Oil has become a dominant element within the power capability profile of any nation. Nations enter into war because of oil. The Gulf War in 1991 is an example. In Nigeria the crisis is between the federal government and oil producing communities in the Niger Delta region. Despite the abundant...

The global economy is creating profound and substantial changes for businesses andindustries throughout the world. These changes make it necessary for businesses toexamine their purpose carefully and to devote a great deal of attention to selecting and following strategies in their pursuit of...

The Local Business Service Centre (LBSC) programme launched by thegovernment of the Republic of South Africa in 1995 to provide businessdevelopment services to small business, moreso in the Black communities, did notlive up to expectations. This is according to the responses of a sample of...

This thesis is based on a cross-sectional survey design that employed the simple random sampling technique. From an original sample size of 1900 that was split between the South African market (1300) and the Zimbabwean market (600), a total of 494 usable responses were obtained representing a...

South Africa has abandoned apartheid and re-entered the global economy where factors like the lack of global competitiveness and global recession, amoung other factors, are contributing to poor performance of South African firms. This poor performance has resulted in many firms restructuring,...

The globalisation of businesses and the advancement of information technologies have brought changes that are reshaping the world of work. They alter the way business is done, the way employees behave and the way managers manage their employees. Motivating and to retaining employees have become...

A generally accepted definition of an entrepreneur is an individual with the ability to realize a specific vision from virtually anything, a definite human creative action. A differentiating factor defining the true entrepreneur is represented by the entrepreneurial skills: creativity and...

This study investigated the role of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents towards explaining entrepreneurial success. The encouragement of entrepreneurial activities has been recommended as a way to stimulate economic growth. On of the most critical issues facing developing...

Against the background of reports such as the Global entrepreneurship monitor (Foxcroft, Wood, Kew, Herrington & Segal 2002) and the World competitiveness report (2003), indicating that South African small businesses lag behind their counterparts worldwide with entrepreneurship, the research...

In todays highly competitive business environment where survival of the fittest isconsidered the norm, business managers are increasingly striving to attain a position of competitive advantage in order to excel their competitors by effectively and efficiently utilising their resources. A better...