Acta Commercii

Aims & Scope

Acta Commercii promotes research within the ambit of management and related disciplines.

It serves as a platform for refreshingly new and invigorating approaches to the nature of management and what this means across different contexts, countries and cultures, with the overall objective of providing an African-international dialogue between researchers.

Acta Commercii fosters interest within the South African arena, and seeks to understand the possibilities that can be achieved in management influencing various other professions.

If your research fits this description and is aimed at improvements in the field of the management sciences, we would be very interested in receiving your submission.

Topics of interest include: Strategic Management, Organisational behaviour, Organisation theory, Corporate governance, Managerial economics, Cross-cultural management and Business Ethics.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Business, Management and Accounting, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 15,598.00 ZAR. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Environmentally-friendly practices in hotels

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Miriam, Engelina, Melville, Martinette

• Some theoretical perspectives of co-creation and co-production of value by customers

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Nic S.

• Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: Fact or fiction? A look at Ghanaian banks

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Daniel F., Richard B., Mildred D.

• The impact of SME access to finance and performance on exporting behaviour at firm level: A case of furniture manufacturing SMEs in Zimbabwe

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Kin, Progress, Herring

• Infrastructure deficiency and the performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria’s Liberalised Economy

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Lawrence O., Geoff

• The impact of financial support on the success of small, medium and micro enterprises in the Eastern Cape province

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Ellen C., Marius

• Understanding the reasons why tourists visit the Kruger National Park during a recession

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Marco, Martinette, Melville

• Consumer ethnocentrism in developing countries: Application of a model in Zimbabwe

  Citation: 23

  Authors: Charles, Francois

• The impact of corporate governance on firm competitiveness and performance of small and medium enterprises in South Africa: A case of small and medium enterprises in Vanderbijlpark

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Progress, Kin, David

• Dynamics informing xenophobia and leadership response in South Africa

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Champion M., Magda L., Joyce