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Browsing Working Papers (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)) by Issue Date
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Saville, Adrian David; Firth, Kelly; Madinginye, Thulani
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2014)
GIBS Foreword: The capacity of a nation to save – through its citizens,
companies and the public sector – is strongly related
to its ability to achieve elevated, sustained and inclusive
economic growth and social ...
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Saville, Adrian; White, Lyal
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2015)
Foreword: Visa, in conjunction with our partners across Africa, touches the lives of over 500 million people, through
our services and innovations.
With our electronic payment network across the continent, we are helping ...
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Saville, Adrian David; Firth, Kelly
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2016)
Foreword: Visa, in conjunction with our partners across Africa,
touches the lives of over 500 million people, through our
services and innovations. With our electronic payment
network across the continent, we are helping ...
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Saville, Adrian
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2017)
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Oosthuizen, Marius; Linde, Elrich; Durrant, Kerry-Lee; Gopaldas, Ronak
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2017)
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Marks, Jonathan T.; Hidden, Karen
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2017)
The challenge of sustainability has been a
long-standing debate within society in general
and the business community in particular. Gar rett Hardin in his seminal article ‘The Tragedy of
the Commons’ eloquently ...
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Moore, Rory; Narsalay, Raghav; Seedat, Yusof; Sen, Aarohi; Chen, Jeff Yu-Jen
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2017)
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Thompson, John
(2018)
We work in business environments characterised by
hyperconnectivity, distributed leadership, matrix styles of
managing and leading, and a pace of change that demands
leadership agility. Businesses operate in what is ...
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Binedell, Nick
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2018)
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Mamabolo, Mathukhwane Anastacia; Barnard, Helena
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2019)
Workplace stressors are understood to be the result of a misfit
between employees and their teams, supervisors, job or the
organisation. However, in speaking to C-level executives in
large companies in Africa, GIBS ...
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Saville, Adrian David; Macleod, Ian
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2019)
This note is devoted to stories of transformation and
change, stories of countries, communities and families
that make the journey from ‘poor’ to ‘prosperous’.
These are not stories of miracles that peddle in false
hope ...
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Barnard, Helena; Mamabolo, Mathukhwane Anastacia
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2019)
Western management literature seldom considers the role of
faith in how executives fulfil their obligations. But on the African
continent, faith is a key element of management. A research
project conducted by GIBS ...
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Moore, Amy Fisher; Hawarden, Verity
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2019)
The challenge for business schools is to continue to present the
practical, applied, best practice business knowledge that they are
known for, but using an approach that sets learners up to make
connections between ...
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Slavova, Mira; Mamabolo, Mathukhwane Anastacia; Myres, Kerrin; Morgan, J.P.
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2019)
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Babb, Sarah
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2019)
This white paper outlines how the process of leadership identity
development reinforces the management development programme
and the value it brings to the organisation and individual. “For
the most part, the learning ...
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Cilliers, J; Oosthuizen, M; Kwasi, s; Alexander, K; Pooe, T.K; Yeboua, K; Moyer, J. D
(2020)
This report presents three scenarios on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa using economic growth
forecasts, mortality and efforts to ameliorate impact through social grants. Likely effects are
examined on per capita income, ...
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McNamee, Mpho; Mhizha, Tendai; Bouwer, Cara
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2020)
Neither the King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South
Africa (Institute of Directors South Africa, 2016), nor the
Institute of Directors South Africa (IoDSA) have, as yet, made
recommendations about the number ...
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Luke, Lifikile; Lew, Charlene
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2020)
This paper explores the nature and development of the global
mindset of black senior executives in South Africa. A global
mindset comprises intellectual, social and psychological
capital, and enables executives to ...
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Erasmus, Alet C. (Aletta Catharina)
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2020)
Flexitime, flexi-place work is well-established among
professionals, consultants, and managers. However,
during 2020’s global COVID-19 pandemic, remote
working swiftly emerged as the only viable option to
keep companies ...
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Teece, David; Brown, Kieran; Alves, Phil; Mthombeni, Morris; Mondliwa, Pamela
(Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), 2020)