Brian Barnard

University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School

Johannesburg

South Africa

  • University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School

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“  I am much interested in entrepreneurship and innovation research, and in this regard, follow diverse perspectives. I also research valuation models.  ”

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1.

Social Entrepreneurship: Objectives, Innovation, Implementation and Impact on Entrepreneurship

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Mar 2019
Anele Mthembu and Brian Barnard
Independent and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
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social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, opportunity, opportunity identification, implementation, social impact, economic development, social multiplier

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity: The Creative Process of Entrepreneurs and Innovators

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Jun 2018
Brian Barnard and Derrick Herbst
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and Independent
Downloads 415 (107,682)

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Creativity, Creative Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Analogical Thinking, Imaginary Thinking, Intuitive Thinking, Intuition, Sub-Conscious, Learning, Innovativeness, Left-Brain, Right-Brain

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The Heuristics of Entrepreneurs

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Mar 2019
Andrea Makings and Brian Barnard
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
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entrepreneurship, heuristics, management, strategy, innovation, marketing, sales, human resources, tactics, entrepreneurship development

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Strategic Foresight: How Entrepreneurs Engage the Future As Opportunity

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Dec 2018
Arran Denis Brown and Brian Barnard
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
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entrepreneurship, innovation, strategic foresight, futures studies, futures leadership

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Rating Migration and Bond Valuation: Decomposing Rating Migration Matrices from Market Data Via Default Probability Term Structures

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 May 2017
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 154 (286,582)
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default probability, default risk, credit risk, rating migration, bond valuation, optimization

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Venture Capital Process: Opportunity Selection, Monitoring, Capital Rationing, and Deal Flow

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Sep 2018
Waheed Chicktay and Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 123 (341,257)

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venture capital, private equity, opportunity selection, monitoring, capital rationing, deal flow

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Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship: The Cost and Resolution of Investment Readiness

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Apr 2019
Danai Zana and Brian Barnard
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 101 (391,764)

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venture capital, entrepreneurship, investment readiness, investment readiness assessment, accreditation, moderation, assistance, quality, awareness, technology

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Necessary Conditions of Value Creation

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Aug 2017
Brian Barnard and Derrick Herbst
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and Independent
Downloads 94 (410,528)
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Innovation, entrepreneurship, value creation, opportunity, opportunity recognition, knowledge, incremental innovation, radical innovation, innovation measurement and evaluation, missing value, uniqueness of value, basic needs, entrepreneurship development

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Rating Migration and Bond Valuation: Towards Ahistorical Rating Migration Matrices and Default Probability Term Structures

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Jan 2017
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 91 (419,258)
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default probability, default risk, credit risk, rating migration, bond valuation

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Bond Valuation: Modelling Downgrade Risk and Default Risk Based on Rating Migration Variation As Uncertainty Over the Investment Horizon Through Optimization

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Oct 2019
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
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bond valuation, reduced form models, rating migration, rating migration matrix, rating migration uncertainty, default risk, downgrade risk, cost of default

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Rating Migration and Bond Valuation: Ahistorical Interest Rate and Default Probability Term Structures

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Apr 2017
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 64 (511,347)
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default probability, default risk, credit risk, rating migration, bond valuation, optimization

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Innovation Management in South Africa – An Inquiry

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Apr 2016
Derrick Herbst and Brian Barnard
Independent and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 63 (515,405)
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innovation, innovation management, innovation process, innovation appraisal

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Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Management: Knowledge Requirements, Utility, Creation, and Competency

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Jan 2019
Denzil Pillay and Brian Barnard
Independent and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 62 (519,551)
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entrepreneurship, innovation, knowledge, knowledge base, knowledge management, science, academic entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Value Creation: Customer Benefits Entrepreneurs and Innovators Build Into New Products

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Apr 2019
Sebenzile Dlamini and Brian Barnard
Independent and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 60 (527,801)

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entrepreneurship, innovation, value, value-creation, unique value proposition, marketing, customer benefits

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Benefit as a Medium for Value Creation and Innovation

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Aug 2017
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 44 (604,251)
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Innovation, entrepreneurship, value creation, uniqueness of value, customer perceived value, customer satisfaction, benefit

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Bond-Valuation and Default-Risk Re-examined: A Post Reduced-Form Model Based on Integer Migration and Portfolio Migration

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Jul 2019
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 40 (626,534)
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Bond valuation, default risk, reduced form model, rating migration, diversification

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Leadership of Entrepreneurship at the Macro-Level

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Sep 2018
Ipeleng Onneile Mabusela and Brian Barnard
Independent and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 40 (626,534)

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Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Governance, Entrepreneurship Policy, Macro-Level, Entrepreneurship Industry

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Interest Rate Term Structure Decomposition: An Axiomatic Structural Approach

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Oct 2016
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 37 (643,914)
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Term Structure Decomposition, Optimization, Market Efficiency

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Equity Valuation: Forecasting Earnings Based on Probability Distributions Linked to Rating Categories

Number of pages: 202 Posted: 02 Oct 2019
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 34 (662,612)

