Enhancing Industrial Cluster Formation Through the Realistic Export Opportunities of the TRADE-DSM

Noleen Pisa; Wilma Viviers; Riaan Rossouw

doi:10.1111/saje.12138

Enhancing Industrial Cluster Formation Through the Realistic Export Opportunities of the TRADE-DSM

Noleen Pisa
, Wilma Viviers
, Riaan Rossouw

North West University

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This paper explores the natural synergies between industrial cluster formation and the identification of realistic export opportunities (REOs), using the TRADE-DSM for a resource-dependent region, the North West Province of South Africa. The structural path analysis and power of pull methods were applied to a provincial social accounting matrix to identify the top industrial clusters. Ten industrial clusters were identified and matched to the results of the TRADE-DSM. Six of the industrial clusters analysed had REOs. These results provide a basis for focused export market development and for the formalisation of the cluster initiative as a strategy for sustained economic and export growth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	386-404
Number of pages	19
Journal	South African Journal of Economics
Volume	85
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/saje.12138
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

competitiveness
export market selection
industrial clusters
North West Province
realistic export opportunities
TRADE-DSM

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Economics and Econometrics

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Enhancing Industrial Cluster Formation Through the Realistic Export Opportunities of the TRADE-DSM

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