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Title:Industrial response to globalisation within a medium-sized town: a focus on the clothing manufacturing sector in Port Shepstone
Author:Harrison, KarenISNI
Year:1997
Periodical:Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa
Issue:32
Pages:79-101
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:global economy
clothing industry
External link:https://d.lib.msu.edu/tran/312/OBJ/download
Abstract:The globalization of South Africa's economy has impacted in a number of different ways on the domestic manufacturing industry. The effect on sectors has been uneven. Furthermore, the location of industry has become increasingly significant in mediating the impact of globalization as new relationships are developing between the global, regional, national and local arenas. This paper explores some of these emerging dynamics through a brief discussion of the international literature concerning localities within a 'post-Fordist' paradigm; and an analysis of the major findings of a locality-based study on the clothing industry in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, undertaken in October 1995. The main questions addressed in this analysis are: Within the broader environment are there local processes and factors that could impact on, or mediate, the forces of globalization? Does the existence of a cluster of small clothing firms in Port Shepstone offer any particular advantages/disadvantages for increasing competitiveness of the firms? How do broader regional and national institutional, policy and regulatory farmeworks affect the local environment? A discussion of policy implications concludes the paper. Bibliogr., notes, ref.
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