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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The lack of easy access to consistent, timely and reliable information is perceived to be one of the major barriers to investment on the African continent and the aim of this study is to provide the Africa Centre for Investment Analysis with a systems analysis, to enable it to populate their African Capital Markets Database with sufficient data to address this issue. The study aims to provide: • Program expertise to facilitate the automation of share price data capturing into a central database at the Centre • Systems analysis expertise to develop the necessary systems to capture and report the published company financial results of all listed companies in the African stock markets (excluding South Africa's JSE) • An evaluation of the existing products that ACIA offers, and an analysis of the effectiveness of the existing product mix • Recommendations on possible future changes and additions to the product portfolio to increase ACIA's profile in the market place • An analysis of the marketing environment that ACIA operates in, with recommendations about different marketing strategies that should be considered During this study, conversion programs has been written in the Visual Basic programming language to extract and update several years worth of share price data for the following countries. • Namibia • Swaziland • Zimbabwe • Botswana • Zambia • Nigeria • Malawi • Mauritius Kenya • Ghana • Tunisia • Egypt A total of 90000+ data points were created via this conversion process. It is envisaged that the data that has been loaded into the African Capital Markets Database will become one of the best research resources on African investment opportunities, and that the results of this study will have a wide impact on the continent in terms of attracting foreign capital investments, when researchers globally start to use this information. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die gebrek aan genoegsame, akkurate en vinning bekombare inligting word gesien as een van die hoof redes waarom daar 'n gebrek aan buitelandse investering in Afrika plaasvind. Die doel van hierdie studie is om 'n ontleding te maak van die stelsel behoeftes wat bestaan by die Afrika Sentrum vir Beleggings Ontleding, en om tergelykertyd ook die sentrum se Afrika Kapitaalmark Databasis met data te populeer, sodat die gebrek aan deursigtige en akurate inligtings probleem geadreseer kan word. Die studie beoog om die volgende kennis daar te stel: • Verskaffing van rekenaar programmerings kennis om die opdatering van aandeel prys data in die databasis te outomatiseer. • Om stelselontledings kennis te verskaf om die databasis verder uit te brei sodat die gepubliseerde state van genoteerded Afrika maatskappye ook in die stelsel gestoor kan word. (Suid Afrikaanse maatskappye word uitgesluit uit die databasis, omdat daar alreeds voldoende inligting oor die Johannesburgse Aandele beurs beskikbaar is) • Die evaluering van die bestaande produkte en dienste wat deur ACIA verskaf word, tesame met 'n analise om te bepaal of die bestaande reeks produkte en dienste aan die mark behoeftes van alle moontlike geinteresseerde partye voldoen. • Aanbevelings aangaande moontlike toekomstige veranderings en toevoegings tot die bestaande produkte en dienste om ACIA se dienste meer bekend te maak in die internasionale kapitaal markte. • 'n Ontleding van die marksegment waarin ACIA kompeteer, asook aanbevelings rondom moontlike bemarkings strategieë wat oorweeg behoort te word. Gedurende hierdie studie is verskeie data omskeppings programme geskryf om 'n groot hoeveelheid data punte in die databasis te laai. Die Visual Basic programmerings taal is vir hierdie doeleindes gebruik. Aandeel prys data van die volgende lande word databasis oorgeplaas. • Namibië • Swaziland • Zimbabwe • Botswana • Zambië • Nigerië • Malawi • Mauritius • Kenya • Ghana • Tunisië • Egipte Meer as 90 000 data punte is deur middel van hierdie proses in die Oracle databasis opgedateer. Die verwagting is dat die Afrika Kapitaalmark Databasis een van die toonaangewendste bronne van Afrika markaanwysers sal word. Hierdie studie het 'n geweldige groot bydrae gelewer om die databasis van 'n moontlikheid na 'n werklikheid te omskep. Die geloof, hoop en vertroue bestaan dat hierdie studie 'n wesentlike bydrae sal maak om meer direkte buitelandse belegging na Afrika aan te trek, sodra finansieële navorsers die data uit hierdie nuwe bron begin ontgin.

