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Climate change and the South African banking sector : the potential for competitive advantage
Dissertation (MBA (Business Administration))--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30725 Climate change and the South African banking sector : the potential for competitive advantage ichelp@gibs.co.za Ms C Magner Abrahams, Donna UCTD Competitive environmental strategies Climate change South African banking sector Dissertation (MBA (Business Administration))--University of Pretoria, 2010. The purpose of this research is three-fold. Firstly, it is to gauge the significance of climate change to the South African banking sector. Secondly, to note the various means by which the South African banking sector is responding to, and adapting itself to the phenomenon of climate change. Lastly, it is to understand the ways in which South African banks are using the phenomenon of climate change to create a competitive advantage for themselves. To this end, qualitative research with an exploratory design was conducted, focusing on two of the largest banks in South Africa. The identity of the banks has been kept anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the potential competitive information. A number of findings were made with regard the potential of climate change as a vehicle for competitive advantage. Firstly, that the South African banking sector, beyond eco-branding, is not fully exploiting climate change for the purpose of gaining competitive advantage. Based on the findings, the business case for the South African banking sector engaging the climate change phenomenon is clear. However some of the recommendations made toward future research include the development of a maturity model to assess response, as well as the implementation of mutually agreed upon benchmarks in consideration of competition. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science MBA (Business Administration) restricted 2013-09-09T07:26:53Z 2011-05-10 2013-09-09T07:26:53Z 2011-04-20 2010-05-10 2011-04-04 Dissertation Abrahams, D 2010, Climate change and the South Arican banking sector : the potential for conpetitive advantage, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-133345/ > F11/116/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30725 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-133345/ en © 2010, 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 Competitive environmental strategies Climate change South African banking sector Climate change and the South African banking sector : the potential for competitive advantage |
| title | Climate change and the South African banking sector : the potential for competitive advantage |
| title_full | Climate change and the South African banking sector : the potential for competitive advantage |
| title_fullStr | Climate change and the South African banking sector : the potential for competitive advantage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change and the South African banking sector : the potential for competitive advantage |
| title_short | Climate change and the South African banking sector : the potential for competitive advantage |
| title_sort | climate change and the south african banking sector the potential for competitive advantage |
| topic | UCTD Competitive environmental strategies Climate change South African banking sector |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30725 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04042011-133345/ |