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... but stable between 1994 and 1995. 11 There was a substantial reduction in the share of locally sourced OE components as a proportion of total component usage from 40,1 per cent in 1996 to 33,8 per cent in 2000 (Table 5). By implication, local OE manufacturers were proportionally benefiting less from the in- creased vehicle production. ...
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... The automotive industry of South Africa is a key contributor to the country's GDP as it helps with the economic of the country and also creates employment. According to Kaggwa, et al. (2007), Improving export and gaining knowledge of the trade balance of the global automotive industry is very critical as it helps to underpin any policy attempts of increasing the dependency on imports. Damoense and Alan (2014) in a separate instance said despite the significant increase in export of CBUs, including the automotive components, the automotive industry of South Africa has remained a net user of foreign exchange, due to the product importation. ...
This paper attempt to analyse the global competitiveness of the South African automotive industry with a major focus of it local content and importation of automotive components, a well-structured questionnaire was developed after a careful literature review and administered in the case studies automotive industries, the analysis indicates that importation of cheap automotive components have a negatively impact on the South African automotive industry and proper control of importation will be a possible solution for a well balance and competitive improvement for the South African automotive industry.
Verhoef maps out the complexity of Africa since earliest times, which exposes the myth of African unity, a single African nationalism and ‘the African culture’ as concepts of political expediency rather than historical validity. Focusing on what was published on business in Africa, the chapter exposes the lack of an all Africa inclusive focus on business of all its people. This chapter highlights the under researched Business History perspective of the agency of individuals, entrepreneurs and business organisations in Africa. Verhoef shows the emergence of business activity among the diverse people of Africa at different stages of the discontinuities of Africa’s history. That sets the context of business development under different modalities of capitalism to guide the study of Business development in Africa.
The South African automotive industry is the third largest sector in the national economy, This industry employs a significant number of people and it accounts for about 7.6% of the country's GDP. It operates in a highly competitive and dynamic environment that is growing at a tremendous rate due to international competition and changing demands of the customers. Furthermore, new competitors are countinuously entering the market introducing new competing brands which make it even more difficult for different brands to be competitive and profitable. A combination of a literature review and narrative enquiry was used in this study, that is qualitative and non-statistical in nature. The objective is to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of the servitization strategies adopted by competing brands in the after-sales service industry in South Africa to understand factors that give the competing brands a competitive advantage. The research study particularly focuses on views from a passenger-car dealership perspective.
