Conducting market research in challenging environments

Posted on October 06, 2015

The Department of Marketing Management hosted Mr Joe Boniaszczuk, Marketing Sciences Director at GfK South Africa, on 19 September 2015. He presented a lecture on conducting market research in challenging environments to the MPhil Marketing Research students.

Paper on the effect of global capital flows receives award

Posted on October 06, 2015

Professor Nicola Viegi of the Department of Economics and his PhD student Haakon Kavli received the award for best paper in macroeconomics at the Economic Society of South Africa Conference, held in September 2015.

South Africa's competitiveness as a tourist destination examined

Posted on October 05, 2015

In a recent study by Prof Berendien Lubbe and her team at UP, researchers set out to determine South Africa's competitiveness as a tourism destination by finding out how the country is performing against its competitors.

Research affirms sustainability and value creation in a rural community

Posted on September 29, 2015

Dominique Pröbstl, a Communication Management master’s degree student in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, was involved in one of South Africa’s most ambitious corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects.

International labour academics hosted by Human Resource Management

Posted on September 29, 2015

No less than seven visitors from different universities all over the world visited the Department of Human Resource Management on 14 September 2015. These visitors, all academics in labour relations and labour law from Russia, the Netherlands, Hungary and Poland, were the guests of Dr Paul Smit.,...

Finding the perfect balance between money, the environment and people

Posted on September 23, 2015

Ms Yvonne Reilly, of UP's Department of Auditing, is focussed on using her skills to bring attention to South Africa's multi-layered wildlife industry and to address related concerns.

Private sector stakeholders eager to explore collaborative research opportunities

Posted on September 22, 2015

Prof Ernie Heath from the Department of Business Management co-presented a paper and chaired two sessions at the 2015 ATLAS Africa Conference, with the theme ‘Tourism and inclusive growth in developing economies’, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Economics student receives medal for research on renewable energy

Posted on September 18, 2015

Exceptionally relevant and important research regarding renewable energy in South Africa was recognised on national level when Mr Jaco Weideman received the Economic Society South Africa (ESSA) Founders Medal for Masters Research 2015 at ESSA’s Biennal Conference, held in September 2015 at...