Abstract The effectiveness of entrepreneurial activities is not only determined by the quality entrepreneurs but also ecosystem entrepreneurship. (EE) that nurtures low-quality “moppets” to highly impactful “gazelles” being widely debated and on-demand in literature. This study, therefore, aimed advance discussion make a comparative analysis ecosystem, which has been given little attention, BRI...

Twenty-three new species of the Afrotropical sac spider genus Cheiramiona Lotz & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1999 are described: C. baviaan sp. nov. (♀, South Africa), C. boschrandensis sp. nov. (♀, South Africa), C. debeeri sp. nov. (♂, South Africa), C. haddadi sp. nov. (♂, South Africa), C. hlathikulu sp. nov. (♂, South Africa), C. hogsbackensis sp. nov. (♀, ♂, South Africa), C. ibayaensis sp. nov. ...

This study focuses on Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS countries), which contribute over 40% of global CO2 emissions. Using panel co-integration tests, fully modified OLS seemingly unrelated regressions, the contributes to literature by revealing that public debt securities foster transition from fossil fuel electricity towards low-carbon electricity, whereas private credit ...

Countries consume large amounts of coal, oil, and natural gas due to the energy structure dominated by fossil fuels worldwide. For this reason, rate renewable energies in countries or country groups general is below global average level. In study, we aimed test stationarity consumption for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Turkey (the BRICS-T countries), which are a rapid development....

This paper empirically examined relevant data on BRICS CO2 emissions, financial development, and economic growth in the past 40 years, analyzed correlation between them. Using cointegration test, it found that there is a clear variables China South Africa, which show two-way relationship both countries. quantile regression method analysis, results demonstrated at 0.6th quartile, Africa’s develo...

a r t i c l e i n f o This paper empirically investigates the contagion effects of the global financial crisis in a multivariate Fractionally Integrated Asymmetric Power ARCH (FIAPARCH) dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) framework during the period 1997–2012. We focus on five most important emerging equity markets, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), as well as USA ...

KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 3 National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa 4 National Health Laboratory Service, Durban, South Africa 5 eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality Health Unit, Durban, South Africa 6 School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 7...

Robert J. M. Crawford*, Azwianewi B. Makhado, Philip A. Whittington, Rod M. Randall, W. Herman Oosthuizen and Lauren J. Waller 1 Branch Oceans and Coasts, Department of Environmental Affairs, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Animal Demography Unit, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa 3 Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Eli...

Background The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a milestone in the recognition of the human rights of persons with disabilities, including the right to health and rehabilitation. South Africa has signed and ratified the CRPD but still has a long way to go in reforming policies and systems in order to be in compliance with the convention. This p...