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1. PhD Thesis

• An Integrated Framework to Enable the Strategic Improvement of Technology Innovation Management, 2023| Van Rooyen, M
• Technological Capabilities of Indigenous Oil and Gas Firms in Nigeria, 2023) | Sibe, MJ
• Projects and Knowledge Transfer: Understanding Knowledge Acceptance, Characteristics, and Transfer Mechanisms in Engineering Projects, 2022 (Full thesis will be available end of 2024) | Van Waveren, CC
• The role played by project management offices (PMOs) in the transfer of knowledge between projects , 2022 | Tshuma, B
• Development of A Risk Reduction Model for After-sales Service on Chinese Agricultural Machinery in South Africa, 2022 | Qin, X
• Maintenance human factors in the South African electricity transmission industry , 2022 | Peach, R
• A systems thinking approach to value engineering in the African cement market, 2022 | Meyer, JAM
• Science, Technology and Innovation indicators for the Bioeconomy in South Africa: A scientometric assessment , 2022 | Bambo, TL
• A Model for the Strategic Management of Technology-enabled Capabilities: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach to Strategically Aligned Value Creation within Dynamic Environments such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution , 2021 | Jacobs, J
• A novel systems approach to energy poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: A South African informal settlement case study , 2021  | Okoye, P
• The use of project portfolios in effective strategy execution to improve business value, 2021 | Ramashala, P
• A Roadmap for the Titanium Metal Industry of South Africa, 2020 | Roux, N
• Readiness Assessment For Mining Project, 2020 | Mulder, FG
• A systematic design of e-commerce logistics from collaborative management theory perspective, 2020 | Liu, H
• A critical evaluation of risk on large scale logistics projects, 2020 | Zu, D
• Convergence from chaos to order capital projects using chaos attractors - As explorative study, 2020 | Hasse, GW
• Project-related factors that influence leadership styles and its effect on project performance: A conceptual framework, 2020 | Pretorius, S
• Dynamics of Technology Acceptance to the Sustainability of eHealth Systems in Resource Constrained Environments, 2020 | Fanta, GB
• Competition between key project participants during project execution: A system dynamics approach, 2019 | Chitongo, MA
• Evaluating the Management, Measurement and Prediction of Business Competitiveness, 2019 | Grobbelaar, S
• An investigation into requirements volatility using systems dynamics modelling – The design of a requirements engineering research tool, 2019 | Scribante, NO
• The South African polycentric water resource governance management nexus: Parlaying an institutional agent and structured social engagement , 2018 | Boonzaaier, JH
• Scientometric assessment of R&D priority areas in South Africa: a comparison with other BRICS countries, 2018 | Makhoba, X
• Complex technology roadmap development in the context of developing countries, 2018 | Letaba, P
• An examination of the relationships between the transfer of information and communication technologies and capacity building towards the sustainability of small and medium enterprises in Rwanda and Tanzania, 2018 | Mulamula, G
• Development and Evaluation of a Framework for an Engine of Innovation in Complex Adaptive Systems, 2017 | Malik, P
• Strategic complexity for impactful innovation in emerging economy automotive component manufacturing, 2017 | Van den Blink, A
• A system dynamics approach to managing project risks in the electricity industry in Sub Saharan Africa, 2017 | Ogano, NO
• Risk simulation in a portfolio of port and rail capital projects, 2016 | Joubert, FJ
• Modelling methodology for assessing the impact of new technology on complex sociotechnical systems, 2015 | Oosthuizen, R
• A Systems Approach to Sustainable Development through Resource Beneficiation - a Case for System Dynamics Modelling, 2015 | Maluleke, GT
• Project Communication, Trust, Collaboration and Success: A Structural Equation Model and the Influence of CMC, 2015 | Bond-Barnard, TJ
• The effect of volatile business conditions on new product development in the information technology industry, 2014 | Janse van Rensburg, DJ
• The development of complex systems: An integrated approach to design influencing, 2013 | Wessels, A
• Sustainability of quality improvement programmes in a heavy engineering manufacturing environment: A system dynamics approach, 2013 | Van Dyk, DJ
• Externality valuation of non-renewable electricity generation in South Africa – An externE approach, 2013 | Thopil, GA
• The role of intrapreneurship in a globally competitive technology business environment - A design concept and imperical study, 2012 | Platzek, BP
• Engineering project management in the international context : a Chinese culture-based exploratory and comparative evaluation, 2011 | Jiang, Dong-Dong
• Exploring stages/phases and gates as a project management approach for South African clean development mechanism projects, 2011 | Lotz, M
• Contributions to the Theory and Practice of Technology Selection: The Case of Projects to Ensure a Sustainable Energy Base for Africa, 2010 | Barry, ML
• Industry specific know-how, inventiveness, and research performance of universities’ entrepreneurs : a cross-national patent portfolio analysis, 2010 | Lubango LM
• Interorganisational knowledge flows between and innovative performance of science park firms : an exploratory study of South African new technology-based firms, 2010 | Chan, Kai-Ying
• Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry, 2009 | Mayindi, DH
• Modelling South Africa’s incentives under the motor industry development programme, 2009 | Kaggwa, M
• Project Governance for Large Capital Projects, 2008 | Bekker, MC
• A model for inventive ideation in physico-mechanical systems, Institute for Technological Innovation), 2007 | Ross, VE
• How small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can influence the successfulness of a partnership with a large company (LCO) in the technology innovation sector, 2007 | Sawers, J
• R&D in the national system of innovation: a system dynamics model, 2007 | Grobbelaar, SS
• Technological Entrepreneurship in an emerging economic region: A model developed from a multi-cultural provincial study, 2006 | Lotz, FJ
• Sustainable project life cycle management: Incorporating social criteria into decision-making, 2005 | Labuschagne, C
• Technology licensing practices of South African manufacturing companies: A profile and the influence of some organisational, transactional and contextual factors, 2004 | Van Vuuren, JF
• Development of a Life Cycle Impact Assessment procedure for Life Cycle Management in South Africa , 2004 | Brent, AC
• The concept of a product knowledge base: Integrating engineering processes in the Manufacturing Company, 1997 | Benade, SJ
• 'n Model vir die taksering van nuwe tegnologie vir die vervaardigingsonderneming | Pretorius, MW
• 'n Evaluasie van die Waarde van die Raamwerke van Tegnologie-analise: 'n Gevalstudie | Steyn H de V
• A decision support model for the determination of water research priorities, 1996 | Offringa, G
• The role of technology in effectively managing change in the South African food industry, 1998 | Yannekou, A
• A normative model of innovative systems | Coetzee, P
• Nation-wide Quality, 1994 | Luyt, DC
• 'n Doelgemaakte ouditprosedure vir die tegnologiese innovasievermoë van 'n onderneming, 1996 | Pieterse, JJ

