This is a post I've been wanting to write in a while and it is linked to my last post. In the last one I looked at how to implement a few of the elements in an economic slowdown without incurring excessive expense. In researching that post I re-read many of the codes again and […]
This is my latest article. It’s free for circulation, distribution and syndication – all I want is my byline and contact details at the bottom. It has been published by the Skills Portal. Managing BEE in an economic slowdown Many economists argue that the world is not entering into a recession but with the US
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The Chamber of Mines has reported back on its AGM. The industry is forfeiting R5-10billion a year in fixed investment because companies could not invest in projects without legal title. 20 000 jobs have also been dropped in the last two years. A survey undertaken by the Chamber in July found that (I’ve only included
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A front page story in today’s Business Day. EmpowerDEX conducted a survey of 99 listed companies and found that "companies with the highest empowerment ratings dramatically outperformed their peers when it came to growth in profit margins over the past three years. By contrast, the least empowered 50 companies saw their profit margins grow a
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The Business Day carried this submission today, Ingredients to make an economy grow. It’s written by Augusto Lopez-Claros, the chief economist for World Economic Forum. Lopez-Claros has identified eight important factors, policies and institutions which best contribute to boost productivity and thus economic growth. I have long argued that BBBEE is an economic plan with
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