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Research Interests: Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Finance, Computer Science, and 15 moreLaw, Economics, Industrial Organization, Microeconomics, Creativity, Machine Learning, Biology, Ecology, Computer Security, Emerging Markets, Competitive advantage, Assertion, Exploit, Mainstream, and Micro and Small Business Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship has been gaining popularity and attention across the globe as an essential source of economic growth and employment creation. Furthermore, entrepreneurship has increasingly attracted the governments and policy-making... more
Entrepreneurship has been gaining popularity and attention across the globe as an essential source of economic growth and employment creation. Furthermore, entrepreneurship has increasingly attracted the governments and policy-making institution's attention in recent years. This chapter's purpose was to analyse entrepreneurship's influence on the economic empowerment of small-scale agroprocessors in South Africa. This research was carried out in the five provinces of South Africa of Gauteng, Limpopo, North West, Free State and Mpumalanga. Moreover, the study focused on the influence of entrepreneurship on the economic empowerment of small-scale agro-processors in those provinces. A concurrent mixed-methods research design consisting of a semi-structured questionnaire with 503 small-scale agro-processors was conducted. A stratified sampling method was used, and data were analysed using a multiple regression method. The study found that entrepreneurship significantly influences the economic empowerment of small-scale agro-processors compared to resources and infrastructure. The findings of this study may inform policymakers, government agencies and scholars that access to market and transaction costs are essential entrepreneurship parameters which will facilitate the economic empowerment of small-scale agro-processors in South Africa. The key limitation of the study is that the research was only conducted in five provinces of South
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Food insecurity is becoming a global problem. To ensure that households are food secure, numerous instruments to measure and assess food indicators should be developed using the food indicators measurement. Only a few research have... more
Food insecurity is becoming a global problem. To ensure that households are food secure, numerous instruments to measure and assess food indicators should be developed using the food indicators measurement. Only a few research have investigated the evolution of household food insecurity indicators. This study aims to assess and measure food insecurity indicators in the Frances Baard District Municipality. A quantitative research design was used in this study, which includes descriptive, correlational, and explanatory research. For this study, a basic random sampling technique was used, with a sample size of 536 respondents. A total of 70.2 percent of the 536 households are large, with four or more individuals. The findings demonstrate a positive and significant relationship between not having any food [r= (534) = 0.452, p 0.001], household members eating few meals [r= (534) = 0.439, p 0.001], and a shortage of food for the households. These findings suggest that an increase in food-insecure households in this municipality might reduce food security by 11.6 percent (B =-0.499, p = 0.030). Home food security could be reduced by 11.2 percent (B =-0.547, p = 0.032) if household members go to bed hungry. Food security indicators in households should be used to assess food insecurity in the Frances Baard Municipality. Households with many dependents have a tough time getting food. To minimise food insecurity, it is suggested that domestic agriculture and food gardens be promoted and supported. The study revealed that women are mostly affected by food insecurity, government should develop measures to address food insecurity for women.
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Entrepreneurship has been gaining popularity and attention across the globe as an essential source of economic growth and employment creation. Furthermore, entrepreneurship has increasingly attracted the governments and policy-making... more
Entrepreneurship has been gaining popularity and attention across the globe as an essential source of economic growth and employment creation. Furthermore, entrepreneurship has increasingly attracted the governments and policy-making institution's attention in recent years. This chapter's purpose was to analyse entrepreneurship's influence on the economic empowerment of small-scale agroprocessors in South Africa. This research was carried out in the five provinces of South Africa of Gauteng, Limpopo, North West, Free State and Mpumalanga. Moreover, the study focused on the influence of entrepreneurship on the economic empowerment of small-scale agro-processors in those provinces. A concurrent mixed-methods research design consisting of a semi-structured questionnaire with 503 small-scale agro-processors was conducted. A stratified sampling method was used, and data were analysed using a multiple regression method. The study found that entrepreneurship significantly influences the economic empowerment of small-scale agro-processors compared to resources and infrastructure. The findings of this study may inform policymakers, government agencies and scholars that access to market and transaction costs are essential entrepreneurship parameters which will facilitate the economic empowerment of small-scale agro-processors in South Africa. The key limitation of the study is that the research was only conducted in five provinces of South
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Food insecurity is becoming a global problem. To ensure that households are food secure, numerous instruments to measure and assess food indicators should be developed using the food indicators measurement. Only a few research have... more
Food insecurity is becoming a global problem. To ensure that households are food secure, numerous instruments to measure and assess food indicators should be developed using the food indicators measurement. Only a few research have investigated the evolution of household food insecurity indicators. This study aims to assess and measure food insecurity indicators in the Frances Baard District Municipality. A quantitative research design was used in this study, which includes descriptive, correlational, and explanatory research. For this study, a basic random sampling technique was used, with a sample size of 536 respondents. A total of 70.2 percent of the 536 households are large, with four or more individuals. The findings demonstrate a positive and significant relationship between not having any food [r= (534) = 0.452, p 0.001], household members eating few meals [r= (534) = 0.439, p 0.001], and a shortage of food for the households. These findings suggest that an increase in food-insecure households in this municipality might reduce food security by 11.6 percent (B =-0.499, p = 0.030). Home food security could be reduced by 11.2 percent (B =-0.547, p = 0.032) if household members go to bed hungry. Food security indicators in households should be used to assess food insecurity in the Frances Baard Municipality. Households with many dependents have a tough time getting food. To minimise food insecurity, it is suggested that domestic agriculture and food gardens be promoted and supported. The study revealed that women are mostly affected by food insecurity, government should develop measures to address food insecurity for women.
