ENGLISH ABSTRACT:In an effort to streamline operations and focus on what they regard as core activities, a growingnumber of organizations from both developed and developing countries are increasingly lookingto outsource their software development and maintenance activities to lower cost...

In the fast-changing environment of today, organisations have a tendency to change theirstrategy to be able to adapt to changing circumstances. It has become increasinglyimportant for organisations to remain competitive in the marketplace. The managementof organisations is therefore showing more...

Knowledge is at present recognised as a company's most valuable asset and strategic resource in the creation of a competitive advantage. The ability and capacity to manage this recently accentuated intangible asset is fast becoming the most emphasised and critical executive skill for the...

Research was conducted in the area of sustainable knowledge extraction from e-business systems and technologies by exploring differentiating approaches from three notable authors seeking some common denominator to apply to a convergent approach in system conceptualization and design. It will be...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Marketing practitioners and academics are increasingly applying the concepts and techniquesof products or services branding to the branding of destinations. To date, most of thesestudies focussed on using product and services branding concepts for branding destinationson the...

The study was conducted to establish whether there is a need at the Medical Research Council for a formal CI function to be implemented. The objective of the investigation was to establish whether the CI techniques and methods, which are traditionally applied in the commercial industry, could be...

Research Problem: Research commences at the point where within our department we begin to reflect on penetrating a new market. At first this reflection can be a very unstructured thought, a conjecture, a question, or hypothesis. In our case, it was about entering the Brazilian telematics or more...

SMMEs provide opportunities for employment and economic growth for South Africa.SMMEs need to be as prepared as their larger counterparts in the ever-changing local andglobal business environment. In order to become not only successful but also sustainable, thesmaller enterprise must be aware of...

It is well understood that the modern business environment has become a very complex and uncertain arena. The only way that the modern organization can survive under these circumstances, is by “crafting” a strategy that will differentiate itself from its competitors. The process of strategy...

IntroductionInformation is increasingly attaining an unprecedented importance in companies and becoming the basis of competitive advantage. At Absa this has meant a significant shift in the way information is viewed, to such an extent that Management Information (MI) has been identified as one...