ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African health care industry is fragmented between the private and public sector. The disparity of resources between the private and public sectors as well as the escalating cost of health care services is threatening the sustainability of the private health sector...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: By understanding the costs of HIV/AIDS, businesses can understand the incentives for preventing and treating the disease better. This report primarily investigates whether there is a difference in the relationship between HIV/AIDS prevalence rates and related costs in different...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the field of Economics, the term “competition” refers to the method involved in steering an increase in supply, which leads to a decrease in equilibrium price and an increase in equilibrium quantity. However, competition involves more than just an increase in supply. In...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Collaborative strategies such as strategic alliances are being adopted by small and large companiesto gain a competitive advantage in a fast changing global and local business environment.Companies are recognising the value of achieving their business goals through mutually...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This present study investigates the directional link between stock market development and economic growth in Zambia for the period 2002-2009, using quarterly data. While there is numerous empirical research conducted on this topic, none of it constitutes an in-depth study of...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research report investigates the risk/return relationship in the primary agricultural sector in theWestern Cape from a commercial bank's perspective. The study investigated the correlationbetween credit risk and return within a randomly selected portfolio of agricultural...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There are conflicting aims among the various stakeholders of a business. Shareholderswish to maximise their return on capital, whereas debt holders and customers wish tominimise the risk to capital. This conflict has led to the emergence of economic capital.Financial services...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is taking on a developmental stance in Third-WorldCountries. Old Mutual, through its partnership with the South African govemment, set up atrust to assist govemment in skills development at local, provincial and national level andsmall...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The National Credit Act came into being on the 1st of June 2007 and besides its other objectiveswas intended to make credit more accessible to all South Africans, to stop unreasonable practicesby lenders and to protect consumers against reckless lending. This research study...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In service industries, the people are the brand and the brand is the people (Taylor, 2003:136). People are one of the dimensions that differentiate a brand (the others are product, price, place, promotion, process, physical evidence). The realisation of the brand promise...