Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences: Recent submissions
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Export market selection methods and the identification of realistic export opportunities for South Africa using a decision support model
(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 ... -
Implications of BREXIT
(2016)'BREXIT' - the exit of Britain (or the United Kingdom) from the European Union (EU) membership as a result of a national referendum on the issue on June 23, 2016. -
BREXIT - change is in the air
(2016)In our July article we shared some thoughts on implications for South Africa - and specifically agricultural exports, of the 'BREXIT' - the exit of Britain (or the United Kingdom) from the European Union (EU) membership ... -
Analysis of export and employment opportunities for the South African manufacturing industry
(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 ... -
Competitive intelligence in a foreign environment: German and Canadian firms compared
(Physica-Verlag HD, 2005)The objective of this chapter was to examine the intelligence practices of German MNE's and contrast these to those found in Canadian and U.S. studies. Taking into consideration the caveats involved in the comparison of ... -
Streamlining South Africa’s export development efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa: a decision support model approach
(WTO, 2016)Given its abundant natural resources and accelerating consumer-driven growth, sub-Saharan Africa has much to offer investors and traders. Yet the region remains weakly integrated into global and regional value chains, due ... -
Export promotion: a decision support model approach
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Agricultural export patterns from Africa to the European Union: exploring non-tariff measures, product relatedness, and market size
(WTO, 2018)For many years, the European Union has been an important market for agricultural products from Africa. However, African agricultural exporters have often found the European market difficult to access because of a raft of ... -
Southern Africa and the digital challenge: how the G20 can influence a digital turnaround in the region
(ICTSD, 2018)The economies of southern Africa all face significant development challenges, not helped by the fact that many of these countries are ill-prepared for the demands of the rapidly advancing digital era. Given its heterogeneous ... -
Suid-Afrika - onder druk van toenemende mededinging
(GKSA, 2002)Suid-Afrika is weer onlangs saam met 48 lande deur die Institute for Management Development (IMD) in 'n mededingendheidsrangorde geplaas. Dié lande se vermoë om 'n omgewing te skep om te kan meeding, is aan die hand van ... -
Are digital advances and inclusive growth compatible goals? Implications for trade policy in developing countries
(WTO, 2019)Can the digital economy help to alleviate the problem of inequality and forge more inclusive growth or will it exacerbate divisions as time goes by, to the detriment of those countries (including South Africa, India and ... -
Industrial policy in the global value chain era: a new paradigm for Africa
(AfricaGrowth Institute, 2018)In recent years, African countries have been giving greater priority to building their industrial capacity, placing particular emphasis on manufacturing in order to reduce their dependency on commodity trade. However, most ... -
The impact of plurilateral trade agreements on developing countries – to participate or not to participate?
(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, ... -
Identifying Thailand’s high-potential export opportunities in ASEAN+3 countries
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Identifying accessible export opportunities for South Africa in South America
(AOSIS, 2014)Despite the surging demand for imports in South America in recent years, South Africa’s exports to the region have shown relatively low growth. A contributing factor is the prevalence of trade barriers between South Africa ... -
Tru-Cape marketing, South Africa: managing the export market diversification challenge
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2014)Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing (Tru-Cape), South Africa’s leading apple and pear distributor, has an impressive track record since its inception in 2001, growing its turnover from $50 million USD in its first year to $135 million ... -
Promoting sustainable economic growth in South Africa through the production and export of low-carbon environmental goods
(AOSIS, 2014)Many countries, particularly those in the developing world, are under increasing pressure to improve their growth rates in order to tackle pressing economic problems at the domestic level. Increasing export volumes can ... -
Identification and comparison of export opportunities for South African products and services
(2014)The objective of this study was to provide guidelines for the export promotion of products and services in South Africa. The study outlined the background to the original decision support model (DSM) and the adaptations ...
