Creating a sustainable future requires a formidable collaboration between different disciplines.
Recently academics from across the globe had the opportunity to debate, review existing strategies and propose mechanisms for the likely achievement of a sustainable economy at the 7th International Conference on Business and Finance, which was hosted by CPUT and took place in Cape Town.
Conference convener, Dr Michael Twum-Darko, says the conference was themed “Creating futures: Sustainable economies?”
Twum-Darko says the three day conference is a collaboration between CPUT, the Universities of Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Mauritius, Delhi and the University of Technology Mauritius.
From strategic management and innovation to integrated business concepts, conference delegates had a wide variety of sessions to pick from.
One of the sessions focused on Entrepreneurship, Wholesale, Retail and Trade and was sponsored by CPUT’s Wholesale and Retail Leadership Chair.
The chair was established as a result of the Wholesale and Retail SETA’s initiative to co-operate with universities to encourage the production of academic and applied research in this sector of business.
Various researchers shared their research and ouputs, covering topics ranging from models for wholesale and retail assessment centres to challenges and concepts of business incubators in the Western Cape.
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