The Southern African Development Community's attraction to foreign direct investment
- Authors: Botha, Richard Kruger
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Southern African Development Community , Africa, Southern -- Foreign economic relations , Africa, Southern -- Economic integration , Africa, Southern -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8716 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/926 , Southern African Development Community , Africa, Southern -- Foreign economic relations , Africa, Southern -- Economic integration , Africa, Southern -- Economic conditions
- Description: In order to assess the question as to whether the Southern African Development Community in principle attracts foreign direct investment, literature and data have been cited that compared the economic profiles and relative privatisation programs of member states of the Southern African Development Community with relative high inflows of foreign direct investment with the economic profiles and relative privatisation programs of member states with relative low inflows of foreign direct investment. Qualitative research has been conducted, and the author is of opinion that generally the member states with relative high foreign direct investment inflows had economic profiles and relative privatisation programs that encouraged foreign direct investment, and member states with relative low foreign direct investment inflows had economic profiles and relative privatisation programs that deterred foreign direct investment inflows. From the above the author has inferred that the Southern African Development Community in principle attracted foreign direct investment, but not to its full potential. The reason may be that although the member states’ economic profiles are favourable for foreign direct investment, their economic growths tend to fluctuate, and the future economic profiles are therefore unpredictable. With the above in mind this mini-treatise aims to address the question as to what steps the governments of the Southern African Development Community’s member states could follow in order to attract foreign direct investment. iii The author is of opinion that the member states should endeavour to maintain an annual average economic growth rate, and that the governments continue to engage into privatisation programs in order to encourage foreign direct investment.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Strategies for sustaining family business through succession planning and family creed
- Authors: Gwiliza, Nwabisa
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: Family-owned business enterprises -- South Africa -- Succession , Family corporations -- South Africa -- Management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8537 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/193 , Family-owned business enterprises -- South Africa -- Succession , Family corporations -- South Africa -- Management
- Description: Family business literature reveals that the majority of family businesses do not make it to the second generation, and quite a few are fortunate to be passed onto the third generation. Succession planning is the critical issue that enhances continuity of the family business. Relational influences indicate that the balancing of family systems and business systems is more likely to encourage high quality succession. The development of effective practical governance systems can help the family business achieve its strategy. External influences indicate that owner role adjustment, defined as the predecessor’s “letting go” in the firm, as well as the development and mentoring of the successor, shape the effectiveness of succession in the family business.
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- Date Issued: 2005