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Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24618 Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry Kachienga, M.O. daphney@thedti.gov.za Mayindi, Daphney Hellen South africa's government Civil aircraft industry National technological National economy Growth UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. The thesis is about analysing the capability of the civil aircraft industry in contributing towards improved national technological competitiveness. The South African government recognises the potential for the country’s aircraft industry to contribute to the growth of the national economy. However, it is not known if the current support mechanisms are adequate for developing the appropriate technological base and for promoting the innovative capabilities of the industry. Countries with successful aircraft industries were studied: South Korea and Brazil were used to represent emerging economies and France was used to represent developed economies. This was done to analyse existing models or frameworks and/or commonalities that led to the successful development of technologically competitive civil aircraft industries internationally. The South African civil aircraft industry was also studied, and its technology development competence was compared to that of successful countries. How the local technology development framework could be structured or improved, using lessons from successful countries, was considered. Local participants were representatives of the South African government departments or ministries (DTI; and DST), academia (The University of the Witwatersrand – Wits; and the University of Cape Town – UCT), research institutions (CSIR and NRF), and firms (Aerosud, Denel, and Aerospace Monitoring and Systems – AMS). Based on the analysis of the findings, frameworks aimed at improving the technological base of the South African civil aircraft industry were proposed as follows: </ul> <li> The development of technology capability building through government interventions. This emphasises aggressive government interventions that encourage collaboration between firms in the industry, and with research and higher education institutions, followed by major investment in research and development.</li> <li> An institutional structure for the development of national aircraft technology. This is aimed at strengthening the technology development arena of the South African aircraft industry, through acquired projects, but with less emphasis on business acquisition.</li> <li> The establishment of the South African Aircraft Industry Corporation (SAAIC), a technology development and skills-transfer programme.</li> </ul> Copyright Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) unrestricted 2013-09-06T18:05:18Z 2009-05-18 2013-09-06T18:05:18Z 2009-04-17 2009-05-18 2009-05-13 Thesis Mayindi, DH 2009, Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24618 > D610/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24618 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05132009-141815/ © 2009, 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 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | South africa's government Civil aircraft industry National technological National economy Growth UCTD Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry |
| title | Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry |
| title_full | Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry |
| title_fullStr | Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry |
| title_short | Industrial capability and national technological competitiveness : the case of South Africa's civil aircraft industry |
| title_sort | industrial capability and national technological competitiveness the case of south africa s civil aircraft industry |
| topic | South africa's government Civil aircraft industry National technological National economy Growth UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24618 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05132009-141815/ |