Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Author "10074988 - Naudé, Willem Adriaan"
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Challenges for the floriculture industry in a developing country: a South African perspective
Matthee, Marianne; Naudé, Wim; Viviers, Wilma (Taylor & Francis, 2006)The increasing numbers of global floriculture producers, and changes in the basis of competition in this international industry, make it important to evaluate the South African floriculture industry's competitive position. ... -
Export diversification and economic performance: evidence from Brazil, China, India and South Africa
Rossouw, Riaan; Naudé, Willem Adriaan (Springer Science & Business Media, 2011)In this paper we discuss relationship between export diversity and economic performance, focusing on Brazil, China, India and South Africa (BCIS). Using time data on exports over the period 1962–2000 and Applied General ... -
Identifying export opportunities for South Africa in the southern engines: A DSM approach
Cuyvers, Ludo; Naude, Willem Adriaan; Pearson, Joseph John Acton; Viviers, Wilhelmina (Elsevier, 2010)Brazil, China and India have been described as 'southern engines of growth' in the world economy. By 2050, these three countries could count under the top 5 largest economies in the world. This implies many opportunities ... -
The location of manufacturing exporters in Africa: empirical evidence
Matthee, Marianne; Naudé, Willem Adriaan (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)The costs of accessing and using a port/export hub should be high on the list of priorities for export promotion agencies in Africa. This conclusion emanates from this paper focusing on the geographical location of ... -
Migrant remittances provide resilience against disasters in Africa
Naudé, Wim A.; Bezuidenhout, Henri (Springer Verlag, 2014)How responsive are migrant remittances to various disasters, both natural and human-made? Would remittances be affected by systemic financial crises, such as the 2008–09 financial crisis, or more recent crises affecting ... -
The non-economic quality of life on a sub-national level in South Africa
Naudé, Willem; Rossouw, Stephanie (Springer Netherlands, 2008)Most research on the non-economic quality of life have been (a) on a national level or performed on cross-country comparisons, and/or (b) used subjective indicators to measure how people perceive their non-economic quality ... -
Regional determinants of entrepreneurial start-ups in a developing country
Naude, Willem; Meintjies, Aloe; Wood, Eric; Thomas Gries (Routledge, 2008)n this paper we use data from a developing country, South Africa, to empirically identify the determinants of start-up rates across different sub-national regions and in particular to investigate the role of access to ... -
South African quotas on textile imports from China: a policy error?
Naude, Willem; Rossouw, Riaan (Elsevier Science Limited, 2008)In August 2006 the South African government announced quotas on the imports of clothing and textile products from China. Three questions arise. What are these expected benefits? What will be the most likely impact of the ... -
Trade and endogenous formation of regions in a developing country
Naudé, Willem; Gries, Thomas (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)The authors present a model of regional catching-up and development without scale effects. Regional growth is driven by technological imitation which is determined by positive externalities from international trade, the ...