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| RESEARCH CENTRE | |  | Centre for Poverty, Employment and Growth | | Innovative employment strategies | | | Events | |
Institutions and Technological Intensities: Foreign and Local Automotive and Electronics Component Firms in East and Southeast Asia
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21 November 2007
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| HSRC Video Conference Centres |
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This lecture examined the learning potential of local firms from the operations of direct foreign investment by differentiating technology into human resources (HR), process technology (PT), and R&D (RD), and by the strength of embedding institutional and systematic (IS) support at host sites using a sample of automotive and electronic component firms in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan. |
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Changing income distribution globally
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23 May 2007
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| VCR, HSRC Building, Pretoria |
| HSRC Seminar Series |
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Roundtable: The changing character of industrial development: what are the implications for growth, employment and income distribution?
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21 May 2007
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| VCR, HSRC Building, Pretoria |
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The Second Economy: Linkages between the Formal and Informal Economies
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24 March 2007
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| Kievitskroon, Pretoria |
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| This Policy Dialogue will be hosed by The School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Employment Growth and Development Initiative of the HSRC. |
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Roundtable: Business Process Outsourcing
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07 February 2006
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| Park Hyatt Hotel, Johannesburg |
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| The BPO market has been identified as one that could have enormous potential to support economic growth and employment in South Africa. As a result, it has recently been the subject of much attention, research and debate, by various levels of government. However, to date the focus has increasingly narrowed to contact centres, and, for various reasons, BPO is increasingly seen as a market where South Africa does not enjoy a significant comparative advantage. |
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