Exporting and the wage premium: The case of South African manufacturing firms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carli Bezuidenhout ◽  
Marianne Matthee ◽  
Neil Rankin
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Manufacturing Firms

Importing and Productivity: An Analysis of South African Manufacturing Firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-432
Author(s):  
Lawrence Edwards ◽  
Marco Sanfilippo ◽  
Asha Sundaram
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Manufacturing Firms

South African manufacturing firms in transition

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-102
Author(s):  
David Francis ◽  
Gareth Roberts ◽  
Imraan Valodia
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Manufacturing Firms

scholarly journals Activity-Based Costing In Small Manufacturing Firms: South African Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosebud Rundora ◽  
Toekie Ziemerink ◽  
Merwe Oberholzer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
African Study ◽  
South African Study ◽  
Traditional Costing

This is an empirical investigation by means of a survey of the experiences and perceptions of activity-based costing (ABC), as an alternative to traditional costing, in small manufacturing firms in the Southern Gauteng region of South Africa. The objectives of the study were to determine the: Extent to which ABC is adopted; Perceptions of the benefits and the barriers of ABC; Experiences regarding the practice of ABC; and Reasons why firms do not adopt ABC. An analysis of 48 questionnaires indicated that 16 firms implemented ABC whilst 32 did not adopt this approach. The study firstly found that the ABC users have been in business significantly longer than the non-users, ABC users firms are significantly larger than the non-users firms, there are some significant differences in the perceptions between the users and non-users regarding the benefits and the barriers of implementing ABC, that the ABC users are to a great extent neutral in respect of the practical issues of ABC and finally, that the non-users of ABC are of the opinion that ABC is too expensive to implement. The contribution of this study is that it fills the gap regarding to the lack of empirical research of ABC in small manufacturing firms and especially the lack of empirical research on ABC in South African firms.

scholarly journals Offshoring within South African manufacturing firms: An analysis of the labour market effects

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anmar Pretorius ◽  
Carli Bezuidenhout ◽  
Marianne Matthee ◽  
Derick Blaauw
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
South African ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Market Effects

scholarly journals Drivers Creating Shareholder Value In South African Manufacturing Firms

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Hall
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
South African ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Shareholder Value ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Value Drivers ◽  
Value Based Management ◽  
The Cost

The objective of this study was to determine shareholder value drivers for South African manufacturing firms listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) from 2006 to 2010. In order to optimise shareholder value creation, management must be able to recognise value drivers that it can control. A multiple regression analysis was used to identify the value drivers of manufacturing firms in South Africa. The value drivers found to be significant in explaining shareholder value are the cost of goods to sales percentage, the degree of manufacturing leverage, and the capital investment in plant and equipment. Value-based management incorporating these value drivers can guide manufacturing managers toward optimal shareholder value creation.

scholarly journals Do managers of South African manufacturing firms make optimal capital investment decisions?

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Present Value ◽  
Investment Evaluation ◽  
Specific Risk ◽  
Optimal Capital ◽  
Finance Theory

Managing the deployment of a firm’s assets in the form of capital goods is a vital determinant of a firm’s ability to successfully compete over time. Corporate finance theory clearly prescribes a rule to ensure the optimality of these decisions: all capital investment decisions should be evaluated through the use of the net present value (NPV) rule while project specific risk should be incorporated through the adjustment of the discount rate used in the NPV analysis.This paper presents the results of a survey of the capital investment evaluation practices of South African manufacturing firms. The results indicate that the majority of firms surveyed do not use the NPV evaluation technique when making their capital investment decisions. Furthermore, those firms that do use this technique use it in combination with other, theoretically deficient (and redundant) techniques. Finally, they do not adjust for project specific risk as prescribed.

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