Technology diffusion and productivity : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector

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dc.contributor.authorOdendaal, Izaken_ZA
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dc.date.issued2005en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper builds on a growing literature on trade-related international technology diffusion. It examines whether South Africa can enhance its productivity by importing machinery and equipment that embodies foreign knowledge from trading partners that do significant amounts of research and development. The focus is on South Africa's manufacturing sector. Furthermore, the paper also examines the role of human capital in the facilitation of the effective adoption of foreign technology. Using trade data from 1976 to 2001 - imports from the European Union, industrialized countries and 'advanced' developing countries - the relationship between capital imports and total factor productivity growth and human capital is analysed using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration. The results show that there is evidence of an equilibrium relationship between the variables; that foreign technology spillovers have taken place in the manufacturing sector, and that the effect on productivity is enhanced by the presence of quality human capital.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationOdendaal, I. (2005). <i>Technology diffusion and productivity : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12787en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationOdendaal, Izak. <i>"Technology diffusion and productivity : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12787en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOdendaal, I. 2005. Technology diffusion and productivity : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Odendaal, Izak AB - This paper builds on a growing literature on trade-related international technology diffusion. It examines whether South Africa can enhance its productivity by importing machinery and equipment that embodies foreign knowledge from trading partners that do significant amounts of research and development. The focus is on South Africa's manufacturing sector. Furthermore, the paper also examines the role of human capital in the facilitation of the effective adoption of foreign technology. Using trade data from 1976 to 2001 - imports from the European Union, industrialized countries and 'advanced' developing countries - the relationship between capital imports and total factor productivity growth and human capital is analysed using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration. The results show that there is evidence of an equilibrium relationship between the variables; that foreign technology spillovers have taken place in the manufacturing sector, and that the effect on productivity is enhanced by the presence of quality human capital. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - Technology diffusion and productivity : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector TI - Technology diffusion and productivity : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12787 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12787
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationOdendaal I. Technology diffusion and productivity : evidence from the South African manufacturing sector. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12787en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhilosophy and the Political Economyen_ZA
dc.titleTechnology diffusion and productivity : evidence from the South African manufacturing sectoren_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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