隨著經濟全球化、分工化的趨勢下，我國企業為提升競爭力並獲取更高的利潤，逐漸將企業轉移至大陸。根據投審會的統計，台灣企業單一年度在大陸的核准投資金額已從初期1991年的1.74億美元，成長至2002年的67.23億美元，去年2010年更達到146.17億美元，中國大陸已取代美國成為台灣最大的對外投資地區。然而兩岸之間敏感的政治因素，政府對於投資大陸之上限、技術及資本市場一直存在相當之限制，使得台商為了規避相關法規之限制，掙脫「台資」身份投資中國大陸的枷鎖，紛紛以各種合法及不合法的管道突圍。 有鑑於違規投資大陸事件層出不窮，我國遂於2008年放寬投資大陸之相關規定，其中影響最鉅的為投資上限淨值，將其從40%改為60%。雖然限制條件放寬了，但是投資大陸上限仍舊存在，對於投資大陸需求較高的企業，為提高投資大陸的金額，可能會透過各種管道，其中包括盈餘管理之可能。 本研究即在探討我國相關法令中，對於企業投資中國大陸的限制存在那些限制，而企業為了規避這些限制可能採取那些手法，並以計算投資上限的淨值作為主要的研究標的，探討公司是否會進行淨值管理。本研究實證結果顯示，投資大陸比例接近其限額之企業，相較於投資大陸比例很低的企業，確實較有可能透過盈餘管理，以達到提高投資中國大陸限額的目的。 / With the tendency of global economic development and collaboration, it is necessary for our enterprises to transfer their operating center to China in order to promote competition and get more profit. According to the statistics by Investment Commission, the approve amount to invest in China from Taiwanese entrepreneurs in a year has increased from 0.174 billion in 1991 to 6.723 billion in 2002. In 2010, the amount is up to 14.617 billion. Mainland China has substituted for the US to become Taiwan’s major investment area. But the sensitive political issues between two sides of Taiwan Strait make Taiwan government establish many constraints, including the upper limit for investment in China, the technology and the capital market. To avoid the regulations of constraints and the “Taiwanese identity”, Taiwanese entrepreneurs use many legal and illegal ways to invest in China. Because illegal events about investment in China emerged one after another incessantly, our government relaxed a part of the regulations in 2008. The most influence in the regulations of constraints is the upper limit for investment; it changed from 40% to 60%. Although the constraints have relaxed, the upper limit for investment still exists. For those enterprises with higher investment demand, there is still a possibility for them to use ways to enhance the investment amount, including earnings management. The purpose of this research is to clarify the regulatory policy of Taiwan government toward investment in China, and the ways enterprises use to avoid the constraints. Besides, the main object of research is net worth which is calculated for the upper limit for investment. The empirical results demonstrate that enterprises whose investments are close to the upper limit are more likely to use earnings management to enhance the investment amount than enterprises whose investments are far away from the upper limit.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:48:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 95153.pdf.jpg: 18818 bytes, checksum: f8fa6534934bbf78347edc2877a0961a (MD5) 95153.pdf.txt: 340036 bytes, checksum: a43988cdcf0f216fa837efd9a618120b (MD5) 95153.pdf: 1806996 bytes, checksum: e598bfed9bac2404e1155c1585a0d901 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-08-02T00:00:00Z / This thesis consists on a study regarding the IT (Information Technology) investments effectiveness evaluation, conducted in the firm level, based on a model named MATIF – Firm-Level Model of Analysis of IT uses benefits. The proposition foundations lay on the consideration that economic inefficiencies are related and determinants to the effectiveness of the IT utilization at the firm-level. In order to analyze the inherent propositions, this work produced a field research with embedded multiple case method, conducted in the financial sector, with 3 banks, and considered as unit of analysis 8 of those IT applications projects, accessed at different implementation stages and different success levels. As a final result the study reach to the confirmation of the proposition witch associates the previous economic inefficiencies to the perception of IT investments effectiveness. This work has as the main contributions to the Academy the proposition of a plausible explanation of the effectiveness determinants in IT investments and a modeling tool for ex-ante evaluations, as well as indications for future research and developments in the area. It is also provided to the managerial practice the possibility of using the MATIF model, as long as it is added a guide for its practical utilization. / Este trabalho apresenta um estudo referente à análise da percepção da efetividade de investimentos em Tecnologia da Informação (TI) pelas empresas, tendo como base de análise um modelo denominado MATIF - Modelo de Análise de benefícios do uso da Tecnologia da Informação, no nível da Firma.O fundamento para a proposição desse modelo consiste em considerar que as ineficiências econômicas estão relacionadas e são determinantes da existência da efetividade na aplicação de TI pelas organizações. Para analisar as suas proposições, este trabalho produziu uma pesquisa de campo utilizando o método de estudo de casos múltiplos incorporados, efetuado no setor bancário, com três grandes bancos, e utilizou como unidades de análise 8 projetos de aplicação de TI desses bancos, analisados em variados estágios de implementação e diferentes graus de sucesso.Como resultado final, ocorreu a confirmação da principal proposição que associa as existência de ineficiências econômicas prévias à percepção de efetividade dos investimentos em TI.As principais contribuições do trabalho para a Academia consistem da proposição de uma explicação plausível sobre os determinantes da efetividade em investimentos de TI e a modelagem de sua análise prévia desses investimentos, sendo também apresentadas indicações para futuras pesquisas e desenvolvimentos sobre o assunto. Já para a prática gerencial é fornecida a possibilidade de utilização do modelo MATIF, sendo fornecido adicionalmente um roteiro para a sua aplicação prática.