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Organic agriculture: The trade-off between financial and non-financial benefits

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2016
The threats of climate change have compelled humans to consider the environmental impact of their decisions, including those relating to agricultural practices.
Joset-Jordaan Marais, Riëtte Eiselen
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Predicting Fraud by Investment Managers [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
Abstract We test the predictability of investment fraud using a panel of mandatory disclosures filed with the SEC. We find that disclosures related to past regulatory and legal violations, conflicts of interest, and monitoring have significant power to predict fraud.
Dimmock, Stephen G., Gerken, William Christopher   +1 more
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Efficiency Advantages and Incentive Mechanism of PPPs: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis under the Chinese Scenario

Advances in Civil Engineering, 2018
Based on the PPP efficiency system which consists of allocation efficiency, process efficiency, and individual efficiency, we use qualitative comparison analysis of fuzzy sets to study the efficiency advantages of the public-private partnership under the
Xiaowei Dong, Yali Du, Xianhua Wu
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Emerging market analysis of passive and active investing under bear and bull market conditions [PDF]

Journal of Capital Markets Studies
Purpose – Stirred by scant regard for market phases in portfolio performance assessments, the current paper investigates the active versus passive investment strategies under the bull and bear market conditions in emerging markets focusing on South ...
Thabo J. Gopane, Noel T. Moyo, Lesego F. Setaka   +2 more
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The co-movement between copper prices and the exchange rate of five major commodity currencies

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2013
In this study, the relationship between movements in the exchange rates of five commodity currencies (Australia, Canada, Chile, China, and South Africa) in terms of the United States Dollar (USD) and the spot USD copper price was analysed.
Corlise le Roux, Gideon Els
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Volatility and risk of equity in retirement portfolios

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2015
Financial planners often manage volatility believing that it is the same as managing risk. The FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index (Topi) and the FTSE/JSE All Share Index (Alsi) were used as samples to investigate volatility and risk in equity investments.
Paul Snyman, Nico Smith
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Corrigendum: Mobile money and regional financial integration: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2021
No abstract available.
Jonathan Tembo, Chioma Okoro
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Testing weak form efficiency in the South African market

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2015
This paper furthers the work on efficiency of developing markets with specific focus on the JSE Limited. Empirical work on the efficiency of the JSE has been mixed; evidence both in favour of and against weak form efficiency is prominent.
Elmar Grater, Jean Struweg
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Effective synergic interaction of strategic business units of diversified company [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2017
Integration processes in the global economy promote the development of diversified integrated companies, representing a group of legally and economically independent and/or affiliated companies that carry out joint activities based on interaction and ...
Oksana Zhylinska, Alla Stepanova, Iryna Horbas’   +2 more
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Blockchain technology in the clearing and settlement industry in South Africa

Acta Commercii, 2023
Orientation: The monopolistic nature of the clearing and settlement industry in South Africa impedes competition and the adoption of new technologies on account of profitability and total market share; there is little incentive to adopt new technologies ...
Musimuni Dowelani, Chioma Okoro, Abel Olaleye   +2 more
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