ABSTRACT The study utilised the Small Business Uniqueness theory and the theory of Financial Management to analyse and explain the findings of this study. The main finding was that small businesses do not share the same financial management problems with large businesses. The small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in Namibia has contributed to the national economy of the country in various ways, including employment creation, adding value to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate challenges encountered in the implementation of NamPower strategic and business plan 2014-18. This research paradigm enabled the use of the mixed method approach which facilitated the interaction with respondents. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. This study limits itself to NamPower employees covering a total sample of 214 respondents drawn from 531 employees. This population was justified because it is the one mandated...
ABSTRACT The paper evaluates the implementation of Affirmative Action in Windhoek Municipality, officially known as the Municipal Council of Windhoek. This establishment is interchangeably referred to as Municipality, City Council or Windhoek Municipality in the discussions. The municipality operationalized affirmative action in 1993, largely because of previous white male domination in its municipal structures. Subsequent to the enactment of the Affirmative Action (Employment) Act No. 29 of...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to investigate motives influencing student decision to pursue graduate business education at Namibian business schools. In particular, it intended to determine how financial costs influence student’s decisions to opt for graduate business education; to define to what extent opportunity for career advancement is a reason that affect students to choose attend graduate business education and lastly, establish to what level is student’s choice of graduate bu...
ABSTRACT Effective and efficient security systems of organisations guarantee their safety. It is in this context that security personnel absenteeism poses a serious challenge to managements worldwide. It is on this basis that the study was conducted to find out the causes, effects and management implication of absenteeism on the Wa Campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS). The large student numbers, scattered locations of facilities both on the main Campus at Bamahu and the sate...
ABSTRACT Rural and Community Banks form part of the regulated financial sector by the Bank of Ghana. They serve as the largest providers of formal financial services to people living in rural areas. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of these Banks in the development of Micro Enterprises, such as bakery, craft, pito brewing, batik tie and dye production, weaving, blacksmithing, soap making, Shea butter and groundnut oil extraction, etc., in the East Mamprusi District of the No...
Abstract Risk and tracking error budgeting was originally adopted by large institutional investors, including pension funds, plan sponsors, foundations, and endowments. More recently, risk and tracking error budgeting have gained popularity among financial advisors, multi-managers, fund of funds managers, high net worth individuals as well as retail investors. These techniques contribute to the portfolio optimisation process by limiting the extent to which a portfolio can deviate from its ben...
ABSTRACT All around the world, many studies demonstrate the importance of Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) in lifting-up the economy and creating employment. Many governments around the world have created institutions with the aim to enhance SMME survival and growth. This in turn contributes to social and political stability in a country. Despite the importance of SMMEs to the economy and employment creation, in South Africa studies (Hallberg, 2000; World Bank, 2000; World Bank, 20...
Abstract The cost of higher education is rapidly increasing on both a global scale (Creed, French & Hood, 2015), and in the local South African context (Calitz & Fourie, 2016). This rise in costs has seen a commensurate increase in the number of university students who work, largely as a means to fund the increasing cost of their higher education (Butler, 2007; Cinamon, 2016; Owen, Kavanagh & Dollard, 2018). These working students are frequently referred to as non-traditional students in the ...
Abstract The spatial distribution of economic activity is unevenly distributed across regions within countries. Regional development policies and the incidence of crime rates, an important aspect of the quality of the local business environment, may both impact spatial disparities in economic activity. This thesis examines the relationship between regional development policy, the quality of local business environment, that is, security or lack thereof, captured by crime incidence, and regiona...
Abstract Financial innovations are considered important factors in the development of the financial sector and economic growth. Following the 2007/2008 financial crisis, their effects, both positive and negative, have become an issue of considerable debate, especially in industrialised countries. While a number of empirical studies on the effects of financial innovation have been undertaken for industrialised countries, few developing country studies exist. This is surprising, given the remar...
ABSTRACT Simulated transactions from a common–law perspective and whether this doctrine is still relevant in respect to the application of the current antiavoidance rules
1.1 Background to the study and statement of the problem The term climate change here is defined as variation in the mean state of climate or its continuing, long term variability (IPCC, 2003). Climate variability consists of the statistics of temperature, rainfall, wind, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods. This is unlike weather variability, which is the present condition of these elements and their variation ov...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the effects of shebeens in the society, particularly within the Greenwell Matongo residential area. Its overall aim was to explore the community members’ perceptions towards the effects of shebeens, thus it investigated their views and experiences around the signing of shebeen consent letters, and the shebeen monitoring system. A qualitative research approach was employed, and, a phenomenological design was used. Data were collected through a semi-structured ...
ABSTRACT The aim of the thesis was to explore the relationship that exists between access to bank finance by manufacturing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and the employment they create in the Khomas region. Employment creation is the dependent variable and defined as a measure of the net increase in employment levels over a two-year period. Access to finance is the independent variable and defined as a business condition wherein SMEs can obtain the funds they need to invest and gr...