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South African Budget 2019: Hard Choices in Tough Times
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Mboweni and his team had to find a way of putting the country on a path to fiscal sustainability, given the fiscal inheritance that his predecessors had left him.
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Member-focused PPS: Sustainability of a Business Model in a Changing Industry
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Was its niche in the insurance industry sufficiently deep? Could the dynamics of the financial markets have a negative impact on the company’s business model?
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The 2007/8 Global Financial Crisis: A Decade On
50,00 $CASE STUDY. While the general consensus was that the financial system had changed pursuant to 2008, as well as emerging stronger for all the changes that were made, the critical question remained – had it changed enough to prevent the events of 2007/8 repeating themselves?
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South African Budget 2018: Walking a Fiscal Tightrope
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Finding a way of halting the decline of South Africa’s finances while ensuring that the fiscus continued in its central role of supporting the poor.
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The South African National Minimum Wage Conundrum: Equality vs Growth?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. The South African government saw the national minimum wage (NMW) as a positive intervention that would address income inequality in the country and help to overcome poverty.
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Kalahari.com: Going Places with the Marketplace
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In February 2010, online retail company kalahari.com, launched the Marketplace, a trading platform aimed at allowing third parties to use the kalahari.com site to sell their goods.
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Standard Chartered Bank plc: Violating Banking Sanctions for Profit
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 6 August 2012, Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), announced findings from an investigation of Standard Chartered Bank New York (SCBNY).
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Anglogold: Choosing a Merger Target
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In February 2002, Johannesburg-based AngloGold Ltd lost its position as No1 gold producer to America’s Newmont Gold Corporation when Newmont outbid AngloGold in a merger deal with Australia’s largest gold company, Normandy Mining Ltd.
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Cape Herb & Spice Company: Choosing a Growth Strategy
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Irene Ivy-Schuurmans and Dale Kneen started the Cape Herb and Spice Company in 1992, selling their wares from a modest barrow at the Cape Town Waterfront.
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Yahluma: A Sustainable Business Model?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In September 2007, Pindiwe Holomisa and Nomaciko Ngoasheng, started Yahluma Solutions Ltd with the intention of building a contact centre in Buffalo City (Eastern Cape), and making use of a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) incentive to encourage the establishment of business process outsourcing and offshoring (BPO&O) businesses.
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Netflorist: Maintaining Momentum
50,00 $CASE STUDY. When Netflorist managing director Ryan Bacher was involved in establishing Netflorist, the company had the normal teething problems of building a business, but it didn’t have to worry about local online competition.
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African Bank Investments Ltd: Breaking through Microfinance Frontiers
50,00 $CASE STUDY. By May 2007, African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL) had, under the leadership of Leon Kirkinis, become one of the predominant players in the provision of financial credit services to the mass employed population of South Africa.
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Harley-Davidson® Motor Company: Bonding with the Biker
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Since 1996, when international motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson (Harley) first established a presence in South Africa, the company had grown from only one dealership to seven independent dealerships in 2007.
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South Africa: the Battle for Social and Economic Policy
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On Saturday 13 January 2007, the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, stepped up to the podium at a mass rally of African National Congress (ANC) supporters in Witbank, Mpumulanga to deliver the annual January 8 Statement of the ANC National Executive Committee (NEC).
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