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Working Papers

2023

1. Chinese firms and adherence to global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards in developing countries: Is there potential to create common ground?
   IDOS Discussion Papers, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

2019

2. Spreading the gains?: Prospects and policies for the development of regional value chains in Southern Africa
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2014

3. Regionalism, end markets and ownership matter: Shifting dynamics in the apparel export industry in Sub Saharan Africa
   Working Papers, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Regionalism, end markets and ownership matter: Shifting dynamics in the apparel export industry in Sub Saharan Africa, Environment and Planning A (2016) View citations (3) (2016)

2013

4. Local embeddedness and economic and social upgrading in Madagascar's export apparel industry
   Working Papers, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) View citations (6)
   Also in Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester (2013) View citations (5)
5. Local embeddedness, upgrading and skill development: global value chains and foreign direct investment in Lesotho’s apparel industry
   Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (11)
   Also in Working Papers, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE) (2012) View citations (9)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Servicification of Manufacturing in Global Value Chains: Upgrading of Local Suppliers of Embedded Services in the South African Market for Wind Turbines
   Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (4), 787-808 View citations (4)
2. The wind energy global value chain localisation and industrial policy failure in South Africa
   Journal of International Business Policy, 2022, 5, (4), 490-511 View citations (1)

2021

3. Resilient regional food supply chains and rethinking the way forward: Key takeaways from the COVID-19 pandemic
   Agricultural Systems, 2021, 190, (C) View citations (17)
4. The role of regional value chains in fostering regional integration in Southern Africa
   Development Southern Africa, 2021, 38, (1), 39-56 View citations (1)

2020

5. Global Value Chains, Industrial Policy and Economic Upgrading in Ethiopia's Apparel Sector
   Development and Change, 2020, 51, (4), 1018-1043 View citations (23)

2019

6. Trade and Industrialisation in Africa: SMEs, Manufacturing and Cluster Dynamics
   Journal of African Trade, 2019, 6, (1), 47-59 View citations (1)

2018

7. Standards, regulation and sustainable development in a global value chain driven world
   International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2018, 10, (3/4), 322-346 View citations (3)

2017

8. Industrial upgrading and development in Lesotho’s apparel industry: global value chains, foreign direct investment, and market diversification
   Oxford Development Studies, 2017, 45, (3), 303-320 View citations (18)

2016

9. Regionalism, end markets and ownership matter: Shifting dynamics in the apparel export industry in Sub Saharan Africa
   Environment and Planning A, 2016, 48, (7), 1244-1265 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Regionalism, end markets and ownership matter: Shifting dynamics in the apparel export industry in Sub Saharan Africa, Working Papers (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
10. Thinning and Thickening: Productive Sector Policies in The Era of Global Value Chains
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2016, 28, (4), 625-645 View citations (29)

2014

11. Industrialization Trajectories in Madagascar’s Export Apparel Industry: Ownership, Embeddedness, Markets, and Upgrading
    World Development, 2014, 56, (C), 243-257 View citations (18)
12. The industrialisation challenge for Africa: Towards a commodities based industrialisation path
    Journal of African Trade, 2014, 1, (1), 25-36 View citations (3)

2013

13. Value Chain Dynamics of Chinese Copper Mining in Zambia: Enclave or Linkage Development&quest
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2013, 25, (4), 537-556 View citations (23)

2012

14. “One thing leads to another”—Commodities, linkages and industrial development
    Resources Policy, 2012, 37, (4), 408-416 View citations (49)

2011

15. Value chain dynamics, local embeddedness, and upgrading in the clothing sectors of Lesotho and Swaziland
    International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2011, 4, (1/2/3), 96-119 View citations (35)

2009

16. Chinese FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa: Engaging with Large Dragons
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2009, 21, (4), 551-569 View citations (87)
17. The Asian Drivers and SSA: Is There a Future for Export‐oriented African Industrialisation?
    The World Economy, 2009, 32, (11), 1638-1655 View citations (14)

2008

18. Do the Asian Drivers Undermine Export-oriented Industrialization in SSA
    World Development, 2008, 36, (2), 254-273 View citations (59)
19. Staying alive in the global automotive industry: what can developing economies learn from South Africa about linking into global automotive value chains?
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2008, 20, (1), 31-55 View citations (14)
20. Value chain analysis: a tool for enhancing export supply policies
    International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2008, 1, (3), 283-308 View citations (5)

2004

21. Does e-commerce fulfil its promise for developing country (South African) garment export producers?
    Oxford Development Studies, 2004, 32, (2), 155-178 View citations (5)
22. The German connection: shifting hegemony in the political economy of the South African automotive industry
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2004, 13, (5), 789-814 View citations (7)

2002

23. The Globalization of Product Markets and Immiserizing Growth: Lessons From the South African Furniture Industry
    World Development, 2002, 30, (7), 1159-1177 View citations (44)

1999

24. Trade Policy Reform and the Competitive Response in Kwazulu Natal Province, South Africa
    World Development, 1999, 27, (4), 717-737 View citations (8)

1997

25. KwaZulu-Natal's rural institutional environment: Its impact on local service delivery
    Development Southern Africa, 1997, 14, (2), 185-209 View citations (1)

Undated

26. Telecommunication needs and provision to underdeveloped black areas in South Africa
    Telecommunications Policy, 17, (7), 529-539

Chapters

2019

1. A Different Path of Industrial Development? Ethiopia’s Apparel Export Sector
   Springer
2. Industrialization paths and industrial policy for developing countries in global value chains
   Chapter 31 in Handbook on Global Value Chains, 2019, pp 506-520 View citations (4)

2012

3. Chinese OFDI in Sub-Saharan Africa
   Palgrave Macmillan

2000

4. How do South African firms respond to trade policy reform?
   Chapter 11 in Industrial Development and Policy in Africa, 2000, pp 193-221