scholarly journals Shift-share analysis of production in the manufacturing industry of South Africa’s Southern District Municipality

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-30
Author(s):  
Ewert Kleynhans ◽  
Moloto J. Sekhobela
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Local Municipalities ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Industrial Mix ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Future Growth

In this study, the development and structure of value-added production in the manufacturing industries of the Southern District Municipality (SDM) of South Africa are investigated. The field of study focuses on spatial economic development, with the aim of identifying industries that can offer future growth and job creation. The methodology of shift-share analysis, often applied to studies of Economic Geography, is used for the empirical analysis. The SDM district municipality includes the local municipalities of Klerksdorp, Potchefstroom, Ventersdorp, Merafong City and Wolmaransstad. The economy of these municipalities is mainly dependent on gold mining, which is declining as their gold reserves are becoming depleted which will lead to a large section of its population being unemployed in the near future. Shift-share analysis provides insight into the shifts of production between various sectors over time and is comprehensible to policymakers. It provides further insight into the national share effect on production of the sectors in the region, as well as the regional industrial mix and the competitive share effects. It was found that the sectors with the highest growth potential are Transport Equipment, Petroleum and Chemicals, Furniture, Metal Products, and Wood and Paper Products, and they merit attention in future development initiatives.

Developing Equipment Manufacturing Industry Based on Service-Oriented Manufacturing

2013 ◽  
Vol 655-657 ◽  
pp. 2340-2343
Author(s):  
Li Xi Yang ◽  
Xu Fang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Advanced Manufacturing ◽  
Aggregation Mechanism ◽  
Equipment Manufacturing ◽  
Equipment Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Manufacturing Mode ◽  
Insight Into

Service-oriented manufacturing is an advanced manufacturing mode focused on integrating service with manufacturing. The remarkable importance is known to be strongly associated with the development of service-oriented economy in the period in which China transfers the traditional equipment manufacturing industry to the service-oriented manufacturing. We take a close insight into basic theories of service-oriented manufacturing, and then we analyze the characteristics, profiles, as well as the present situation of the equipment manufacturing. Finally, we propose some countermeasures for transferring the equipment manufacturing to the service-oriented manufacturing from the views of the aggregation mechanism, the network of innovative mechanism and manufacturing value-added chain.

scholarly journals The relationship between Leadership, Job satisfaction and Organisational Commitment

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Stander ◽  
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Industrial Mix ◽  
Employment Potential ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

Shift-share analysis of employment as a measuring instrument for human resource management is proposed by this study. The results obtained through this technique can assist human resource management on the macro-level in making informed and strategic decisions regarding future employment practices and trends. This technique is often applied to studies of economic geography, and is illustrated in this article through its application to the estimation of future employment potential of manufacturing industries of South Africa’s Southern District Municipality. The economy in this region is mainly dependent on gold mining, which is declining as gold reserves are becoming depleted. As a result, a large section of the area’s population will be unemployed in future, causing adversity and other development needs. Shift-share analysis provides insight into the shifts of employment in the various sectors over time, as well as insight into the national share effect on employment in the region, including the regional-industrial mix and the competitive share effects. It was found that the sectors with the highest employment creation potential are: transport equipment, wood and paper products, metal products, and furniture. Some suggestions are also made regarding the ways that this information can be utilised in human resource management.

scholarly journals Fiscal stimulation of human capital and resultant economic growth in South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhardus Van Zyl ◽  
Lumengo Bonga-Bonga
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Metal Products ◽  
Industrial Mix ◽  
Employment Potential ◽  
Insight Into

