Nisha Sewdass

• DPhil
• Professor (Full) at University of South Africa

The South Africa Foresight Exercise for Science, Technology and Innovation (SAForSTI) (2019, NACI Synthesis Report, Department of Science and Innovation. Republic of South Africa) identified the education for the future domain as one of the priorities for the new decadal plan for STI to achieving the vision of the National Development Plan 2030 whi...

SME liquor retailers operate in complex, strictly regulated, and competitive environments yet unlicensed liquor retailers are active in meeting demands of consumers, while large retail chain organizations with financial resources continue to enter the market posing a challenge for the SME liquor retailers to sustain themselves. This study uses comp...

For many years SMEs growth and survival in emerging economies depended on resources deployment including financial, skills, infrastructure etc. Such resources are undoubtedly important, but insufficient. The increase and heightened competition in the market requires innovativeness in SMEs. However, innovativeness is unthinkable without the consider...

For many years SMEs growth and survival in emerging economies depended on resources deployment including financial, skills, infrastructure etc. Such resources are undoubtedly important, but insufficient. The increase and heightened competition in the market requires innovativeness in SMEs. However, innovativeness is unthinkable without the consider...

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of market intelligence on marketing mix decision making in the Ethiopian brewery industry. Design– Data were collected by online questionnaire from 317 respondents from the Ethiopian brewery industry and the study applied a mono-quantitative approach with cross-sectional research desig...

In order to improve the growth prospects for agro-processors, this article explores the realm of competitive intelligence practices within the agro-processing sector in Limpopo Province, South Africa. This study was inspired by the province's abundant agricultural resources, which have the potential to stimulate the growth of the agro-processing in...

Education provides the building blocks for skills development for acountry’s labour market. Investment in education is hence an importantdeterminant of economic growth and has been associated with various economicbenefits. However, non-transition to tertiary education is a common phenomenon.This study examined the probability of a specified age coh...

The purpose of this article is to extend the Competitive Intelligence (CI) business ecosystem concept and measurements, as developed by our previous work, to South Africa. The article is based on a pioneer study on the CI business ecosystem conducted outside North America and demonstrates how the concept and measurements are applicable in other cou...

This paper focuses on the practices, assessment approaches, procedures, and applied aspects of competitive intelligence (CI). The study relies upon a survey of CI practitioners conducted in 2019 and a comparison of its results with a similar survey in 2006. It was found that companies spend the time devoted to this activity mainly on processes that...

Innovation research suggests customer, competitor and market knowledge areimportant requirements for innovation. Researchers in competitive intelligence (CI) haveproposed that there should be a relationship between CI and innovation. Yet despite both fieldsrecognising the need for CI and related areas for innovation in their theories, there have no...

This article presents the results of a survey of competitive intelligence (CI) practices in European firms. In comparing the results to a similar 2006 global study and a 2006 European CI study, it appears that the breadth of applications for CI has grown well beyond competitors to include customer related intelligence, technology, market, etc. Inno...

Workforce management is important in organisational performance. However, executives lament that their workforce management efforts remain ineffective. This comes as no surprise, as workforce measurement poses a challenge for several reasons: the many different conceptualisations of the workforce, which developed in parallel, and flawed workforce a...

Competitive intelligence (CI) has long been recognised as a strategic management tool that could enhance competitiveness. CI is expected to play an essential developmental role in emerging economies. The need to enhance companies' competitiveness has grown rapidly. CI is essential, and will increasingly be a challenge in the years to come, especial...

First People, such as the San community of Platfontein, are the holders of rich and complex knowledge systems that are very important for dispute resolution and decision- making. In order to ensure that these knowledge systems are maintained and sustained for future generations to benefit from, it is important to introduce and implement new approac...

The economic success of a country depends on its capacity to apply activities which create a competitive advantage. The business environment is highly complex in South Africa and the purpose of this article is to examine the current situation with regard to competitive intelligence (CI) activities in South Africa. Since CI is a relatively new activ...

The business environment is highly complex in Morocco, and the purpose of this article is to examine the current situation with regard to competitive intelligence (CI) activities in Morocco. Morocco lacks competitiveness, as much of its industrial base has long been focused on import substitution, rather than on competitive exports. This study is m...

Orientation: This article compared competitive intelligence activities in Brazil, Malaysia, Morocco and South Africa.Research purpose: The purpose was to determine how these countries can use competitive intelligence to increase their competitiveness in the global economy.Motivation for the study: Competitive intelligence is a challenge in developi...

Competitive intelligence (CI) as a strategic management tool is essential for organisations in developing countries. This article provides an overview of the current state of CI in Brazil. A questionnaire survey methodology was used where questionnaires were administered to CI professionals in organisations in Brazil. Only 46.1 per cent of the orga...

Background: The aim of public service departments in South Africa is to improve service delivery through the transformation and improvement of human resources and the improvement of service delivery practices. Furthermore, it is important for the public service sector in South Africa to improve the quality of its service delivery, not only by compa...

Documents are the natural by-products of the activities of an organization. Information and knowledge are perceived as very important assets for organizations. Managing documents, information and knowledge can contribute to business efficiency and effectiveness for organizational competitiveness. The three concepts - document management, informatio...

The researcher was fortunate to be a member of an international development programme for library and information science (LIS) in South Africa (DISSAnet), and has benefited from the experience to the extent that research and development in the LIS field is ongoing. In order to promote this kind of initiative and to share the experience with those...

Word processed copy. Thesis (M. Inf.)--University of South Africa, 2003. Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-144).