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Proactive marketing and financial management for Small and Medium Enterprises
(Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce (BIAC), 2006-05)Although the discovery of diamond has propelled Botswana from one of the poorest countries in 1966 to a middle-income developing nation, the country still faces the problems of economic diversification, employment creation, ... -
Problems and Prospects of Technology Transfer in Developing Economies: A Review
(Science Publications / ANSI Journals; http://www.ansijournals.com/3/c4p.php?id=1&theme=3&jid=jas, 2002-03)Large-scale industrialisation policies and programs have proved themselves impractical to developing economies due largely to resource constraints. Small and Medium Industries (SMIs) play an important role in the transformation ... -
Rebranding an institution of higher education in Botswana
(Macrothink Institute; http://www.macrothink.org, 2012)The issue of rebranding institutions of higher education has attracted little attention in scholarly publications. However, intense competition in the higher education market has forced institutions to modify elements of ... -
The relationship between information technology usage and the planning behavior of SMEs in developing economies
(Science Publications / ANSI Journals; http://www.ansijournals.com/3/c4p.php?id=1&theme=3&jid=itj, 2002-06)The relationship between the degree of information technology usage, company size and its strategic planning practices has critical implications for sustainability of firm competitiveness. However the relationship has been ... -
A review of the literature on employee turnover
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/ajbm, 2007-06)“Employee turnover” as a term is widely used in business circles. Although several studies have been conducted on this topic, most of the researchers focus on the causes of employee turnover but little has been done on the ... -
The role of demographics on decision-making styles of Botswana's retail shoppers
(Macrothink Institute; http://www.macrothink.org, 2014)The current paper presents findings on key decision-making styles adopted by retail shoppers and how such styles are influenced by gender, age, education, income and marital status in an attempt to facilitate a sound ... -
Role of Information Communication Technologies adoption in SMEs: evidence from Botswana
(Academic Journals, www.academicjournals.org, 2009)The study tries to find out the driving forces for ICTs adoption, benefits, ICTs tools and barriers to ICTs adoption by SMEs.The methodology adopted for the study was a survey method whereby a conveneince random sampling ... -
The Role of Microcomputers in Small and Medium Enterprises: Are They Used in Strategic Decisions and Planning?
(Science Publications; ANSI Publications http://ansijournals.com/3/c4p.php?id=1&theme=3&jid=jas, 2001)Although strategic planning and information technology are key concepts in management research, they have been widely used in relation to only large firms. Only few studies attempted to examine the perceptions of small ... -
Segmentation analysis of financial savings markets through the lens of psycho-demographics
(AOSIS; http://www.aosis.co.za/, 2016)study seeks to contribute to the discourse of financial savings market segmentation. The study explores different segments of savers on the basis of demographic and psychographic characteristics that are unique to each ... -
The small business audit : problems faced by auditors in selected SADC countries
(Emerald Group Publications, www.emeraldinsight.com, 2007)Auditing lends credibility to financial statements of enterprises. The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has committed itself to the promotion of small businesses in member countries. This implies that auditors ... -
Small business critical success/failure factors in developing countries: some evidences from Botswana
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, www.ansinet.org, 2004)Although the discovery of diamonds has propelled Botswana from one of poorest countries in 1966 to its current economic status as a middle-income country, the country still face the problem of economic diversification, ... -
Strategic motives for alliance in the travel sector of tourism
(Routledge, www.routledge.com, 2009)The purpose of this article is to evaluate the strategic motives for alliance formation among tourism businesses. Based on past work on motivation for strategic alliance formation, this article identifies a set of motives ... -
A Test Measure Equivalence of Conflict Resolution Strategies in Joint Purchase Decisions
(Botswana Journal of Business, Faculty of Business, University of Botswana, 2006-09)The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the importance of ensuring the measure equivalence of marketing concepts in cross-cultural research. It is crucial to give attention to measure equivalence in cross cultural ... -
Testing weak-form market effeciency in emerging market: evidence from Botswana Stock Exchange
(World Scientific, www.worldscientific.com, 2007)Market effeciency is an area enormous interest in the financial literature. Numerous researches conducted imperical in testing weak-form market effeciency in several stock markets and employed various techniques but the ... -
Total quality management and the planning behavior of SMEs in developing economies
(Emerald; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0954-478x.htm, 2002)Examines the relationship between TQM perceptions, planning behaviour, and firm size in SMEs in Ethiopia. Primary data were collected from 57 SMEs through a questionnaire. However, as the study is a preliminary investigation, ... -
Tourism market potential analysis in Botswana: A Delphi study
(SAGE http://jtr.sagepub.com/, 2006-11)This article explores what would be the most probable scenario for the tourism industry in Botswana by the year 2020. A modified Delphi technique was used to generate data from 68 industry experts. The findings show ... -
Toward gender excellence in higher education in developing economies
(Science Publications / ANSI Journals; http://www.ansijournals.com/3/c4p.php?id=1&theme=3&jid=jas, 2002)The social and economic disadvantages faced by women, particularly in developing countries, has long promoted inquiry into gender stratification in the major socio-economic infrastructures. Higher education has increasingly ... -
Towards free trade in Southern Africa: the need to keep pace with world trends
(Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 1992)This paper examines the challenges and opportunities that present themselves to the Southern African region as far as free regional and international trade is concerned. The focus of the paper is on the Southern African ... -
Towards small business development through business incubation programmes: a review
(Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce (BIAC), 2004-11)The number of new indigenous business start-ups in Botswana has significantly increased during the past two decades. Unfortunately, the majority of them are not successful. Over 70% of new start-ups fail during their first ... -
Towards small business problem classification: a conceptual model
(Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce, 2005-11)Today's business environment is turbulent and requires firms, small or large, to be proactive and innovative rather than reactive and receptive if they are to survive and grow in it. Strategic awareness is a mental process ...