Browsing Business Studies Staff Publications by Issue Date
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Market and Channel Preference of Manufacturing Exporters: A Study of Zimbabwean Companies
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2001)This article reports the results of a study on market and channel selection and preferences of manufacturing exporters. The main objective of the study is to identify market and channel preferences of Zimbabwean firms. ... -
“Think Manager, Think Male”: Does It Apply to Zimbabwe ?
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)Over the last two decades in which empirical studies on gender and leadership styles have been undertaken, the findings have consistently confirmed that people’s perceptions have not changed from using leadership traits, ... -
Relationships Between Firm Characteristics and Export Constraints in SME Exporters
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003)This article presents results of an exploratory nationwide survey of 124 manufacturing companies in Zimbabwe involved in exporting all over the world that was undertaken during the last quarter of 1999 and first quarter ... -
Epidemiological studies of amphistome infections in cattle in the highveld and lowveld communal grazing areas of Zimbabwe
(Oasis Open journals, 2005)During the period between January 1999 and December 2000, the distribution and seasonal patterns of amphistome infections in cattle in the highveld and lowveld communal grazing areas of Zimbabwe were determined through ... -
Does Money-growth Still Granger Cause Inflation and Economic Growth in Zimbabwe
(Southern Bureau of Strategic Studies Trust, 2009)The purpose of this study is to analyze, in the light of Zimbabwe's economic crisis, whether there is a stable and predictable relationship between monetary aggregates and macroeconomic variables such as output and prices. ... -
Usability of Eisenhardt’s Process in the Emerging Economy of Zimbabwe
(MaCotra, 2010)My intensive literature search on the application of Eisenhardt’s (1989) eight steps of building theory from case study research revealed that no-one had tried out the process in Africa. Further evidence suggested that ... -
A Synthesis of Challenges and Themes From Four Zimbabwean Companies
(MaCotra, 2010)In the study, a longitudinal multiple case design was used to capture the experiences (in transformation) of four Zimbabwean companies spanning from 1980 when Zimbabwe attained its independence to 2000. This article ... -
A Teaching/Learning Case History of FINANCE in Zimbabwe
(MaCotra, 2010)An intensive literature search on transformation, change management and leadership revealed that the transformation theory arena has been driven by case studies. However, the case studies cited were predominantly Western. ... -
A Teaching/Learning Case History of LEISURE in Zimbabwe
(MaCotra, 2010)An intensive literature search on transformation, change management and leadership revealed that the transformation theory arena has been driven by case studies. However, the case studies cited were predominantly Western. ... -
Marketing Role within the Firm
(2010)Consumer behaviour is determined by economic, psychological and sociological considerations. It is important to study non-economic buying motivations as these are present in the buying of industrial goods and services as ... -
The 1980 to 2000 Context for Zimbabwean Companies
(MaCotra, 2010)A longitudinal multiple-case design was used to capture the experiences (in transformation) of four Zimbabwean companies spanning from 1980 when Zimbabwe attained its independence to 2000. The within case analysis prompted ... -
A Teaching/Learning Case History of CROP in Zimbabwe
(MaCotra, 2010)An intensive literature search on transformation, change management and leadership revealed that the transformation theory arena has been driven by case studies. However, the case studies cited were predominantly Western. ... -
Selected Best-Practice Cases
(MaCotra, 2010)An intensive literature search on transformation, change management and leadership revealed that the transformation theory arena has been driven by case studies. However, the case studies cited are predominantly Western. ... -
Gathering information for Marketing Decision-Making
(2010-06)Marketing research is concerned with developing and analyzing the “facts” that help marketing managers do a better job of planning, executing and controlling. Marketing research is much more than a bundle of techniques or ... -
Foreign Trade
(2010-06)The importance of foreign trade in general and exporting in particular to a country’s economy cannot be over emphasised. It is through exporting that a country earns foreign exchange to buy essential products it does not ... -
Corporate Diversification Strategies
(2010-06)Attention shifts from formulating strategy for a single-business enterprise to formulating strategy for a diversified enterprise. Because a diversified firm is a collection of individual businesses but corporate strategy ... -
Marketing Role in Society
(2010-06)One reason for studying marketing is that, as consumers, a large share of purchasing dollar goes for marketing activities. Professor Reavis Cox (1995) estimated that 41.7 of this dollar is consumed by distribution activities. ... -
Individual at work: Physical Characteristics, skills and Personality
(2010-06-29)Organisations in their collective sense are composed of individual human beings. These individuals act out their working lives within the framework of an organizational structure and in the context of particular ... -
Organisational Behaviour
(2010-12-23)Mullins (2005) defines organisational behaviour as the study and understanding of individual and group behaviour and patterns of structure in order to help improve organisational performance and effectiveness. Cole (1998) ... -
Marketing: Packaging and branding
(2010-12-23)A total product is much more than a physical product. If a product is involved, it probably needs packaging. Further, physical products and services probably should be branched to make sure that they are clearly identifiable ...