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NWU STUDENTS EMBARKING ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THIS YEAR’S STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK 2020
Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) 2020 in collaboration with the bhive Enterprise Development Centre and the School of Management Sciences, provided students with a route map to embark on their journey from student to successful entrepreneur. SEW is a national initiative to alert students to the fact that employment is not their only option…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/leopards-lair-business-competition
LEOPARDS LAIR BUSINESS COMPETITION
Students from the North-West University (NWU) pulled out all the stops at the recent annual Leopards Lair business competition. Heading-up the competition is the NWU’s bhive Enterprise Development Centre in collaboration with the NWU’s Technology Transfer and Innovation Support office and the Vaal University of Technology (VUT). The…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/exciting-digitised-journey-enterprising-women-programme
EXCITING DIGITISED JOURNEY FOR THE ENTERPRISING WOMEN PROGRAMME
Small business owners are prepared for many things, but the COVID‑19 pandemic is not only leaving us uncertain about how to cope in these strange times, but has also resulted in an unprecedented shift in the way that we do business. Entrepreneurs may be wondering how to stay relevant to their customers and how to prepare for a post‑crisis world…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/penny-paws
A PENNY FOR PAWS
For Nelson Mandela Day on the 18th of July, the School of Management Sciences decided to have a charity drive for the Potchefstroom Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). Colleagues were asked to donate blankets, food, toys and/or cash for the shelter. Dr Goldberg and his team set off early on Saturday morning to collect parcels from colleagues and…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/achieving-successful-community-engagement
ACHIEVING SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community Engagement is increasingly seen as crucial to implementing high quality, efficient and collaborative projects. In addition, given the field of study we are in business management and marketing), it allows both colleagues and students to apply their skills and abilities in real-life situations, be it as consultants, board/committee …http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/community-engagement-2021
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2021
It goes without saying that we are all relieved that the year is over! The extent to which the virus will follow us into 2021 is anybody’s guess, but nonetheless, we are happy to wave goodbye to 2020 once and for all. The school’s Community Engagement Portfolio has pretty much been dormant this year, given the current situation. Some projects…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/economic-and-management-sciences/home-cloned
Home - Cloned
Dear school-leaver, in today’s fast-changing world of business, finding your place requires hard work. If words such as prosperity and success attract your attention, you are at the right place. This value-driven faculty offers you: Dynamic and quality education; High academic standards that are internationally evaluated; Accreditation with…, Fields of study, Accounting Sciences Business School Economic Sciences Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management Management Sciences Tourism Management, Research and Innovation, bhive EDC Global Innovative Forefront Talent (GIFT) TELIT-SA TRADE TREES WORKWELL OPTENTIA UARM MANAGEMENT CYBERNETICS NWU Faculty of Economic and Management Scienceshttp://commerce.nwu.ac.za/accounting-sciences/accounting-sciences-home-cloned
Accounting Sciences - Home - Cloned
The North-West University offers programmes designed for students who wish to become Chartered Accountants, Professional Accountants or Management Accountants on three campuses, namely the Mahikeng Campus situated in Mahikeng, the Potchefstroom campus and the Vanderbijlpark Campus situated in Vanderbijlpark. Forensic Accountancy is also offered…, Fields of Study (Qualifications), This is one of the university’s flagship programmes, which is accredited with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Chartered Accountancy This professionally accredited programme is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills to become professional accountants in public practice and business. Financial Accountancy…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/sport-tourism
Sport Tourism
Sport tourism Major sport events were researched in the past including Two Oceans Marathon, Cape Town Cycle Tour, Dusi Canoe Marathon, Midmar Mile, Cape Epic, South Africa versus Australia five-day and Twenty20 international test & Global Sixes Cricket tournament, South Africa versus Brazil international soccer match and Ironman South Africa…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/mice
MICE Tourism
MICE Tourism, MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism is strongly related to business tourism. South Africa has become an ideal location for international conferences, conventions, trade shows and symposiums. Our research focuses on analysing the market attracted to trade shows and exhibitions, the economic impact of these business…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/naturetourism
Nature and wildlife tourism
Nature and event tourism, Our research has segmented, and profile visitors to selected national parks in the country identified visitors’ interpretation needs and advocated for the important role that national parks play in educating visitors to encourage conservation efforts. Other notable projects include investigating the biltong- and trophy hunting industry as well as…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/culinarytourism
Culinary tourism
Culinary tourism Our research focusing on the culinary festival and event visitors includes marketing and economic impact analyses as well as the markets information preferences, their environmentally friendly behaviour, motivations, memorable experiences and behavioural intentions. This research makes valuable theoretical and practical…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/marinetourism
Marine tourism
Marine Tourism South Africa’s tourism sector is intent on offering domestic and international travellers world-class marine and coastal tourism opportunities. These opportunities will expand the options available to travellers and increase the socio-economic value of tourism to South Africans. While marine tourism is one of the fastest-growing…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/resort_tourism
Resort tourism
Resort tourism Over centuries resorts across the world have played a pivotal role in tourism and can even be regarded as the backbone of tourism as we know and comprehend it today. South Africa is no different, and the country has numerous resorts attracting thousands of visitors annually. Hence there is strong competition among the different…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-research-economics-environs-and-society-trees/national-and-international-funded-research
National and international funded research projects
TREES has been involved in a number of national and international research projects, obtaining external funding as part of research consortia. National and international research projects continue to be a priority for TREES and extremely valuable. They promote internationalisation, networking, research collaborations, multidisciplinary research…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/green-bubbles-rise
Green Bubbles RISE
The most relevant internationally funded research project is the Green Bubbles project, an European Union (EU)-funded project under Horizon 2020 MSCA RISE actions (see also NWU news article on: http://news.nwu.ac.za/buoyant-nwu-pools-expertise-sustainable-diving-tourism). The project was a consortium of partners from countries including Italy,…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/ndt-project-tourism-sector-demand-and-supply
NDT project: Tourism sector demand and supply
Towards the end of 2020, South Africa's National Department of Tourism (NDT) opened a call for bids from South African higher education and research institutions to form part of the national department's research panel. The bid submitted by Prof Elmarie Slabbert (Director of TREES) and Dr Tafadzwa Matiza (Senior Lecturer in TREES) under the…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-research-economics-environs-and-society-trees/pubulished-research-outputs
Pubulished research outputs
Over several years, TREES has established itself as a leading tourism research entity that is contributing to alleviating the scarce skills in tourism research in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa (through post-graduate studies), as well as growing the field of knowledge through published research. Three programmes have been identified to form…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/TRADE
About us
TRADE is a dedicated research focus area within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West University (NWU), with expertise in Development Economics, International Trade, Applied Economics, Financial Markets, Supply Chain & Transport Economics As an established and multi-campus research entity, we have a presence across…, OUR VISION, Driving impactful economic research that shapes policy and promotes sustainable growth locally and globally. TRADE Visual, OUR MISSION, Through our work, we aim to support NWU, local communities, government, and the private sector in fostering a more inclusive, competitive, and productive economy — advancing knowledge, shaping policy, and promoting sustainable economic growth locally, regionally, and globally.http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/TRADE/research