Browsing by Author "Barnes, Justin"

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    An Assessment of the Factors that Promoted Industrial Development in Richards Bay
    (1997-12) Aniruth, Jayanthi; Barnes, Justin
    The research findings and policy recommendatons presented in this report owe their existence to the Industrial Strategy Project (ISP), who commissioned the study as a mechanism for providing input into the Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) policy framework nationally. - See more at: http://www.dpru.uct.ac.za/working-papers#sthash.R5jwrB1h.dpuf
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    Globalization, the Changed Global Dynamics of the Clothing and Textile Value Chains and the Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa
    (2009) Morris, Mike; Barnes, Justin
    This paper outlines the dynamics of global clothing and textile value chains. In addition, it focuses on how the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa have been drawn into these globalized value chains, enabling the development of clothing industries in a number of less developed, poor countries. It begins by setting out the dynamics of the changing nature of the global clothing and textile value chain in order to contextualise the global trading patterns. The next section deals with what is left in the industrialized countries and what aspects of the chain have shifted to developing countries. This is followed by a detailed discussion of global trade, employment and investment, which provides the context for analysis of the demise of the Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA) and the impact of China on global clothing and textile value chains post-MFA. The final section discusses the importance of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for the development of Sub-Saharan Africa industrialization. The chapter ends with a number of policy conclusions.
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    Regional Development and Cluster Management: Lessons from South Africa
    (2006) Morris, Mike; Barnes, Justin
    Regional and local development cannot be separated from globalisation. For the defining characteristic of this era of globalisation (differentiating it from earlier periods of internationalisation) is the international dispersal of the production of manufactured components, globally coordinated, and oriented towards supplying industrialised country markets (Dicken 1998, Kaplinsky 2005). Most enterprises in developing countries do not engage in spot market, arms length trade with their export customers – i.e. thin, transient, relationships. They are instead locked into various hierarchical outsourcing arrangements – i.e. ‘thick’ relationships where lead firms determine production parameters, specifications, and design over the outsourced enterprises (Gereffi et al 2004; Kaplinsky 2005). Consequently issues of operational performance, competitiveness, learning, upgrading or innovation at a regional level are interlinked with global value chain determinants (Humphrey & Schmitz 2002). Furthermore collective efficiency (i.e. clustering and learning through networking) has played a crucial role in local firms enhancing their productivity, rate of innovation and competitive performance (Bell & Albu 1999; Maskell et al 1998; Bessant et al 2003; Lawson & Lorenz 1999; Morosini 2004, Nadvi & Schmitz 1999, Schmitz 1999a, 1999b, 2004).
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    Staying alive in the global automotive industry: what can developing economies learn from South Africa about linking into global automotive value chains?
    (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) Barnes, Justin; Morris, Mike
    The insertion of the South African automotive industry into the global mainstream of vehicle manufacturing highlights a number of valuable analytical lessons for developing country automotive economies. The global value chains that dominate the automotive industry have fostered substantial upgrading within the South African automotive industry but pervasive international trends also limit the opportunities for value addition and more substantial increases in vehicle output. Key trends in this regard relate to tightening market conditions in the developed economies into which South African vehicle producers and automotive component manufacturers supply, excess global production capacity and the emergence of new low cost production locations principally in Asia. The benefits to the South African automotive industry of engaging in global value chains are clear but the long term sustainability and development of the industry remain in question. The importance of industrial policy in shaping any national industry's insertion into global value chains, as well as the need for ongoing upgrading and adoption of world class manufacturing standards is stressed as pivotal to maximising the gains that can be derived from insertion into global automotive value chains.

    Keywords: global automotive value chains; industrial policy; world class manufacturing; South Africa; competitiveness; developing economy automotive producers