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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"industry bodies"”.
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Evaluating the cost of compliance to mandatory and voluntary standards in the South African citrus industry
… implemented voluntary standards in the citrus industry. Global GAP became mandatory for exports, where even exporters needed a Global GAP CoC certificate to export. Furthermore, PPECB requires that producers have a valid Global GAP certificate before clearing fruit for exports. Greenhouse Gas …
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The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa
… procurement program and low cooperation amongst industry participants. Barriers to wind farm development include a shortage of logistics equipment such as cranes and trailers, a shortage of skilled drivers and crane operators and several embedded bottlenecks in the abnormal load transportation …
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Re-thinking crisis in the digital economy: a contemporary case study of the phonographic industries in Ireland.
… and reports popularly place the record industry in an increasing state of crisis since the advent of digital copying and distribution. This thesis addresses how the interplay of technological, economic, legal and policy factors, particularly the copyright strand of intellectual property …
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A Cognitive TV White Space Access Framework
… <i>secondary users</i> (SU). Regulatory and industry bodies have sought to address some of these issues using a static database for spectrum access decisions, though this involves manual maintenance and accuracy can be compromised due to a lack of real-time information. While the new …
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Professional horizons
… the current programme and aims to include other industry bodies; encourages and enables retention for a full career with the military; encourages life long learning; brings wider IT knowledge to service personnel; and makes best use of technology to enable a long-term programme to be effective.
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The South African bread cartel: a single case study exploring the scope for responsive regulation of white-collar crime in a developing country
… to Braithwaite, community activists and industry watchdogs can play a role in holding white-collar criminals accountable and possibly elicit restorative overtures for victims. Braithwaite acknowledges that his model is ideally suited to a developed state with the financial resources and …
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Stakeholder engagement and the UK corporate governance code
… such as the community, pension trustees, NGOs, industry bodies and media. Neglecting wider stakeholders leads to inequality and could escalate the likelihood of conflicts. This study has contributed to knowledge by demonstrating the various challenges that corporate governance officials face in …
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Automated code compliance checking in the construction domain using semantic natural language processing and logic-based reasoning
… and many software development efforts led by industry bodies/associations, software companies, and/or government organizations to develop automated compliance checking (ACC) systems. However, two main gaps in the existing ACC efforts are: (1) manual effort is needed for extracting requirements …
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Understanding the role played by Pension Fund Trustees and Investment Consultants in Responsible Investment Strategies in South Africa
… to discover whether trustees in the pension fund industry are well equipped to play their role in implementing responsible investment principles and strategies when performing their fiduciary duties which encompass decisions made around capital allocation, asset manager selection and selection of …
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Assessing beneficiation of black emerging macadamia farmers from the statutory levy for transformation in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… officers and transformation managers of the industry bodies to offer the enterprise and skills development activities based on the farmer’s needs, regularly monitor and evaluate the progress of the farmers that benefitted from the programmes and mentor them before assisting more individuals.