The focus of Research in the Faculty of Management Sciences is to research and develop innovative business venture protocols/prototypes in the fields of business clustering, business development and the management of innovation appropriate for specific regional environments in Southern Africa to be used by entrepreneurs, policy makers and institutions of learning.

Examples of current and past research projects are: The Chinese Community Enterprises Export Model’s Application for South African SMME;  Patent Management in Open Innovation Systems;  Technology Employment by Upcoming-Commercial Cotton Farmers in the Makhatini Region;  Transportation Problems Experienced by South African Firms Trading with China;  SMME Access to Government Parastatals Business Opportunities;  Adopting CISCO Information Technology in Impoverished Soweto;  A Developmental Model for Cooperatives in South Africa; and Revitalising Customs Value Chains in International Trade.