Learnerships were introduced by the South African government as a mechanism toaddress the shortage of skilled people in the workplace. The aim of this researchwas to determine the perceived value of the return on investment (ROI) of theChartered Accountant (CA) learnership specifically from the...

Alternative investments are a new but fast growing phenomenon in the South Africanmarket, hedge funds in particular were introduces to our market in the year 2000.Assets under management by hedge funds have enjoyed fast growth over the yearsrelative to assets managed by mutual funds. Including...

This body of research investigates the capability and propensity of a selection ofinks and coatings manufacturing micro-, small- and medium enterprises, based inand around Cape Town in the Western Cape, to export product Academic literature reviewed emphasised the fact that the size of the...

Global supply and demand for platinum benefited from favourable local andglobal economic environments over the past decade, and presented uniquegrowth opportunities for platinum mining companies. Companies operating in agrowing industry, such as platinum during the past decade, are expected...

The role of culture in consumer behaviour and the importance of service quality delivery as a differential factor among businesses have received much interest in recent times, especially within the retail environment. With similar products being offered, service quality is seen as a critical...

Much work has been conducted on the signalling effect that a directors tradehas on outsiders. This is based on the premise that insiders, or directors,shareholders and managers of companies have access to information abouttheir companies that outsiders do not (Bhana, 2007; Fidrmuc, Goergen...

The retail sector has become a major service provider and employs a largeproportion of the population. It is the expectations and of these retail employeesthat form the background to this research. Retail employment has often beenthe selected response to unemployment as there is relatively...

Commercial listed property is a complex, yet potentially lucrative asset class toinvest in. South Africas property index delivered average returns of 34% for2006/7 and was rated best performer internationally. While many of the funds inthe sector as still forecasting excellent yields, some are...

The efficiency of motor industry sales people has not changed over the past 20years, despite a R23.8 billion injection over the past 7 years. Making use ofpersonality traits to identify a suitable employee limits the true nature and potentialof an employee candidate. Given that the working...

With the current global financial crisis, the uncertain economic outlook in SouthAfrica and the pressure on financial institutions to operate more effectively andefficiently, there has been a significant shift in focus for banks in South Africa. Thisshift in focus entails placing greater...