In South Africa, small enterprise development is at the top of the government agenda. However, a significant issue lies in the type of skills and support necessary to develop SMMEs through the various phases of the business cycle. This study addresse...
An investigation of the difficulties that confronted SMMEs in uMhlathuze Municipality because of the COVID-19 crisis was the purpose of this research. Given the novelty and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, this research was motivated by the desire...
The rapid development of digital technology has prompted many enterprises to carry out digital transformation. For SMMEs (small- and medium-sized equipment manufacturing enterprises), digital transformation is not only a necessary measure to deal wit...
This study examines the application of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) frameworks within small, medium, and micro-enterprises (SMMEs), highlighting how interconnected autonomous agents improve operational efficiency and adaptability. Using the P...
While the importance of the banking sector on various fundamental economic variables is well-documented in the literature, little is known about the relationship between the bank market structure and access to finance for opaque firms, particularly i...
The success of small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) is especially important for increasing employment and economic growth that is sustainable in developing nations. SMMEs are reported to be more successful if they use particular business mana...
Studies have shown that the construction industry (CI) contributes significantly towards economic growth. As indicated by numerous scholars, most of the operations within the industry are carried out mainly by Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises (SM...
In recent years, green innovation has gained substantial attention and popularity from the manufacturing industry around the world. As an essential part of the manufacturing industry, small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs) are vital...
In recent years, the digital economy (DE) has gained significant attention for its potential in reducing carbon emissions (CE). This paper intends to explore the regional carbon reduction effect of the DE and the entrepreneurship of small and medium-...
Enterprises operating at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) find it difficult to simultaneously achieve economic (profitable growth) and social (poverty alleviation) outcomes. This study builds on a previously published systematic literature review that i...
Internal factors of Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) determine their technical efficiency, while external funding characteristics improve the quality of internal factors. Since the type of lending institutions and lending technologies prim...
How firms drive innovation in digital transformation remains largely unanswered and this article is an attempt in that direction to deconstruct the digital innovation of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs) realizability condition...
The study focuses on green competitive advantage from a multi-dimensional perspective, investigating the impact of green marketing tools and company descriptive variables on these dimensions. The data were collected from small, medium and micro enter...
Adventure tourism offers unique experiences while presenting environmental concerns related to resource consumption and waste generation. Studies integrating circular economy (CE) principles in adventure tourism, particularly in South Africa, are lim...
South African small, medium and micro enterprises, particularly township-based spaza shops, face barriers to adopting solar photovoltaic systems due to upfront costs, regulatory uncertainty, and limited technical capacity. This article presents a rep...
In South Africa, small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) have been recognized as the critical driving force to alleviate some economic challenges that the country faces. The challenges, such as the alleviation of poverty and the unemployment rat...
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) characteristics, absorptive capacity, and e-commerce adoption in SMMEs. To achieve this objective, the study analyzed primary data gathered from 2675 smal...
This research paper investigates the integration of sustainable performance metrics into digital maturity models specifically tailored for small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs), which represent a significant pillar of the Canadian...
Under the fierce business competition and sustainable development pressure, the pattern of enterprise innovation has gradually changed from independent innovation to cooperative innovation. As a collection of multi-type innovation actors, the innovat...
The small business sector is regarded as a catalyst of employment for the largest number of people around the world. To reduce massive unemployment and inequality in the country, the Government of South Africa introduced various initiatives to stimul...
The active aircraft defense problem is investigated for the stochastic scenario wherein a defending missile (or a defender) is employed to protect a target aircraft from an attacking missile whose pursuit guidance strategy is unknown. For the purpose...
Africa is counted amongst the cosmetic market contributors; however, South Africa’s remarkable plant diversity is still largely untapped in terms of its potential for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. Thus, we aim to provide a critical assessmen...
This research examines the overall performance achievement of social media marketing (SMM) in Bangladesh by determining whether social media is successful in creating brand consciousness (i.e., brand preference, brand attachment, brand association, a...
Small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMMEs) face intense competitiveness, necessitating ever greater productivity. Enterprises struggle to meet the demand for customized products while maintaining their productivity. The transition from...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the tourism industry, leading to global economic and societal disruptions, and a growing risk of a global recession. This project aimed to investigate the impact of the pandemic on conservation, c...
In urban South Africa, community-based social enterprises (CBSEs) face challenges at the intersection of financial and environmental sustainability and social purpose. These enterprises address social exclusion and community development within comple...
In this study, the performance of 33 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) global climate models (GCMs) in simulating precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) was assessed using data from 1961 to 2005 by an improved score-based method, w...