Electricity prices are known to have special statistical properties, where long-memory effects, varying-level periodicities, cross-dependencies and other exogenous influences often work together to form a complex data-generating process. The need for accurately representing all these features...

Various studies have been carried out to establish the key drivers impacting small enterprise performance in developing countries. Despite many policy-oriented studies to uncover the structure of SMME performance in emerging markets, SMMEs continue to demonstrate lagging performance. Guided by a...