Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Competitiveness"
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Enhancing industrial cluster formation through the realistic export opportunities of the TRADE-DSM
(Wiley, 2017)This paper explores the natural synergies between industrial cluster formation and the identification of realistic export opportunities (REOs), using the TRADE-DSM1 for a resource-dependent region, the North West Province ... -
Factors determining industrial competitiveness and the role of spillovers
(Clute Institute, 2016)This article applied regressions and panel data analysis to determine how micro-economic spillovers enhance the competitiveness of firms and industries. What made this study unique was that it considered the interactions ... -
Identifying industrial clusters for regional economic diversification: the case of South Africa's North West Province
(Clute Institute, 2015)Dependency on commodity exports is seen as a structural weakness in resource dependent regions. Not surprisingly, such regions have made economic diversification a key priority. The economy of South Africas North West ... -
Identifying the comparative advantage of products and industries of South Africa's Mpumalanga province
(University of South Africa (UNISA), 2015)Knowledge of a region’s comparative advantage may dictate its industrial development agenda and realistic export opportunities. Through the effective targeting of specific sectors and industries within the South African ... -
Industrial cluster formation as a strategy to diversify a sub–national economy: illustrations from South Africa's North West Province
(Clute Institute, 2015)Economic modelling techniques can assist policy makers to understand the effects of policy or external shocks and to make informed decisions about economic development programmes. Economic diversification is a priority of ... -
Microeconomic competitiveness and post-conflict reconstruction: firm-level evidence from Zimbabwe
(Clute Institute, 2015)This paper examines the micro-level factors that constrain Zimbabwean firms in the country’s post-conflict environment. An analysis was conducted into what Zimbabwean firms see as their most debilitating obstacle to achieving ... -
The competitive status of the South African wheat industry
(University of Johannesburg, 2016)This article investigates the competitiveness of the South African wheat industry and compares it to its major trade partners. Since 1997, the wheat-to-bread value chain has been characterised by concentration of ownership ...