South African mining equipment and specialist services: Technological capacity, export performance and policy

Resources Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 425-433

  Kaplan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Export performance; Mining equipment specialist services; South Africa; Technological capacity

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; EXPORT PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS; GLOBAL MARKET; MINING SECTOR; NEW PRODUCT; SERVICES SECTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

MINING EQUIPMENT;

COMPETITIVENESS; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; MINING INDUSTRY; SERVICE SECTOR; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84870238354     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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