School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
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Accounting [38]
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Economics and Finance [154]
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Finance [3]
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Maritime Studies [6]
Recent Submissions
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Pre and post-electoral violence dynamics in a fragile state: what is the sustainable solution to the electoral violence in Zimbabwe?
(2017)Elections are a defining characteristic of the tenets for democracy, and thus form an integral part of the democratization process. Over the past three and a half decades, Zimbabwe’s electoral processes have been pervaded ... -
Bills of lading and the use of maritime letters of indemnity.
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Carbon emissions compliance and its impact on transport costs.
(2019)The United Nations has increased its focus on environment issues that have been contributing to climate change. After the formation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1994, the International ... -
The contribution of seaborne commerce to the South African economy.
(2020)The dissertation seeks to address the contribution of seaborne commerce in the South African economy. Basically the research is trying to look at the development of the carriage of goods by sea to and from South Africa, ... -
Drivers of mergers and acquisitions and firm value growth in emerging markets.
(2019)This study investigates drivers of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and firm value growth in emerging markets. It was targeted at acquirer firms from emerging markets since there is a continuous surge in acquisition ... -
Adaptive market hypothesis and calendar anomalies in selected African stock markets.
(2019)It takes a theory to beat a theory. However, whether the adaptive market hypothesis (AMH) offers better explanations for stock return behaviour than the popular efficient market hypothesis (EMH) still remains a question ... -
Government budget deficits in South Africa.
(1997)The Government of National Unity, on coming into power in April 1994, indicated its intention to transform the economy through a growth-oriented reconstruction and development programme (RDP). The sustainability of the ... -
Financial capability, financial socialisation and professional skills of Accounting students studying in KwaZulu-Natal universities.
(2019)The global discourse on financial capability and financial socialisation has gained momentum in recent times. Professional skills gradually become an issue that prospective employers say most graduates are missing. This ... -
An assessment of the implementation of the performance management strategy used by South African breweries in east coast region.
(2018)Performance management is aimed at constant development of employees, wherein their input to the organization is acknowledged, and their future potential and developmental needs are identified. In other words, performance ... -
An econometric analysis of the equity returns-inflation relationship in South Africa.
(2019)Previous empirical evidence regarding the nature and magnitude of the relationship between equity returns and inflation has proven to be conflicting and inconsistent. Although several papers have considered this issue, ... -
Perspectives on legalistic („formal‟) and indigenous („informal‟) child adoption in a rural IsiZulu-speaking community.
(2017)This is a study about the representation of theoretical perspectives in accounting textbooks used in the last phase of senior secondary education in Lesotho and South Africa. The study examined the use of language in the ... -
Agricultural cooperatives as strategy for rural development in Rwanda: a case study of COVEPAR.
(2005)When agricultural cooperatives are very well organized and implemented with sufficient means and committed people, then they can help to achieve rural development. COVEPAR- Cooperative for Valorization and Exportation of ... -
Assessing the viability of humanitarian intervention as the shield for human rights: Case studies of Kosovo, Libya, and Iraq.
(2018)On one hand, the end of the Cold War hatched new forms of wars and conflicts. On the other, oppressive regimes intensified their unromantic treatment towards their citizens, in so doing, misusing their sovereignty as the ... -
The interplay of different types of capital on amplifying small business entrepreneurship performance in Cameroon: a case of Douala and Yaounde.
(2019)There cannot be a firm without entrepreneurship, and for the exercise of effective entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial capital is indispensable. Drawing from the resource-based theory, this study assesses the interplay of ... -
Capital flow volatility, financial deepening and capital market performance in low-income countries.
(2018)This study sheds light on the sources and impact of foreign capital flow volatility and its directional linkages with financial deepening and capital market performance in low-income Southern African Development Community ... -
Complicated colorectal cancer : prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal teaching hospitals.
(2018)Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common +cancer in the world. According to National Cancer Registry in 2004, was listed the 4th most common cancer in South Africa. The average person’s lifetime risk ... -
Inter-regional child mortality, programme efficiency, and throughput: an evaluation of the Ethiopian health extension programme.
(2018)Background: Despite the remarkable improvement Ethiopia had made in the overall health outcomes, such as reducing under-five child mortality rate, there were substantial variations in the rate of progress across its ... -
Material flow cost accounting practices and resource efficiencies in South African sugar industry.
(2019)Given the backdrop of inefficiencies and declining productivity in the South African sugar industry, this study examined material flow cost accounting (MFCA) as a decision-making toolkit for improving resource efficiency ... -
The nexus between mobile phones diffusion, financial inclusion and economic growth: evidence on African countries.
(2018)The following thesis comprises three discrete empirical essays on the interplay among mobile phones diffusion, financial inclusion and economic growth in Africa. The first essay examines the condition of financial inclusion ...
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