Base salaries should be kept low enough to allow room to create sufficient incentive and motivation, but high enough to give some breathing room. Generally a base salary will fall somewhere between 15 and 40 percent of total compensation.
Commissions can be based on sales or gross profit. Commissions should be based on gross [...]

Life insurance premiums in Africa fell by 8% since 2007 mainly due to the 16% decrease in life sales in South Africa. This was caused by the uncertainty relating to the global financial crisis which led to lower sales of single-premium and unit-linked products.
South Africa is the dominant market, accounting for around 81%of [...]

Rigid plastic packaging showed 5,4% p.a. volume growth and 14,0% p.a. value growth from 2000 to 2010E. This growth is expected to continue with the shift glass and cans (metal) to PET plastic.
Rigids are better suited to local manufacture due to their lower packing density than flexibles.

The cellphone offers media companies the best means of delivering content and building relationships with the emerging market consumer. Mobile devices offer the ability to target users with location, time and personally relevant mobile advertising. Who will benefit � the media or mobile company?