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Do Energy Efficient Firms Have Better Access to Finance? (2021)
Journal Article
Brutscher, P.-B., Ravillard, P., & Semieniuk, G. (2021). Do Energy Efficient Firms Have Better Access to Finance?. The Energy Journal, 42(6), Article 3757. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.42.6.pbru

Improving energy efficiency quickly is key to mitigating climate change and requires improvements implemented in firms. As these require upfront investments, good access to external finance is important. Theory suggests that information asymmetries m... Read More about Do Energy Efficient Firms Have Better Access to Finance?.

Global Financial Safety Net Tracker (2021)
Data
Kring N., W., Muehlich, L., Fritz, B., Gallagher, K. P., Zucker-Marques, M., Pitts D., J., & Gaitan, N. (2021). Global Financial Safety Net Tracker. [Data]

Profitability without investment: how financialization undermines structural transformation in South Africa (2021)
Book Chapter
Andreoni, A., Robb, N., & van Huellen, S. (2021). Profitability without investment: how financialization undermines structural transformation in South Africa. In A. Andreoni, P. Mondliwa, S. Roberts, & F. Tregenna (Eds.), Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (213-236). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.003.0010

Sustained investment in productive capabilities and fixed-capital formation is a key driver of inclusive and sustainable structural transformation. Both historically and compared to other middle-income countries, South Africa has performed poorly in... Read More about Profitability without investment: how financialization undermines structural transformation in South Africa.

Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (2021)
Book
Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S., & Tregenna, F. (Eds.). (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.001.0001

Taking South Africa as an important case study of the challenges of structural transformation, the book offers a new micro-meso level framework and evidence linking country-specific and global dynamics of change, with a focus on the current challenge... Read More about Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country.

Framing structural transformation in South Africa and beyond (2021)
Book Chapter
Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S., & Tregenna, F. (2021). Framing structural transformation in South Africa and beyond. In A. Andreoni, P. Mondliwa, S. Roberts, & F. Tregenna (Eds.), Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (1-27). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.003.0001

Structural transformation is a complex, long-term historical process entailing both structural change in the sectoral composition of an economy, as well as broader societal changes in the productive organizations, institutions, and political economy... Read More about Framing structural transformation in South Africa and beyond.

Metals, Machinery, and Mining Equipment Industries in South Africa: The Relationship between Power, Governance, and Technological Capabilities (2021)
Book Chapter
Andreoni, A., Kaziboni, L., & Roberts, S. (2021). Metals, Machinery, and Mining Equipment Industries in South Africa: The Relationship between Power, Governance, and Technological Capabilities. In A. Andreoni, P. Mondliwa, S. Roberts, & F. Tregenna (Eds.), Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (53-77). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.003.0003

The metals, machinery, and mining equipment industries have been at the heart of South Africa’s industrial ecosystem. Their central position is associated with the long-term importance of mining, with which there are extensive demand- and supply-side... Read More about Metals, Machinery, and Mining Equipment Industries in South Africa: The Relationship between Power, Governance, and Technological Capabilities.

The Middle-Income Trap and Premature Deindustrialization in South Africa (2021)
Book Chapter
Andreoni, A., & Tregenna, F. (2021). The Middle-Income Trap and Premature Deindustrialization in South Africa. In A. Andreoni, P. Mondliwa, S. Roberts, & F. Tregenna (Eds.), Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.003.0011

South Africa has been experiencing premature deindustrialization and poor growth over an extended period of time. Premature deindustrialization is among the key factors locking many middle-income countries in a trap of stagnant growth and thwarting t... Read More about The Middle-Income Trap and Premature Deindustrialization in South Africa.

Digitalization, Industrialization, and Skills Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Middle-Income Countries (2021)
Book Chapter
Andreoni, A., Barnes, J., Black, A., & Sturgeon, T. (2021). Digitalization, Industrialization, and Skills Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Middle-Income Countries. In A. Andreoni, P. Mondliwa, S. Roberts, & F. Tregenna (Eds.), Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (261-285). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.003.0012

The world economy is undergoing a period of structural and technological transformation, driven by the increasing digitalization of economic and social life. Digitalization is being experienced differentially across the globe, reflecting the differen... Read More about Digitalization, Industrialization, and Skills Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Middle-Income Countries.

Global Value Chains, ‘In-Out-In’ Industrialization, and the Global Patterns of Sectoral Value Addition (2021)
Book Chapter
Andreoni, A., Torreggiani, S., & Lee, K. (2021). Global Value Chains, ‘In-Out-In’ Industrialization, and the Global Patterns of Sectoral Value Addition. In A. Andreoni, P. Mondliwa, S. Roberts, & F. Tregenna (Eds.), Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (286-311). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.003.0013

Since the emergence and diffusion of regional and global value chains, production-chain development has always played a key role in shaping countries’ structural transformation. Over the years, the geographical breadth, length, and depth of these cha... Read More about Global Value Chains, ‘In-Out-In’ Industrialization, and the Global Patterns of Sectoral Value Addition.

Towards a New Industrial Policy for Structural Transformation (2021)
Book Chapter
Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S., & Tregenna, F. (2021). Towards a New Industrial Policy for Structural Transformation. In A. Andreoni, P. Mondliwa, S. Roberts, & F. Tregenna (Eds.), Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (337-362). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.003.0015

The South African case provides important insights into the challenges facing middle-income countries as they attempt to build productive capabilities to drive their structural transformation. Despite South Africa having opened up and integrated with... Read More about Towards a New Industrial Policy for Structural Transformation.