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equity valuation, earnings forecasting, rating migration, reduced form models

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A Resource-Based Paradigm of Entrepreneurship: The Optimal Organization of Entrepreneurs As Resource

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2017
Brian Barnard and Derrick Herbst
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and Independent
Downloads 34 (662,612)

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entrepreneurship, resource, human resource, organization

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Antecedents of Opportunity

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Mar 2018
Tina Phiri and Brian Barnard
Independent and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 32 (675,720)

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entrepreneurship, innovation, antecedent, opportunity, opportunity recognition, problem solving, goals, creativity, adoption, networking, interests, technology, first-person experiences, synthesis

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Sovereign Credit Rating, Rating Migration, and the Risk-Free Rate: A Joint Markov Process and Random Walk Modelling of the Risk-Free Rate

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Sep 2017
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 30 (689,589)
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Risk-free rate, risk-free rate modelling, exchange rate, currency forwards, rating migration matrix, optimization

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Equity Valuation Based on a Random Process Modelling of Earnings and Equity Growth

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Mar 2019
Frederick Dube and Brian Barnard
Independent and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 29 (696,761)
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equity valuation, credit ratings, earnings forecast, book value forecast, rating accuracy, rating theory, rating category performance distributions

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Perceptions of Entrepreneurs and Innovators Regarding Radical Innovation: Fundamentals, Requirements, and Method

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Jan 2019
Dylan Wallace and Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 28 (703,983)

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entrepreneurship, innovation, radical innovation, innovation perspective, innovation culture

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Decomposing Rating Migration Matrices from Market Prices Revisited

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Decomposing Rating Migration Matrices from Market Prices Revisited

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
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bond valuation, rating migration, rating migration matrix, optimization, default probability term structure

Decomposing Rating Migration Matrices from Market Prices Revisited

The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 26, No. 3, July 2020, pp. 5-27
Posted: 26 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School

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Decomposing Rating Migration Matrices From Market Prices Part C: Sources of Non-Linearity and Resolve

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Nov 2019
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
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rating migration matrix, decomposition, optimization, nonlinear optimization

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Interest Rate Term Structure Decomposition at the Instrument Level

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Nov 2016
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School
Downloads 14 (821,038)
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term structure decomposition, instrument valuation, bond valuation

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Decomposing Rating Migration Matrices from Market Prices: Sources of Nonlinearity and Resolve

The IUP Journal of Financial Risk Management, Vol. XVII, No. 4, December 2020, pp. 16-37
Posted: 27 Apr 2021
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School

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Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship: The Cost and Resolution of Investment Readiness

The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, Vol. XVII, No. 4, December 2020, pp. 32-75
Posted: 08 Apr 2021
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School

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Bond Valuation and Default Risk Reexamined: A Post Reduced Form Model Based on Integer Migration and Portfolio Migration

The IUP Journal of Financial Risk Management, Vol. XVII, No. 3, September 2020, pp. 23-66
Posted: 27 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School

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Customer Expectation, Satisfaction and Loyalty: A Study of Grocery Retail Sector in South Africa

The IUP Journal of Marketing Management, Vol. XIX, No. 3, August 2020, pp. 7-7-62
Posted: 27 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard and Mfundo Dlamini
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and University of the Witwatersrand

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Bond Valuation: Modeling Downgrade Risk and Default Risk Based on Rating Migration Variation as Uncertainty Over the Investment Horizon Through Optimization

The IUP Journal of Financial Risk Management, Vol. XVII, No. 2, June 2020, pp. 7-44
Posted: 26 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School

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Visionary Leadership and Entrepreneurial Vision Within Entrepreneurship

The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, Vol. XVII, No. 2, June 2020, pp. 48-91
Posted: 26 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard and Muziwandile Sibusiso Sibeko
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and University of the Witwatersrand

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Expertise and Cognitive Development of Entrepreneurs

The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, Vol. XVII, No. 2, June 2020, pp. 7-47
Posted: 26 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard and Lehlohonolo Dongo
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and University of the Witwatersrand

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The Growth Perceptions of SMEs

The IUP Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, April 2020, pp. 27-69
Posted: 25 Mar 2021
Nokuzola Madonono and Brian Barnard
University of the Witwatersrand and University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School

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The Future Scenario of Entrepreneurship Responsible for Significant GDP Growth

The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, Vol. XVII, No. 1, March 2020, pp. 41-91
Posted: 25 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard and Afua Rita Buanyomi
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand

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Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship: The Case of B-BBEE-Based Enterprise and Supplier Development in South Africa

The IUP Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. XVII, No. 1, March 2020, pp. 7-45
Posted: 25 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard and Domocia Zanele Sibiya
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand

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The Impact of Leadership on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Perceptions of Entrepreneurs

The IUP Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, Vol. XVI, No. 4, December 2019, pp. 7-43
Posted: 25 Mar 2021
Brian Barnard and Ismaaeel Kadwa
University of the Witwatersrand - Wits Business School and University of the Witwatersrand, Wits Business School, Students

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