at a prestigiousresort. There is one supplier of...

Purpose – This paper seeks to analyse Foster’s Lager advertising since the early 1980s. In particular, it aims to focus on the Foster’s Lager “I Believe” integrated marketing communications (IMC) campaign launched in 2000 and the use of “commercial nationalism”....

China is currently expecting a growth in inbound travel demand as the result of China's “open door policy,” participation in World Trade Organization (WTO), success in hosting the Olympics in Beijing in the year 2008 and political stability. This paper focused on two issues: (1) forecasting...

The terms enterprise, entrepreneurship and small business are frequently used in the context of education and small business formation. Particular countries have preference for the use of the terms in specific circumstances, for example, entrepreneurship is more common in the USA and Canada,...

This paper details a second stage of a study into the use of small business computerised accounting systems (CAS), together with the role and impact of the accountant across businesses that use and do not use computerised systems. The most popular accounting software product is MYOB and the CAS...