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This study examines the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on economic growth in South Africa over the period 2000 to 2023. An Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression model was employed to assess the relationship between FDI inflows and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), while controlling for key macroeconomic variables. The findings reveal that FDI exerts a significant positive influence on economic performance, with a 1% increase in FDI inflows associated with a 1.93% rise in GDP. However, high inflation exerts a detrimental effect, with a coefficient of -1.99, highlighting the importance of macroeconomic stability. The analysis also indicates that trade openness contributes positively to economic growth, while political risk remains a substantial deterrent to investment, as shown by a coefficient of -3.11. These findings underline the importance of maintaining a stable political environment, managing inflation effectively, and enhancing trade liberalisation to maximise the benefits of FDI. Policy recommendations include strengthening regulatory frameworks and fostering trade openness.

The purpose of this paper is to systematically examine studies on the relationship between corporate governance, organizational culture and firm performance, with the aim of knowing the potential for future research. The literature search consisted of two steps: a random literature review and a systematic literature review. The methodology adopted in this article is a systematic literature review. The Organizational Culture variable is an opportunity for research which is thought to be able to strengthen the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance, ownership structure and Board Characteristics which can be used as a proxy for corporate governance using resource based theory (RBV), resource dependence theory and agency theory, where research related to governance is an issue that is still very relevant to research at this time. Practical Implications, the development of a conceptual framework using resource-based theory (RBV) and resource dependence theory has implications for researchers to study by including organizational culture which is thought to influence company performance. Future research can add or replace it with other more relevant variables, so that it can be empirically tested how the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance and the organizational culture variable as a moderating variable. Future research is expected to give contribution for policy makers, company managers and investors in understanding important factors in order to create a good corporate governance.

This research analyses how a service firm develops an ecosystem and serves as the orchestrator. A unique coffee shop in a mountainous area was used as the subject because it has abundant resources to become an orchestrator and various distinctive traits. A single case study design was selected to enable researchers to analyse depth and rich data, covering all participants within the ecosystem. Using a holistic case study design enables investigators to explore complex interplays of ecosystem participants. This study demonstrates that a firm uses elements of dynamic capabilities to manage the evolving process of ecosystem dynamics, starting from the initial formation of the ecosystem to the maturity stage. Our analysis identifies what derivative capabilities can be created from each element of dynamic capabilities and how these derivative capabilities are employed for developing and managing partners involved in the ecosystem. This study establishes a contribution by examining a coffee shop, representing a small service firm, and its evolution into an ecosystem orchestrator role - an under-explored setting in prevailing orchestration literature concentrated on large platform corporations. Single case studies are often criticized because their generalizability is thin and their findings are narrow. However, this weakness has led to the advantage of presenting insights in detail and depth.