Author:Van Zyl, Warrick BoydDate:2010The use of ESOs as a form of employee remuneration has grown dramatically in recent years, fuelling a significant amount of research. The current accounting standards (IFRS 2 and IAS 33) do not reference this research and as a result the ...Read more
Author:Von Blottnitz, MagaliDate:2009The existence and prevalence of financial constraints has been extensively discussed in the international economic literature, and is implicit in debates on the performance and needs of South Africa’s Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises ...Read more
Author:Esekow, JeremyDate:2011Financial institutions are often reluctant to lend to smaller entrepreneurs due to perceived information asymmetry and lack of available collateral. At the nascent and new entrepreneurial levels, it is generally more difficult for loan ...Read more
Author:Maguire, William Alexander ArthursDate:1991This thesis examines the impact on share prices of voluntary reporting of financial targets and constraints, particularly the target rate of return, target dividend payout ratio and target debt ratio. Hypotheses developed about of this reporting ...Read more
Author:Assaf, Nafieh AhmadDate:2011Corporate governance is not a new concept, although researchers have only shown interest in the topic in the past few decades. The recent financial crisis reignited debate on appropriate mechanisms for making management more accountable to ...Read more
Author:West, CraigDate:2009This thesis tests, firstly, the relevance of the OECD Model article 17 (the sportsperson article). Secondly, and accepting the current format of the sportsperson article in South African Double Tax Agreements (DTAs), the withholding tax applied ...Read more
Author:Knight, Rory Francis MurphyDate:1983This dissertation presents a variety of empirical studies in financial accounting with an emphasis on the association between published accounting data and share prices. These studies are the first attempt at empirical research in accounting ...Read more