Mit der Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen, den Zusammenhängen von Biographie- und individuellen Lernprozessen nachzugehen. Dies erfolgt am Beispiel von acht ostdeutschen ExistenzgründerInnen, die sich nach der Wende in den neuen Bundesländern im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel selbständig gemacht...

Die Untersuchung stellt den Textileinzelhandel in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in tierfer Untergliederung im Rahmen seines Umfeldes das. Ziel der Darstellung ist die Erfassung der den Strukturwandel seit den siebziger Jahren dominierenden Entwicklungen.

A myriad opinions has been propounded to explain how“cyberspace” can be exploited by commercial organisations.For the most part they are speculative, visionary orpromotional. This work seeks to redress the balance byfocusing on the utilisation of the Internet within the UKretail sector and...

Purpose – The last ten years have seen a gradual withdrawal of retail facilities frommany local areas and the consequent growth of ‘shopping deserts’, resulting in socialand health disbenefits. This paper examines the potential for e-shopping to fill thevacuum and to assist disadvantaged...

Purpose – This paper examines the purchase intentions of online retail consumers,segmented by their purchase orientation.Design/methodology/approach – An e-mail/web survey was addressed to a consumer panelconcerning their online shopping experiences and motivations, n = 396.Findings – It...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The retail environment in South Africa is dynamic and complex. The apparel retailing industryfunctions within an emergent economic milieu, and the consumers it targets are exposed to variousfactors that influence their shopping behaviour. Some of these factors are shopping...

This thesis explores the barriers/constraints that the SMME may experience whilst attempting to recover their skills levies from the wholesale and retail SETA (W&RSETA).Skills development legislation was introduced in South Africa to address the previous disparities in education and training....

Human Resource Management (HR) as is known today is argued to have started as an approach which took naissance early in the 1900s from both the scientific management approach and the human relation approach (Grobler, Warnish, and Hatfield, 2002:5). These two approaches were considered at the...

The concept of Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) was created and implemented by the South African Government in an attempt to improve the economy of South Africa, reducing the unemployment rate and eliminating poverty. As a basic objective, SMMEs strive toward sustainability, however in...

There is common theme within the literature that a store represents the tangible andintangible values of the company's commercial and retail organisational philosophy. Given this, it could be considered as a brand, with all the associated competitive advantages that correspond to this entity....