Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Author "12143979 - Rossouw, Riaan"
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Analysis of export and employment opportunities for the South African manufacturing industry
Malan, Johan; Steenkamp, Ermie Annelies; Rossouw, Riaan; Viviers, Wilma (2015)The South African government recognises the importance of promoting manufactured exports as a means of ensuring sustainable economic growth and job creation. However, export promotion organisations have limited resources ... -
Assimilation of tourism satellite accounts and applied general equilibrium models to inform tourism policy analysis
Rossouw, Riaan; Saayman, Melville (IP Publishing, 2011)Historically, tourism policy analysis in South Africa has posed challenges to accurate measurement. The primary reason for this is that tourism is not designated as an 'industry' in standard economic accounts. This paper ... -
The Cape Town international jazz festival: More than just jazz
Rossouw, Riaan; Saayman, Melville (Routledge, 2010)Economic impact studies have been used to value goods with the characteristics of both public and private goods, such as arts festivals, and have been useful in providing a quanti?able monetary estimate of their worth and, ... -
CGE or SAM? Ensuring quality information for decision-making
Van Wyk, L.J.M.; Saayman, M.; Rossouw, R. (AJHTL, 2015)The purpose of this paper is to conduct an economic assessment of the Aardklop National Arts Festival (hereafter referred to as Aardklop) by means of applying both the SAM and CGE methods, in order to ensure quality ... -
A comparative assessment of the economic benefits from shale gas extraction in the Karoo, South Africa
Wait, R.; Rossouw, R. (UNISA, 2014)It has been said that the development of a shale gas industry could be a 'game changer' for South Africa. Proponents of shale gas tend to emphasise the benefits, whilst opponents emphasise the environmental costs. This ... -
A decision support model to identify realistic export opportunities for South African products and services
Viviers, Wilma; Rossouw, Riaan (2012) -
Does conservation make sense to local communities?
Rossouw, Riaan; Saayman, Andrea; Saayman, Melville (Taylor & Francis, 2012)The Kruger National Park in South Africa is a key ecotourism attraction for both domestic and international tourists. The South African National Parks have recently come under pressure to uplift communities and to build ... -
The economic impact of hunting in the Limpopo Province
Van der Merwe, Peet; Saayman, Melville; Rossouw, Riaan (University of Johannesburg, 2015)This study evaluated the economic impact of hunting on the regional economy of South Africa's Limpopo Province. Data on biltong hunting was derived from a national survey conducted in 2009 and data on trophy hunting from ... -
The economic impact of hunting in the Northern Cape province
Rossouw, Riaan; Saayman, Melville; Van der Merwe, Petrus (Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011)We here estimate the economic impact of hunting (both biltong and trophy) on South Africa's Northern Cape province economy. This study used the input-output (social accounting matrix) and multiplier analyses to evaluate ... -
The economic impact of hunting: a regional approach
Van der Merwe, Petrus; Saayman, Melville; Rossouw, Riaan (University of Pretoria, 2014)The core of South Africa tourism industry is based on wildlife tourism. Private game reserves and game farms which forms part of wildlife tourism constitute most of the wildlife products in South Africa. On these private ... -
Economic impact of the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival: investigating the application of different models
Van Wyk, Lukas; Saayman, Melville; Rossouw, Riaan (Sabinet, 2013)This article focuses on an economic assessment of the target obtained in South Africa regarding the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) applying both SAM and CGE models. Since both models have advantages and ... -
Enhancing industrial cluster formation through the realistic export opportunities of the TRADE-DSM
Pisa, Noleen; Viviers, Wilma; Rossouw, Riaan (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 ... -
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 ... -
Export market selection methods and the identification of realistic export opportunities for South Africa using a decision support model
Steenkamp, Ermie; Rossouw, Riaan; Viviers, Wilma; Cuyvers, Ludo (2009)Market selection methods, of which a vast number exist, are a critical tool in firms’ and government’s policy, planning and budgeting processes. To this end, the primary aim of this paper is to determine the international ... -
Game ranching inter-sectoral linkages: a structural path analysis for South Africa
Rossouw, Riaan; Cloete, Philippus C. (Taylor & Francis, 2014)Unfamiliarity with the economic structure of the game ranching sector is regarded as one of the reasons why questions are raised with regard to the potential economic impact of continued growth in the sector. This study ... -
Identifying industrial clusters for regional economic diversification: the case of South Africa's North West Province
Pisa, Noleen; Rossouw, Riaan; Viviers, Wilma (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 Thailand’s high-potential export opportunities in ASEAN+3 countries
Cuyvers, Ludo; Steenkamp, Ermie; Viviers, Wilma; Rossouw, Riaan; Cameron, Martin (Emerald, 2017)This paper aims to identify Thailand’s realistic export opportunities (REOs) in the ASEAN+3 countries (i.e. ASEAN, Greater China, Japan and South Korea), which together constitute an economically dynamic region and a ... -
The impact of hunting for biltong purposes on the SA economy
Rossouw, Riaan; Saayman, Melville; Van Der Merwe, Petrus (University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 2011)The purpose of this article is to estimate the economic impact of biltong hunting in South Africa. -
The impact of plurilateral trade agreements on developing countries – to participate or not to participate?
Bertelsmann-Scott, Talitha; Jansen van Rensburg, Susara J.; Viviers, Wilma; Parry, Ali; Rossouw, Riaan (Routledge, 2018)In the wake of the impasse in the Doha Development Round of multilateral trade talks, sector-specific plurilateral trade agreements (PTAs) have been gaining traction. However, PTAs mostly appeal to developed countries, ... -
The impact of tourism on poverty in South Africa
Krugell, Willem Frederik; Rossouw, Riaan; Saayman, Melville (Taylor & Francis, 2012)This paper evaluates the potential impact of tourism on poverty in South Africa on the basis of recent survey data on international tourism spending patterns. It looks at three scenarios, using an applied general equilibrium ...