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Tracking SMME research in South Africa's priority sectors

 

 

Christian M Rogerson

School of Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand

 

 

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ABSTRACT

The National Industrial Policy Framework and the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa emphasise the importance of promoting select 'priority sectors'. This paper provides a review of existing research concerning SMME development in the three priority sectors of tourism, business process outsourcing and offshoring (BPO & O) and, creative industries. The paper argues for the importance of undertaking sector-differentiated research on SMME development in South Africa in order to complement other research which is focussed on sector development as a whole.

JEL: L33, 83

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