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dc.contributor.authorParsons, Raymond
dc.contributor.authorKrugell, Waldo
dc.contributor.authorVenter, Lodewalt
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-15T09:14:36Z
dc.date.available2022-11-15T09:14:36Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationParsons, R., Krugell, W. & Venter, L. Where to do business in South Africaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/40241
dc.description.abstractDoing business in South Africa is challenging in many ways and recently the deterioration of infrastructure and services provision at the local level have come to influence business location decisions. This paper sets out to build an index that describes the factors that determine the competitive advantages of local economies. This idea is inspired by UNCTAD’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Potential Index for countries, but linked to the theories of Geographical Economics and applied at municipal level inSouth Africa. Principle Component Analysis is used to combine measures of the size and sophistication of the local economy, the local business and government institutions, and the broad macro forces that influence it all. We call the result the Where to do business (WTDB) index.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipIBC NWUen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIBCen_US
dc.subjectBusiness locationen_US
dc.subjectlocal economyen_US
dc.subjectChambers of Commerceen_US
dc.subjectIndexen_US
dc.subjectGeographical Economicsen_US
dc.subjectPrincipal Component Analysisen_US
dc.titleWhere to do business in South Africaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US


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