Towards the end of the 20th century there were almost 500 small towns of fewer than 50 000 persons in South Africa, accommodating about one tenth of the country’s population. Little was known or said in national debates about the future of these places. A decade later this situation had changed and many studies have been or are being undertaken on small towns. For instance, the South African Government recognised that to stem the continued migration from rural to urban areas, a different approach was needed to economic development in rural municipalities and a ‘Small Towns Regeneration Project’ was initiated. Concerns about a perceived decline of rural towns also stimulated a quest to develop or find methods and/or measures to monitor the w...
This thesis is an assessment of the experience of small town local economic development in four town...
M.Sc. (Geography)From as early as 1995, South Africa identified Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (...
The study looked at the role and contribution of entrepreneurship industry to foster social and econ...
Towards the end of the 20th century there were almost 500 small towns of fewer than 50 000 persons i...
Enterprise richness (measured by the number of enterprise types) showed a statistically significant ...
We investigated proportionalities in the enterprise structures of 125 South African towns through ex...
Small town economic decline has been experienced in many countries across the globe and can be expla...
Stagnant exports per capita and growing poverty in South Africa necessitated an examination of the l...
Small towns internationally and in South Africa are becoming increasingly marginalised, and they are...
Bernstein (2000) defines small towns in South Africa as settlements in commercial farming areas as w...
Globally, nations depend on small businesses as engines for economic growth. Small to Medium Tourism...
Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010It is an acce...
Two concepts, (1) companies are 'living' entities and (2) 'company ecology', stimulated our hypothes...
Small towns represent a neglected area of study in South Africa, particularly those with a populatio...
Statistically significant Pareto-like log-log rank-size distributions were recorded for population a...
This thesis is an assessment of the experience of small town local economic development in four town...
M.Sc. (Geography)From as early as 1995, South Africa identified Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (...
The study looked at the role and contribution of entrepreneurship industry to foster social and econ...
Towards the end of the 20th century there were almost 500 small towns of fewer than 50 000 persons i...
Enterprise richness (measured by the number of enterprise types) showed a statistically significant ...
We investigated proportionalities in the enterprise structures of 125 South African towns through ex...
Small town economic decline has been experienced in many countries across the globe and can be expla...
Stagnant exports per capita and growing poverty in South Africa necessitated an examination of the l...
Small towns internationally and in South Africa are becoming increasingly marginalised, and they are...
Bernstein (2000) defines small towns in South Africa as settlements in commercial farming areas as w...
Globally, nations depend on small businesses as engines for economic growth. Small to Medium Tourism...
Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010It is an acce...
Two concepts, (1) companies are 'living' entities and (2) 'company ecology', stimulated our hypothes...
Small towns represent a neglected area of study in South Africa, particularly those with a populatio...
Statistically significant Pareto-like log-log rank-size distributions were recorded for population a...
This thesis is an assessment of the experience of small town local economic development in four town...
M.Sc. (Geography)From as early as 1995, South Africa identified Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (...
The study looked at the role and contribution of entrepreneurship industry to foster social and econ...