ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Several studies have shown that abnormal returns can be generated simply by buying past winning stocks and selling past losing stocks. Being able to predict future price behaviour by past price movements represents a direct challenge to the Efficient Market Hypothesis, a...

In today’s business environment it is widely accepted that innovation is key to improving theeconomic performance of companies (Van der Panna et al. 2003) and for achieving andsustaining a competitive advantage in the market place.Based on the definition of radical innovation, a radical...

This thesis explores the innovation survival issue. As role players in an increasinglyglobal marketplace, businesses acknowledge that regular and constant innovation isthe key to remaining competitive. In other words, in order to be successful, businessesare compelled to operate and produce...

ENGLISH SUMMARY: The research documents the development of a conceptual framework, the improbable circumstances strategic (ICS) framework, which guides organisations in the preparation for improbable circumstances.Four fields include: strategic management, innovation, systems thinking and...

South Africa has an uneven distribution of economic wealth. The political history of recentdecades is the main reason for this phenomenon and has led to a situation where vastnumbers of citizens did not receive the necessary training and development to embark onself-employment or to be employed...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The crucial role of innovation in creating sustainable competitive advantage is widely recognised in industry today. Likewise, the importance of having the required information accessible to the right employees at the right time is well-appreciated. More specifically, the...

This thesis reports on a research project conducted at Stellenbosch University, focusing on the field ofinformation management, and contributing to the development of an approach for structuring information insuch a manner that context becomes apparent, which on its part assists persons (and...

This study intends to develop a decision support tool for new business developmentunits in South African consultancies. These consultancies endeavour to out‐license theirtechnology assets.The enterprise engineering model is examined and the rules and boundaries of theCartesian space is used to...

In this thesis, we study the repair shop scheduling problem(repair-to-stock) and the production/inventory system pricing and production scheduling problem(make-to-stock). For both types of problems, we compare the performance of different scheduling policies. For the make-to-stock type problem,...

Thesis (MScEng (Industrial Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011.