Shift-share analysis of employment as a measuring instrument for human resource management is proposed by this study. The results obtained through this technique can assist human resource management on the macro-level in making informed and strategic decisions regarding future employment practices and trends. This technique is often applied to studies of economic geography, and is illustrated in this article through its application to the estimation of future employment potential of manufacturing industries of South Africa’s Southern District Municipality. The economy in this region is mainly dependent on gold mining, which is declining as gold reserves are becoming depleted. As a result, a large section of the area’s population will be unemployed in future, causing adversity and other development needs. Shift-share analysis provides insight into the shifts of employment in the various sectors over time, as well as insight into the national share effect on employment in the region, including the regional-industrial mix and the competitive share effects. It was found that the sectors with the highest employment creation potential are: transport equipment, wood and paper products, metal products, and furniture. Some suggestions are also made regarding the ways that this information can be utilised in human resource management.

scholarly journals Rolling Momentum Strategy: An Empirical Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 03018
Author(s):  
Tim Langenstein ◽  
Martin Užík ◽  
Thomas Holtfort ◽  
Roman Warias
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Momentum Strategy ◽  
Technical Trading Rules ◽  
Performance Development ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Dot Com

Research background: The focus of the momentum strategy, as a procyclical investment strategy, lies in the hypothesis that the winning shares of the past will most likely develop in the same direction in the near future. The same is assumed for the performance of the loser shares. The technical trading rules of relative strength according to Levy provide the basis for this approach (Levy, 1967). The momentum strategy can thus offer investors an opportunity to outperform the market. The creation of portfolios under the momentum strategy follows simple rules: On the basis of past prices, equities are selected within a formation period according to return criteria. The stocks with the highest and lowest returns on equities in the formation period are combined into winning and losing portfolios, each with the same number. The final step is the acquisition of the winning portfolio, which is held over the specified investment period, with the loser portfolio being sold short at the same time. The empirical analysis presented in this paper focuses on the success of the momentum strategy for the STOXX Europe 600 market over a formation and investment period of six months. Purpose of the article: The objective of this paper is to empirically test the above statements and assumptions. Portfolios are built up on a rolling basis over a period of six months and then observed with respect to their performance over a period from 1995 to 2000. The achieved returns are compared with a buy-and-hold strategy and empirically tested for return differences. Especially the years 2001, 2008, and 2020 as the crisis years of the dot-com bubble, the financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic are focused on and discussed. Methods: The data of the period are examined for performance development in a database in the form of winner and loser portfolios. The returns are calculated as AR to a reference portfolio DAX. The returns are statistically tested for significant differences to a zero return using a t test. Findings & Value added: The results show the performance of the momentum strategy in the period from 1995 to 2000 for the stocks of the STOXX Europe 600. The strong fluctuations in the crisis years are notable. With few exceptions, the reference returns could only provide statistically non-significant results.

scholarly journals Shift–share Analysis of manufacturing as a measuring instrument for Human Resource Management

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Ewert Philippus Kleynhans
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
Southern District ◽  
Industrial Mix ◽  
Employment Potential ◽  
Insight Into

Shift-share analysis of employment as a measuring instrument for human resource management is proposed by this study. The results obtained through this technique can assist human resource management on the macro-level in making informed and strategic decisions regarding future employment practices and trends. This technique is often applied to studies of economic geography, and is illustrated in this article through its application to the estimation of future employment potential of manufacturing industries of South Africa’s Southern District Municipality. The economy in this region is mainly dependent on gold mining, which is declining as gold reserves are becoming depleted. As a result, a large section of the area’s population will be unemployed in future, causing adversity and other development needs. Shift-share analysis provides insight into the shifts of employment in the various sectors over time, as well as insight into the national share effect on employment in the region, including the regional-industrial mix and the competitive share effects. It was found that the sectors with the highest employment creation potential are: transport equipment, wood and paper products, metal products, and furniture. Some suggestions are also made regarding the ways that this information can be utilised in human resource management.

