Location, Automotive Policy, and Multinational Strategy: The Position of South Africa in the Global Industry since 1995
| dc.contributor.author | Black, Anthony | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-24T09:55:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-24T09:55:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-24T07:01:41Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The South African automotive sector has become much more integrated into the global industry since 1995. Rapid export expansion has shifted its orientation fundamentally away from its focus on the small domestic market and the industry is widely regarded as a success story of South Africa's democratic transition. However, important vulnerabilities remain, and it is by no means clear that the mode of integration has been particularly favorable to the long-term development of the industry. The relatively small size of South Africa's domestic market and its regional location pose clear disadvantages in terms of attracting international investment. Integration into the global industry has therefore been partial and continues to reflect a degree of hesitancy by multinational firms to make really major commitments to the South African industry. The warning signs include recent import expansion and low local content in domestically assembled vehicles. Automotive policy has also produced distortions, encouraged uneconomic investments, and led to unforeseen side effects. These impacts limit the gains that have been made and are likely to cause complications in the future.</P> | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2257.2009.00491.x | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Black, A. (2009). Location, Automotive Policy, and Multinational Strategy: The Position of South Africa in the Global Industry since 1995. <i>Growth and Change</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19831 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Black, Anthony "Location, Automotive Policy, and Multinational Strategy: The Position of South Africa in the Global Industry since 1995." <i>Growth and Change</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19831 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Black, A. (2009). Location, automotive policy, and multinational strategy: the position of South Africa in the global industry since 1995. Growth and Change, 40(3), 483-512. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0017-4815 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Black, Anthony AB - The South African automotive sector has become much more integrated into the global industry since 1995. Rapid export expansion has shifted its orientation fundamentally away from its focus on the small domestic market and the industry is widely regarded as a success story of South Africa's democratic transition. However, important vulnerabilities remain, and it is by no means clear that the mode of integration has been particularly favorable to the long-term development of the industry. The relatively small size of South Africa's domestic market and its regional location pose clear disadvantages in terms of attracting international investment. Integration into the global industry has therefore been partial and continues to reflect a degree of hesitancy by multinational firms to make really major commitments to the South African industry. The warning signs include recent import expansion and low local content in domestically assembled vehicles. Automotive policy has also produced distortions, encouraged uneconomic investments, and led to unforeseen side effects. These impacts limit the gains that have been made and are likely to cause complications in the future.</P> DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Growth and Change LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 SM - 0017-4815 T1 - Location, Automotive Policy, and Multinational Strategy: The Position of South Africa in the Global Industry since 1995 TI - Location, Automotive Policy, and Multinational Strategy: The Position of South Africa in the Global Industry since 1995 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19831 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19831 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Black A. Location, Automotive Policy, and Multinational Strategy: The Position of South Africa in the Global Industry since 1995. Growth and Change. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19831. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | Growth and Change | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-2257 | |
| dc.title | Location, Automotive Policy, and Multinational Strategy: The Position of South Africa in the Global Industry since 1995 | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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