Soc Sci‚ 29(3): 193-204 (2011) The Impact of Human‚ Social and Financial Capital on the Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa Olawale Olufunso Fatoki Department of Business Management‚ University of Fort Hare‚ Alice‚ P.B. X1314‚ Eastern Cape‚ 5700‚ South Africa Fax: 927-40-653-2248 E-mail: ofatoki@ufh.ac.za KEYWORDS Human Capital. Social Capital. Financial Capital. SMEs. Performance ABSTRACT The study investigates the impact of human‚ social and financial capital
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT success of this study required the help of various individuals. Without them‚ the researchers might not meet their objectives in doing this study. The researchers want to give gratitude to the following people for their invaluable help and support: To Jesus Christ‚ our Lord and Savior‚ for giving the wisdom‚ strength‚ support and knowledge in exploring things; for the guidance is helping surpass all the trials that the researchers encountered and for giving determination to pursue
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worldwide movement towards economic‚ financial‚ trade and communication integration‚ to simply put it‚ the process of globalization has brought many drastic changes and improvements on global business. Naturally globalization has brought rich dividends to apparel industry and has helped to manufacture products of superior quality and value. With all the positive contribution of globalization such as international sourcing‚ releasing of trade barriers have been instrumental in creating more employment
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the continuous inventions by telecommunication industries to meet up with the demand and this has significantly widened up the industry over the years. Consequently‚ telecommunication industry has impacted positively on National development and globalization. Thus‚ National development can be seen as a process that involves extending the benefits of development such as constructing of roads‚ sinking of boreholes‚ building of schools‚ hospitals‚ etc to the people. National development cannot be possible
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IS NUCLEAR ENERGY A SOLUTION TO THE ENERGY CRISIS? Contents * Abstract * Introduction * Report * Conclusion * Bibliography * Appendix Abstract Nuclear energy could be the future of energy and potentially solve the energy crisis problem. Nuclear energy is a sustainable energy source and it can provide millions of times the amount of energy output from a fixed mass of fuel than any other energy source‚ such as fossil fuel‚ for the same mass of fuel.
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HOMEWORK ACTIVITY on ’’Globalization’’ Deadline: Tuesday 24th September‚ 2013 Presented to Mrs. Sophia Miah by Laeticia Poiré-Hill In my own words‚ globalization can be seen as an ongoing process of integrating technology‚ economy‚ politics‚ communication and various cultural exchanges of the world without hindrance or any barrier whatsoever‚ it is an elimination of barriers to trade‚ communication‚ economic‚ political‚ and cultural exchange. The theory behind globalization is that worldwide openness
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Taxability of stolen money It has recently been reported in the press that SARS has lodged a claim for R183 million in income tax against the estate of the slain mining magnate‚ Brett Kebble in respect of the R2 billion allegedly stolen by him from the mining companies of which he was a director. It is further reported that the Master of the High Court has rejected the claim on the grounds that the amounts on which SARS sought to levy tax constituted money stolen by Kebble‚ and that stolen
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points with examples drawn from USA-Africa relations. Nations and people interact across boundaries for many reasons but the primary purpose may be for the exchange of trading goods‚ ideas‚ or services. Complexities arise among interactions when cultural differences and stereotypical assumptions are present. This presents the issue of power differentials especially in the case of African history. Since the Transatlantic Slave Trade‚ America interacted with West Africa through powerful empires and merchants
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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON MCDONALDS INDIA McDonald’s Corporation is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants serving nearly 70 million people every day‚ MacDonald’s is now proud to have become one of the world’s leading food service retailers in more than 119 countries‚ with more than 35‚000 restaurants including Canada‚ the Caribbean‚ Europe‚ Central and South America‚ Australia‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Southeast Asia‚ even Russia and China. It has the fastest growth rate in the fast-food
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2012 Globalization “Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world‚ not just to sell or to source‚ but to find intellectual capital - the world ’s best talents and greatest ideas” Jack Welch Prepared by: Ibrahim Khairat Mounir Ezzat Ragab Sherif Ismaiel Globalization 2012 Contents Introduction: ...................................................................................................................................................................
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