2. Masters Dissertations

• Business model framework for education technology entrepreneurs in South Africa, 2022 | Von Maltitz, A
• An Investigation into the Drivers and Barriers to Energy Efficiency within Medium and Large Manufacturing firms operating within the eThekwini Municipal Area, 2017 | Singh, R
• An Analysis of Challenges in Implementing an Equipment Reliability Improvement Strategy: Case Study Eskom Camden Power Station, 2017 | Tsekoa, KL
• The development of a continuous improvement model for a South African minerals beneficiation plant, 2014 | Ras, E
• An integrated system approach to the decision making process, 2011 | Du Toit, Y
• A framework for Coherent Decision-Making in Environmental Impact Assessment in the Energy Sector of South Africa, 2011 | Broughton, EK
• The impact of technical Specifications on th Life Cycle Costs of Process Columns in Petrochemical Facilities, 2007 | Johnston, KS
• Identification and assessmentof cleaner production technologies and appropriate technology managementstrategies and methods in the South African vehicle industry, 2007 | Pandey, AK
• The key success factors for business incubation in South Africa : the Godisa case study, 2006 | Mbewana, PM
• Developing the appropriate fact-based decision-making model in order to provide a scientific decision support service to the South African Navy, 2005 | Van der Walt, JM
• Validating the core problem of project portfolio management in a multi-project environment, 2005 | De Klerk, SW
• The Simulation and evaluation of a proposed management system with shared constrained resources in the multi-project environment, 2005 | Bruinette, K
• The development of an internal technology strategy assessment framework within the, services sector utilising total quality management (TQM) principles , 2005 | Pieterse E
• Asset management auditing – the roadmap to asset management excellence, 2004 | Mollentze,F
• Constraints Management in a continuous-batch process, 2004 | Macmillan, S
• A Strategic Business Model for the Introduction of Mobile Data Services in an Emerging Economy – The Case of the South African Market, 2004 | Benn, LJ
• Framework for the development of telecommunications within an inter-operator environment in the SADC, 2004 | Fricke, FR
• Rethinking the formalisation of the minibus-taxi industry in South Africa , 2004 | Fourie, LJ
• Telecommunications Technology Transfer/Diffusion Model Into Rural South Africa , 2002 | Pieterse, HL
• The analysis of the diffusion of personal telecommunications in South Africa, 2001 | Malebo, L
• A framework for scenario building in knowledge-based organisations, 1999 | Simitopoulos, D
• The Impact of Technology on Genetic Diseases, 1999 | Canca, A
• Optimising equipment procurement by the use of technology management principles, 1998 | Peters, W
• The development of a methodology for the assessment of technological threats and opportunities, 1998 | Du Preez, GT
• Modelling strategic response to technological change, 1998 | Geldenhuys, R
• The incubation of technology intensive new businesses, 1998 | Wagner, JJ
• Merging of Technologies - A systematic approach to technological constraints, 1997 | Korf, G
• Technological Innovation in Electronic Initiation Systems in the South African mining industry, 1997 | Smit, FC
• An Analysis of the Links Between Academic Research, Competitiveness and the National System of Innovation in South Africa, 1994 | Prinsloo, C
• Innovation-Based Intellectual Property Strategies, 1994 | Hildebrand, EG
• The effect of competition policy on technological innovation, 1994 | Meintjes, GF

3. Mini Dissertation Titles

2006 - 2010, 2011 - 2017, 2018 - 2023.

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