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dc.contributor.postgraduate | Mpotu, Johannes Morutoe | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-07T07:54:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-21 | en |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-07T07:54:07Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012-03-08 | en |
dc.date.issued | 2012-09-21 | en |
dc.date.submitted | 2012-07-28 | en |
dc.description | Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Literature in business associations reveals an efficient confluence of business to provide member firms with benefits obtained from cooperation with other firms in the industry. They assist firms through knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. They can particularly play an important role in the areas of market integration, source of information, lobbying for regulation, standard setting and policy. Studies have also shown that lack of political influence helps discourage good governance or the ability to manage public affairs and deliver basic services; when acting alone individual firms may not be capable of taking part effectively in the interchange with government. This study involved a qualitative study which consisted of case studies and in-depth face to face interviews with association and member companies’ executives that are actively involved in business association activities in the South African Steel industry. The study concluded that business associations arise for different reasons and in different environments, to assist business with meeting certain challenges; they can sometimes play a positive role by making up for failing development institutions but they can also be detrimental to social welfare because of rent-seeking behaviour. | en |
dc.description.availability | unrestricted | en |
dc.description.department | Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Mpotu, JM 2011, Do business associations sufficiently add value in the steel industry in emerging markets, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26774 > | en |
dc.identifier.other | F/12/4/728/zw | en |
dc.identifier.upetdurl | http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07282012-185120/ | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26774 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | en |
dc.subject | UCTD | en_US |
dc.subject | Business associations | en |
dc.subject | Steel industry | en |
dc.subject | Value added | en |
dc.title | Do business associations sufficiently add value in the steel industry in emerging markets | en |
dc.type | Dissertation | en |