Staff Profile

Qualifications:

• Masters of Commerce in Strategic Management and Corporate Governance – (MSU)
• Bcom Honors Degree in Business Management (Majoring in Finance) – (MSU)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education – (MSU)

Research Interest

• Strategic management,
• Strategic sourcing,
• Investment management,
• SME financing and financial management,
• Rural entrepreneurship, youth and entrepreneurship.

Publications

• Evaluation of the cluster location decision on the performance of furniture manufacturing SMEs in Zimbabwe. Denver Mapetere and Thelma E.R Manhiwa. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. VII, Issue 7, July 2019
• An evaluation of the resource based view strategies adopted by furniture manufacturing SMEs in Zimbabwe: Denver Mapetere and Thelma E.R Manhiwa. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. VII, Issue 7, July 2019
• Human resource management practices: a case of SMEs in Zimbabwe. Denver Mapetere, Gibson Mavhiki, Tonderai Nyamwanza and Severino Mavhiki. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. VI, Issue 8, August 2018
• Safety and health management practices in SMEs in Harare – ZIMBABWE. Denver Mapetere and Shingirai Sikomwe. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. VI, Issue 8, August 2018.
• Improving capacity utilisation of furniture Manufacturing SMEs through market Based view: a case of Gweru, Zimbabwe. Denver Mapetere and Thelma E.R Manhiwa. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management United Kingdom Vol. VI, Issue 10, October 2018
• Survival Strategies: Case Study of Retail Hardware SMEs in Shurugwi – Zimbabwe. Thelma E.R Manhiwa, Denver Mapetere* Christopher Mhonde. European Journal of Business and Management. Vol.8, No.5, 2016
• An analysis of SME’s attitudes and Practices Towards Tax Compliance in Zimbabwe. Tonderai Nyamwanza, Severino Mavhiki, Denver Mapetere and Lillian Nyamwanza. Sage Open 2014:4
  • Cotton industry’s strategic responses to side marketing of cotton by contract farmers in Zimbabwe. Nyamwanza Tonderai, Mapetere Denver, Mavhiki Severino, Nyamwanza Lilian & Tumai Kelvin.  European Journal of Business, Economics and Accountancy Vol. 2, No. 2, 2014
  • Strategic role of leadership in strategy implementation in Zimbabwe’s State Owned Enterprises. Denver Mapetere, Severino Mavhiki, Tonderai Nyamwanza, Shingirai Sikomwe and Christopher Mhonde. International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol 3 No16 August 2012.
  • An analysis of the challenges faced by Small Scale Miners in Zimbabwe: Nyamwanza Tonderai, Mavhiki Severino, Mapetere Denver and Dandadzi Johnson. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, Vol 2 No 4 July 2013
  • An analysis of challenges faced by banks in managing credit in Zimbabwe. Severino Mavhiki, Denver Mapetere and Christopher Mhonde. European Journal of Business Management Vol 4 No1 2012
  • Critical perspectives on succession planning in the commuter transport sector in Zimbabwe. Shingirai Sikomwe, Christopher Mhonde, Katazo Cecil Mbetu, Severino Mavhiki, Denver Mapetere.  International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol 3 No5 March 2012.
  • Financial Management: case study of Gweru women Entrepreneurs: Tonderai Nyamwanza, Denver Mapetere, Severino Mavhiki, Canacio Dzingirai. International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol 3 No 18 September 2012