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Stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in South African listed companies
Mini Dissertation (MPhil (Corporate Strategy))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/101851 Stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in South African listed companies Myres, Hugh ichelp@gibs.co.za Matlala, Olusheye Lesedi UCTD Stakeholder Value Low-Cost Strategy Differentiation Strategy ESG Performance Mini Dissertation (MPhil (Corporate Strategy))--University of Pretoria, 2024. Historically, it was acceptable for management teams to focus solely on maximising shareholder value (i.e. focus on the needs of one stakeholder being the shareholder). In the past decade however, management teams solely aiming to maximise shareholder returns has become more and more inappropriate. United Nations, business leaders, regulatory authorities, customers, certain group of shareholders and retirement funds require managers to focus on generating value for all stakeholders (with the shareholder being one of the stakeholders) and not prioritise shareholders’ interests. This study focuses on how management actions as reflected in their choice of generic competitive strategy (low-cost or differentiation) impacts stakeholder outcomes. A multivariate linear regression was performed on companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange to determine this impact. Environment Social and Governance (ESG) indices were used to assess stakeholder outcomes (excluding shareholders), and Return on Assets (ROA) and Tobin’s Q were used to assess shareholder outcomes. Main findings are that differentiation strategy generally produces positive stakeholder outcomes whereas implementing a low-cost strategy does not always produce positive outcomes for all stakeholders. In addition, it was found that ESG performance and financial performance relationship is dependant on the financial performance metric that is used. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MPhil (Corporate Strategy) Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-11:Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutions SDG-17:Partnerships for the goals 2025-04-02T07:07:29Z 2025-04-02T07:07:29Z 2025-05-05 2024-11 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101851 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Stakeholder Value Low-Cost Strategy Differentiation Strategy ESG Performance Stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in South African listed companies |
| title | Stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in South African listed companies |
| title_full | Stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in South African listed companies |
| title_fullStr | Stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in South African listed companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in South African listed companies |
| title_short | Stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in South African listed companies |
| title_sort | stakeholder value derived from competitive strategy in south african listed companies |
| topic | UCTD Stakeholder Value Low-Cost Strategy Differentiation Strategy ESG Performance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101851 |