COVID-19 IMPACTS ON SME MAIZE AND DAIRY PROCESSORS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Andrew Bowman and Reena das Nair COVID-19 is prompting widespread questioning of food systems and the ways efficiency and competitiveness have been previously understood (Ruben et al, 2020; IPES-Food, 2020; Farley & Scherr, 2020). Recent decades have seen increasing concentration among powerful large firms, the growth of complex global value chains underpinned by just-in-time […]
REGIONAL INVESTMENTS BY EMERGING AFRICAN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDING PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY Effective regional integration and competition requires that there be independent rivals competing across borders and within domestic markets through innovation and effort, investment, product quality, and prices. To understand the constraints to more dynamic rivalry between firms within the region, this research considers the obstacles to integration […]