The roles of business relationships and B2B communication in selected European agri-food chains are analyzed. Using survey data from 1,026 farmers, food processors and retailers in two commodity sectors (meat and cereals) and five different EU countries (Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland,...

Advice provided by financial planners has the potential to impact the financial and emotional well being of clients. Despite the outcomes of quality financial planning relationships, there is little direct evidence to support the importance of ‘relationship quality’ in financial planning....

Organisational learning has been identified as a lasting source of competitive advantage in uncertain environments. Plentiful research has highlighted that knowledge and skills and the capabilities they develop are strategic resources and that effective utilisation of these resources enhances...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The determinants of capital structure form an important part of the finance profession.Contemporary capital structure theory began in 1958 when Modigliani and Millerindicated that in a perfect capital market, the value of a firm is not influenced by itscapital structure....

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The objective of almost all firms should be to maximise the wealth of shareholders.To achieve this goal, firms should use an optimal combination of debt and equity,which will consequently result in the lowest weighted average cost of capital. Firmstherefore need to determine...

The successful implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System can help an organisation to redefine its business processes and enhance its competitive advantage. An ERP System Implementation is a transformation project, which changes the way an organisation thinks and acts about...

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...

This study seeks to analyse the critical factors that influence the success andfailure of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Namibia in the Khomas Findings of the study indicate that there is a problem of business failure in theKhomas Region. Although business owners of successful and...

The potential buyer of a business evaluates the attractiveness of the transaction byconsidering the financial status of the business being sold. In determining thefinancial status of a business it is more important to determine the nature of the assetsand liabilities recorded on the balance...

AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Globalisering, tegnologiese vooruitgang, die Internet en veranderinge in Suid-Afrika vanaf 1994 het bygedra tot die huidige nuwe ekonomie. Indien organisasies wil oorleef in die nuwe ekonomie sal hulle moet aanvaar dat die nuwe ekonomie ‘n aantal nuwe uitdagings te weë...