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The association between South African listed companies' BEE scores and market performance: An introductory study
Ferreira, Petri; Villiers, Charl de - In: Meditari Accountancy Research 19 (2011) October, pp. 22-38
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether an association exists between a firm's black economic empowerment (BEE) score and its share returns. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses linear regression that controls for the factors explaining share returns identified...
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Trust and Reciprocity with Transparency and Repeated Interactions
Kanagaretnam, Kiridaran; Mestelman, Stuart; Nainar, … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
information versus incomplete information) and repeated interactions on the level of trust and trustworthiness in an investment … trustworthiness in one-shot interactions. In addition, repeated interaction increases trust and reciprocity with or without … transparency. These results suggest transparency is important in building trust in business environments such as alliances and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005245041
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Business Alliance & Partnership Performance and its Value Drivers: an Intellectual Capital Approach
Vergrauwen, P.; Roberts, H.; Vandemaele, S. - In: Review of Business and Economic Literature LV (2010) 2, pp. 249-275
to be positively significant for six value drivers: trust, commitment, open communication, strategic interdependence … related drivers of trust and of commitment are important for the overall performance of business partnerships but do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570270
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Business Alliance & Partnership Performance and its Value Drivers: an Intellectual Capital Approach
Vergrauwen, P.; Roberts, H.; Vandemaele, S. - In: Competition and Regulation in Network Industries LV (2010) 2, pp. 249-275
to be positively significant for six value drivers: trust, commitment, open communication, strategic interdependence … related drivers of trust and of commitment are important for the overall performance of business partnerships but do not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010569263
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Foreign Direct Investment, Black Economic Empowerment and Labour Productivity in South Africa
Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh; Bedi, Arjun S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestically owned firms in developing countries has been widely debated in the literature. It has been argued that FDI provides access to advanced technologies and other intangible assets which may spill over to the host country and allow...
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Black Economic Empowerment Disclosures by South African Listed Corporations: The Influence of Ownership and Board Characteristics
Ntim, Collins; Soobaroyen, Teerooven - In: Journal of Business Ethics 116 (2013) 1, pp. 121-138
This study investigates the extent to which South African listed corporations voluntarily disclose information on black economic empowerment (BEE) in their annual and sustainability reports using a sample of 75 listed corporations from 2003 to 2009. BEE is a form of socio-economic affirmative...
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Innovative business cases in the South Africa table grape and wine industries: developing the concept of empowerment entrepreneurship
Ras, Peter J.; Vermeulen, Walter J.V. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 4, pp. 456-477
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on an innovative initiative taken spontaneously by producers in the supply chain of the table grapes and wine industry to empower employees. Empowerment is a fundamental force for change in doing business in South Africa and its societies, especially in...
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The Incorporation of Entrepreneurship in Black Economic Empowerment Programmes in South Africa
Ndedi, Alain A. - In: E3 Journal of Business Management and Economics. 4 (2013) 9, pp. 195-199
Entrepreneurship is sometimes seen as a process of few peoples. Although some persons have innate abilities as entrepreneurs, many can also develop this capacity in their life through a learning process. At the heart of entrepreneurship is the creation and/or recognition of opportunities....
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Commitment and trust in achieving financial goals of strategic alliance: Case in Islamic microfinance
Wahyudi, Imam - In: International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern … 7 (2014), pp. 421-442
between baitul maal wa tamwil (BMT) and Islamic banks as a relationship based on trust, mutual-trustworthiness and commitment … BMT and trust from Islamic banks. Other than coordination and initial agreement, the trust given by Islamic banks also … came from the social capital owned by BMT. Originality/value –The trust and commitment will assist the building of …
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The Main Cumulated Economical and Financial Indexes of the Enterprises from Industry, Constructions and Services
Lăculeanu, Elena Pîrvulescu - In: Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics 7 (2007), pp. 259-264
In order to emphasize the state, at a certain moment, and the evolution in time of an enterprise, it is used a large number of indicators and indexes. At the level of all the economical agents, of all the enterprises from the national economy and of the sectors of economic activity there is...
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