Opening the Economy : Barriers to Entry, Regulation and Competition

Vilakazi, Thando (EDT)/ Goga, Sumayya (EDT)/ Roberts, Simon (EDT)

HSRC Press（2020/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780796925893
• DDC分類 330.968

Full Description

What does it take for entrepreneurs to be effective competitors? What are the factors affecting entry and participation in sectors where there are historically strong incumbent firms? Opening the South African Economy brings to light the challenges of concentration, inequality and exclusion in different sectors of the South African economy. The book begins with an assessment of the current state of the economy. Detailed case studies then recount the experiences - good and bad - of well-known South African entrant firms in sectors that are critical for facilitating economic growth, including retail, food, fuel, telecommunications, airlines and banking. Important cross-cutting chapters reflect on the role that government policies can play in achieving a more open, inclusive and competitive economy and the use (and misuse) of policy tools such as competition law, black economic empowerment and state procurement. It concludes with a set of concrete recommendations for opening up the South African economy, improved coordination among state institutions and inclusive industrial development. Accessible and practical, Opening the South African Economy will appeal to a broad readership of business people, policy-makers, students and academics.

Contents

List of figures
List of tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
Introduction: Challenges to a more open economy
1 Key competition challenges in the South African economy: Large firms, concentration and lack of dynamism
SECTION ONE: ENTERING MARKETS: WHAT DO RIVALS REQUIRE?
2 Entry challenges invertically integrated industries: Insights from three agroprocessing value chains in South Africa
3 Barriers to entry in concentrated industries: A case study of Soweto Gold
4 Confronting entry barriers in South Africa's grocery retail sector
5 Contesting the skies: Entry and rivalry in the South African airline industry
6 South African community newspaper publishers: The effects of exclusionary strategies on independent firms
ADVANCED INFORMATION
7 The competition implications of recent developments in the liquid fuels supply chain
SECTION TWO: REGULATING FOR RIVALRY IN NETWORK INDUSTRIES
8 Bridging the digital divide in South Africa: Case studies in incumbency versus competition
9 Competition, barriers to entry and inclusive growth in retail banking: Capitec case study
10 Breaking barriers through different business models: Mobile money in South Africa and Kenya
SECTION THREE: REVIEWING POLICIES FOR INCLUSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
11 Assessing the record of competition law enforcementin opening up the economy
12 Lost opportunities? Barriers to entry and Transnet's procurement of 1 064 locomotives
13 Black economic empowerment and barriers to entry
Conclusion: Towards a more competitive and open economy
Contributors
Index