The automotive industry: The potential for sustainable regional cooperation
| dc.contributor.advisor | Thiam, Djiby | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gordon, Joshua | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-31T08:51:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-31T08:51:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-01-26T13:15:18Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Regional integration has widely been accepted as a means for industrialisation in Africa, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the standard approaches used by economists to assess the feasibility of regional cooperation fall short. The reciprocal relationship between market forces and politico-social institutions is too often assumed away. Further, the automotive industry has been acknowledged as an important sector that has the potential to drive industrialisation in SSA. However, in order for the automotive sector to be sustainable, regional cooperation is important. To this end, this paper attempts to assess whether regional cooperation in the automotive sector is feasible. The automotive industry is used as a vehicle to assess whether the demand and supply side conditions, set out by the dynamic model, are satisfied. It is concluded that, in Sub-Saharan Africa, there are regional actors who stand to gain from institutional reform, enhancing the prospects of sustained regional cooperation in the automotive industry. Further, it is concluded that, while the supply side conditions are unambiguously satisfied currently, there is potential for clear regional leaders to emerge in the future. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Gordon, J. (2021). <i>The automotive industry: The potential for sustainable regional cooperation</i>. (). ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35618 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Gordon, Joshua. <i>"The automotive industry: The potential for sustainable regional cooperation."</i> ., ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35618 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Gordon, J. 2021. The automotive industry: The potential for sustainable regional cooperation. . ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35618 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Master Thesis AU - Gordon, Joshua AB - Regional integration has widely been accepted as a means for industrialisation in Africa, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the standard approaches used by economists to assess the feasibility of regional cooperation fall short. The reciprocal relationship between market forces and politico-social institutions is too often assumed away. Further, the automotive industry has been acknowledged as an important sector that has the potential to drive industrialisation in SSA. However, in order for the automotive sector to be sustainable, regional cooperation is important. To this end, this paper attempts to assess whether regional cooperation in the automotive sector is feasible. The automotive industry is used as a vehicle to assess whether the demand and supply side conditions, set out by the dynamic model, are satisfied. It is concluded that, in Sub-Saharan Africa, there are regional actors who stand to gain from institutional reform, enhancing the prospects of sustained regional cooperation in the automotive industry. Further, it is concluded that, while the supply side conditions are unambiguously satisfied currently, there is potential for clear regional leaders to emerge in the future. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Economics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - The automotive industry: The potential for sustainable regional cooperation TI - The automotive industry: The potential for sustainable regional cooperation UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35618 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35618 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Gordon J. The automotive industry: The potential for sustainable regional cooperation. []. ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35618 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Economics | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Commerce | |
| dc.subject | Economics | |
| dc.title | The automotive industry: The potential for sustainable regional cooperation | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MCom |