Volume 11 Issue 2 (Jan 2017)
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External forces affecting Small businesses in South Africa: A case study
Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) play an important role in the economy of many countries. The Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) sector is a major contributor to technical innovation and new product developments, in terms of employment, economic development. Th…
The identification of criteria for the optimal use of Facebook pages for marketing purposes: a South African perspective
The development of non-traditional communication channels in recent years has progressively created a world more digital, networked and interlaced by a myriad of communication tools than ever before. With Facebook being the most prevalent social network, this study aims to guide…
Monetary policy and the automotive retail performance in Brazil
This paper analyses the performance of the automotive retail industry taking into consideration the monetary policy employed by the Brazilian government from 1994 to 2014. Since the research area lacks empirical evidence we decided to use econometric methods that led to estimati…
MCCG 2007 revolution: a dynamic analysis of the independent directors towards a Malaysian public listed company's performance
The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of implementation of Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance (MCCG) 2007 towards a public listed company’s performance in relation to a Shariah or non-Shariah compliant. The MCCG had become indispensable part of the B…
The impact of dual vs multiple food grocer anchorage on the performance of shopping centres in South Africa
Major food retail chain groups have historically insisted on exclusive trading rights. However, many developers who had conceded to exclusivity clauses in the 1980s and 1990s are reconsidering the implications of such clauses on their centres, and more specifically the potential…
Methodological approaches to ensure the competitiveness of organizations
The present article considers the issues related to competitiveness of domestic enterprises that is one of the high-priority tasks in Russia. The emphasis is made on the globalization processes, requiring from Russian companies a fierce competitive struggle, including an increas…
The role of Small and Medium Scale Enterprise in local economic development (LED)
This article explores importance of SMEs in a given economy. It will also show us the reason why SMEs should be given full concentration and also to provide for the existing SMEs and encouraging more to start up. The contribution of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to the…
Revenue effect of VAT expenditures in Germany and Poland
VAT collection is affected by many different factors. One of the most important of them is tax design. Special provisions of tax law such as tax exemptions, tax rate or tax base reductions may significantly decrease tax revenue. From the budgetary point of view they may therefor…
The impact of sensory environments on consumer buying behaviour: Astudy of visual displays and sight atmospherics
Twenty-first century consumers have a lot of power in relation to buying due to their changing and demanding needs and wants. The entire selling activity has become more convenient for consumers as they can search for and purchase products from online websites instead of going t…
Rating the quality of implementation of environmental management systems
A model of the environmental management system implementation is proposed in this paper. For this model the methodology of the quality implementation evaluation with the use of Formalized Scoring has been developed. The verification proves that the evaluation of the quality of t…
Macro-econometric assessment of the device of enterprise creation: The case of ANSEJ in Algeria
The purpose of this article is to present a macro-econometric quasi-experimental assessment of the device of enterprise creation: The case of the ANSEJ micro-enterprises. Our study retains the getting jobs criterion as a principal assessment. A statistical analysis of quarterly…
Customer interaction with controlled retail mix elements and their relationships with customer loyalty in diverse retail environments
Customer loyalty as an outcome holds various advantages for a retailer. It is therefore important that a retailer provides the type and level of retail mix elements for interaction that customers’ desire and which results in customer loyalty. In this study fou…
The relationship between big five personality traits, customer empowerment and customer satisfaction in the retail industry
Big Five Personality Dimensions are considered important to understand how consumers behave and tend to prioritize aspects in a retail business environment. This research provides evidence of how the Big Five Personality Traits, including Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientio…
Audit knowledge management strategies and audit job performance: A study of tax auditors in Thailand
The past decade, audit job performance and audit process have received much attention within auditors’ works. Job performance is regarded as a professional in assurance and consulting services that auditors are facing at the competitive situation. In Thailand,…
Management of university competitivenessbased on image creating research
The paper addresses the issue of image creating system for educational organizations. It emphasizes the need to apply more marketing tools in university management system to make it more flexible in adjusting to changes in the market economic situation and meeting clients' d…