China's Productivity Slowdown and Future Growth Potential

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loren Brandt ◽  
John Litwack ◽  
Elitza Mileva ◽  
Luhang Wang ◽  
Yifan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Potential ◽  
Productivity Slowdown ◽  
Future Growth

The Word Class Adjective in English Business Magazines Online

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-115
Author(s):  
Borislav Marušić ◽  
Sanda Katavić-Čaušić
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Word Class ◽  
Business English ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
English Syntax ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The aim of this paper is to research the word class adjective in one sequence of the ESP: Business English, more precisely English business magazines online. It is an empirical study on the corpus taken from a variety of business magazines online. The empirical analysis allows a comprehensive insight into the word class adjective in this variety of Business English and makes its contribution to English syntax, semantics and word formation. The syntactic part analyses the adjective position in the sentence. The semantic part of the study identifies the most common adjectives that appear in English business magazines online. Most of the analysis is devoted to the word formation of the adjectives found in the corpus. The corpus is analysed in such a way that it enables its division into compounds, derivatives and conversions. The results obtained in this way will give a comprehensive picture of the word class adjective in this type of Business English and can act as a starting point for further research of the word class adjective.

An insight into an electro-catalytic reactor concept for high value-added production from crude glycerol: Optimization, electrode passivation, product distribution, and reaction pathway identification

2021 ◽  
Vol 172 ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
Ali Khosravanipour Mostafazadeh ◽  
Maria Samantha De La Torre ◽  
Yessika Padilla ◽  
Patrick Drogui ◽  
Satinder Kaur Brar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Glycerol ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Product Distribution ◽  
Catalytic Reactor ◽  
Electrode Passivation ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Detecting Convergence Trends among EU Universities

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Maria Adamakou ◽  
Dimitris Kallioras ◽  
George Petrakos
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
University Ranking ◽  
Convergence Clubs ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Insight Into

Universities are emerging growth determinants. This is so as, in addition to the fulfillment of their traditional role in teaching and (basic) research, universities, as aptly described within the helix framework, are expected to engage in regional development processes. The paper aims to detect trends of convergence among EU universities in terms of performance. To the best of our knowledge, this topic has not hitherto been examined. The empirical analysis of the paper covers the period 2014–2021, utilizes data obtained from URAP (University Ranking by Academic Performance), and employs the methodological approach of convergence clubs. The findings of the paper provide valuable insight into both theory and policy-making. We conclude that despite the unification of EU educational space, trends of divergence among EU universities are still present, and notable divisions still remain. Consequently, this indicates that the impact of EU universities on the formation of spatial disparities across EU space is not neutral.

scholarly journals Solvent-Free Benzylation of Glycerol by Benzyl Alcohol Using Heteropoly Acid Impregnated on K-10 Clay as Catalyst

Catalysts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Devendra P. Tekale ◽  
Ganapati D. Yadav ◽  
Ajay K. Dalai
Keyword(s):  
Heterogeneous Catalysis ◽  
Benzyl Alcohol ◽  
Batch Reactor ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Solvent Free ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Area Measurement ◽  
Solid Catalyst ◽  
Glycerol Ether ◽  
Insight Into

Value addition to glycerol, the sole co-product in biodiesel production, will lead to reform of the overall biodiesel economy. Different valuable chemicals can be produced from glycerol using heterogeneous catalysis and these valuable chemicals are useful in industries such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, fuels, soap, paints, and fine chemicals. Therefore, the conversion of glycerol to valuable chemicals using heterogeneous catalysis is a noteworthy area of research. Etherification of glycerol with alkenes or alcohols is an important reaction in converting glycerol to various value-added chemicals. This article describes reaction of glycerol with benzyl alcohol in solvent-free medium by using a clay supported modified heteropolyacid (HPA), Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40/K-10 (Cs-DTP/K-10) as solid catalyst and its comparison with other catalysts in a batch reactor. Mono-Benzyl glycerol ether (MBGE) was the major product formed in the reaction along with formation of di-benzyl glycerol ether (DBGE). The effects of different parameters were studied to optimize the reaction parameters. This work provides an insight into characterization of Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40/K-10 catalyst by advanced techniques such as surface area measurement, X-ray analysis, ICP-MS, FT-IR, and SEM. Reaction products were characterized and confirmed by using the GCMS method. The kinetic model was developed from an insight into the reaction mechanism. The apparent energy of activation was found to be 18.84 kcal/mol.

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