LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Prof Mias De Klerk

Welcome to the first edition of USB Management Review for 2020. As always, this online publication provides an opportunity to showcase our research by making research that is normally published in scientific journals or presented at scientific conferences available in practical format to a much bigger audience of practitioners.

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New wine into new wine skins: An alternative economic strategy for South Africa’s economic reconstruction Stellenbosch University’s Research and Innovation Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Carrots & Sticks 2020 – Sustainability Reporting Policy: Global trends in disclosure as the ESG agenda goes mainstream

January-June 2020

Features

Aug 04

25 minutes to read

Why is the private sector in Africa less likely to support peaceful development?
Businesses could contribute to stability in conflict-affected areas. But in many countries, also in Africa, they don’t...
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Aug 04

17 minutes to read

Software developers and flexibility: Can they be trusted to work from home?
Thinking about flexible work arrangements? This study looked at the benefits of working from home and/or flexitime for s...
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January-June 2020

Insights

Aug 04

15 minutes to read

Accelerating financial inclusion in South Africa: Are online stokvels the answer?
If stokvels are moved online, they can give more people access to savings and small loans. But certain barriers need to ...
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Aug 04

20 minutes to read

How a smartphone app can help employees beat procrastinating
Up to one in four adults are procrastinators. Can this be fixed by smartphone app that helps employees to beat procrasti...
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January-June 2020

Reports

Oct 14

8 minutes to read

New wine into new wine skins: An alternative economic strategy for South Africa’s economic reconstruction
Can the seven strategic interventions proposed in this report bring about an inclusive, equitable and sustainable econom...
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Aug 14

8 minutes to read

Stellenbosch University’s Research and Innovation Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
How does one make sense of Covid-19? In this report, USB’s lecturers unpack topics like entrepreneurial survival, valu...
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July-December 2019

About Research

Jun 11

15 minutes to read

Feedback from SciCOM 100 Conference: “Talk about your research, or there won’t be a next generation of researchers”
The best way to give the public access to your research and to make a contribution to the scientific and academic discou...
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Jun 07

5 minutes to read

Doing research to make a change in the world
Why do research? The answer is to make a change in the world by applying what we’ve learnt to impact policy, peers and...
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The importance of ethical clearance in research
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The ethic of care: An HR strategy to address obesity in the workplace
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Why publication in an academic journal matters
Insights
This is how South Africa can handle the growing demand for higher education
Features
What does it take to lead today’s technology innovators?
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Gender traits in relation to work versus career salience
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Independent record labels on the Cape Flats: How new technology can lead to new business models

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