Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences: Recent submissions
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Capital structure and the financial performance of listed firms on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
(2016)The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of capital structure on financial performance of firms listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. Total leverage to asset ratio, short term leverage to asset ratio ... -
Decentralisation, private bulk water companies and urban domestic water supply: The case of Harare City
(2016-05)The global move towards decentralization and Private Sector Participation in water services is associated with neo-liberal reform strategies. With many governments having failed in providing social services such as water, ... -
Mergers and Acquisitions and Firm Performance in Zimbabwe
(2016-05)Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are one of the most important corporate growth strategy actions being used by companies the world over. Zimbabwe has not been left out. As such, this dissertation sought to investigate the ... -
Dollarisation and economic growth in Zimbabwe
(2016-05)The study investigated the effects of dollarisation on economic growth in Zimbabwe from Q1:2000 to Q4:2014. The variables included are gross domestic product per capita (GDPP), interest rates (lending), trade openness, ... -
Institutional dynamics of innovation platforms: A case study of conservation agriculture in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe
(2016-05)Platforms and fora to facilitate innovation and improved livelihoods at the local level are currently being implemented in Southern Africa including Zimbabwe and yet the institutional and livelihood performance of such ... -
The impact of external debt and debt servicing on economic growth in Zimbabwe, 1980-2011
(2016-05)The study looks at the impact of external debt and debt servicing on economic growth. Issues of external debt and their impact on economic growth have been gaining considerable momentum in the past decades. Zimbabwe’s debt ... -
Examining the impact external debt on economic growth in Zimbabwe (1980-2012)
(2016-05)This study sought to establish the impact of external debt on economic growth in Zimbabwe. The study was motivated by two reasons: government’s reliance on external debt as a way of resolving the debt crisis by seeking new ... -
An assessment of the efficiency of fiscalised electronic devices in improving revenue collection in selected companies in Harare: The case of the fiscal electronic tax registers
(2016-05)The study assessed the efficiency of Fiscalised Electronic Devices in improving revenue collection in selected companies in Harare using the case of the Fiscal Electronic Tax Registers. The study specifically seeks to ... -
Local level benefits of CBNRM: The case of Mahenye ward Campfire, Zimbabwe
(2016-05)CBNRM projects are meant for local people to benefit from managing and conserving natural resources around them. It is operational in the region but whether people benefit and the degree to which they do so is a matter ... -
Pricing disputes, technical efficiency and oligopsonistic market power: An analysis of seed cotton pricing disputes under contract farming arrangements in Zimbabwe.
(2016-05)Stochastic Frontier Analysis framework is used in this study to examine technical efficiency among small holder cotton farmers in Gokwe North district, Midlands Province in Zimbabwe. The study further analysed market power ... -
An assessment of compliance with City Council by-laws : Governing solid waste management among Glenview vendors
(2016)Solid waste management is a global problem which is affecting most nations and local authorities. Globalisation and urbanization are the main causes of the all the solid waste problems affecting the world. Population growth ... -
Exploring grassroots technological innovation: A study of informal sector enterprises manufacturing multi-crop threshers in Harare
(2013-08-30)This study sought to understand the development of technological innovation at Mbare Siya So in Harare. The principal thrust of this research was to establish the causative factors or determinants of innovation, the source ... -
Poverty determinants in Chivi district, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe: An application of econometric modelling techniques on household data
(2016-05)There has been lack of consensus on the determinants of poverty at household level and previous studies in Chivi utilised descriptive statistics in analysing poverty which is not very useful in determining the probability ... -
Determinants of demand for health care services in rural Zimbabwe: A case of Bikita District, Masvingo Province
(2016-05)The study investigated the determinants of demand for health care services in rural Zimbabwe using household data from Bikita District in Masvingo Province. Specifically the study examined the influence of socio- ... -
Forest management in Zimbabwe's Makonde District: Analysis of factors that influence decisions and practices in forest use
(2016-06)Zimbabwe, like any other country in Sub-Saharan Africa, is experiencing deforestation and environmental degradation at a rate which is believed to be not sustainable. Renewable and non- renewable natural resources are being ... -
The extent and determinants of intra industry trade in the food industry: The case of Zimbabwe and its five SADC trading partners (2000-2012)
(2016-05)Theoretical models of intra industry trade (IIT) have explained it using features of developed countries, and to this end many studies have mainly focused on industrialised nations. The turn of the millennium witnessed ... -
An analysis of drivers of the functional status of selected communal irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe: Lessons for climate change adaptation strategies
(2016-05)This study aims to determine the drivers of long-term functionality of selected communal irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe. The analysis is based on a nation-wide data set of 266 communal irrigations which were randomly ... -
Botswana's revealed comparative advantage
(2011-11)Analysis of Botswana’s competitiveness in world trade has been presented based on indices of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) calculated for the period 1999 and 2004. Results show that Botswana has RCA in diamonds, ... -
Dwindling access to basic services in Zimbabwe
(2010-03)The study narrates the decline in access to three basic publicly provided services, namely, health, education, and water and sanitation for Zimbabwe for the period covering 2000 to May 2009. Special emphasis is placed on ...