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Introduction: While many emerging agricultural cooperative firms in the Central Free State of South Africa remain inclined to progress into mainstream markets, conditions of market exclusion continue to dampen their predisposition to... more
Introduction: While many emerging agricultural cooperative firms in the Central Free State of South Africa remain inclined to progress into mainstream markets, conditions of market exclusion continue to dampen their predisposition to exploit competitive opportunities. Since cooperatives determined to reach their full market potential must contemplate competitive positions in their value networks, the business strategy literature on cooperative firms foregrounds the theoretical assertion that the value network configuration significantly influences competitiveness. Purpose: This conceptual study challenges the assertion that emerging agricultural cooperative firms' value network configuration significantly influences their competitiveness. Methodology: Drawing on the transaction cost economics theory and a review of literature, the study sought to address the core constructs that constitute the claims, establishing, rather, that sustained competitive performance has a direct influence on the competitiveness of emerging agricultural cooperative firms. Findings: The findings suggest sustained competitive performance as the principal determinant of competitiveness and a function of the cooperative firms' ability to navigate through transaction interaction dynamics and configurational influences. Originality: The study links industry structure and competition intensity to configurational influences, manifesting in various drivers and indicators determining sustained competitive performance, a novel concept underexplored in cooperative entrepreneurial literature.
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Abstract The indicators of the internal resources factors in the small-scale agro-processing in South Africa have a complicated cluster of networks, inventory, and trademarks compared to the commercial agro-processing sector. However, it... more
Abstract The indicators of the internal resources factors in the small-scale agro-processing in South Africa have a complicated cluster of networks, inventory, and trademarks compared to the commercial agro-processing sector. However, it has been identified that the internal resources endowment of small-scale agro-processors is extremely weak. The study was carried out in the five provinces of South Africa, and the sample size was made up of 503 respondents. Face-to-face interviews were employed to collect the data in a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, where quantitative data collection was through closed-ended questionnaires, and qualitative was through focus group sessions. The results revealed that the network (β = 0.440, p = 0.000) forms an integral part of the factors that influence the small-scale agro-processors internal resource status in these enterprises. While trademark (β = 0.142, p = 0.000) and inventory (β = 0.138, p = 0.000) were found to have second and third impact respectively. As a result of the reported weakness in the business networks in the small-scale agro-processing enterprises, it is recommended that these enterprises form lobby organizations that will enable the internal resources base of these enterprises.
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Women’s economic empowerment has been South Africa’s policy priority since the country became a democracy. This paper examines the domains associated with the economic empowerment of small-scale female agro-processors in South Africa. A... more
Women’s economic empowerment has been South Africa’s policy priority since the country became a democracy. This paper examines the domains associated with the economic empowerment of small-scale female agro-processors in South Africa. A sequential exploratory mixed methods research design and a close-ended questionnaire were used to collect quantitative data from 503 small-scale agro-processors in five provinces. Qualitative data were collected during five focus group sessions aided by the focus group guide. The results show that production decision-making (β = 0,140; p = 0,003), access to productive resources (β = 0.140, p = 0.001), time allocation (β = 0.327, p = 0.000), and intervention (β = –0.353, p = 0.004) are the critical domains of small-scale agro-processing empowerment. The study revealed that only four domains of women’s economic empowerment have significantly improved the economic status of small-scale agro-processors. However, the combination of income, leadership, and...
Attraction of new inward foreign direct investment (FDI) globally, especially in the developing countries, is problematic. Economic development practitioners have recently started to prioritise the retention and growing of existing... more
Attraction of new inward foreign direct investment (FDI) globally, especially in the developing countries, is problematic. Economic development practitioners have recently started to prioritise the retention and growing of existing investments to enhance their economic development agenda. The purpose of this paper is to analyse and investigate the relationship between inward FDI and investment aftercare in South Africa (SA). Only a few studies have been carried out on the topic at the global level and none on SA as far as could be ascertained. A structured questionnaire was used to collate data, and 30 face-to-face interviews were conducted with 16 investment aftercare practitioners and 14 executives from the investment promotion agencies (IPAs) in seven of the nine provinces of SA. The main finding of the study is that although investment aftercare services are essential, they receive limited funding, staff and attention, and have not yet been developed in SA.
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Attraction of new inward foreign direct investment (FDI) globally, especially in the developing countries, is problematic. Economic development practitioners have recently started to prioritise the retention and growing of existing... more
Attraction of new inward foreign direct investment (FDI) globally, especially in the developing countries, is problematic. Economic development practitioners have recently started to prioritise the retention and growing of existing investments to enhance their economic ...
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... and spending are South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia and Mauritius. ... were not available during the publication of the UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2007 ... REGIONAL DESTINATION BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SADC... more
... and spending are South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia and Mauritius. ... were not available during the publication of the UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2007 ... REGIONAL DESTINATION BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SADC REGION This section outlines ...