From dynamism to dormancy: The jewellery industry in Johannesburg: 1925-2003
This study investigates the jewellery industry in South Africa from about the 1920s when the industry operated as a cluster in Johannesburg, to the more contemporary period of 2003. The industrial cluster approach to industrialisation forms the theoretical background for discussing the evolution...
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | en |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/4854 |
| Summary: | This study investigates the jewellery industry in South Africa from about the 1920s
when the industry operated as a cluster in Johannesburg, to the more contemporary
period of 2003. The industrial cluster approach to industrialisation forms the
theoretical background for discussing the evolution of the jewellery cluster in this
period. Various factors or “turning points” influenced the course of the cluster’s
development and ultimately culminated in the demise of the jewellery cluster in
Johannesburg. The study pays specific attention to the role of government in first
resisting and then promoting the growth of jewellery manufacturing in South Africa.
In recent years the jewellery industry has been the focus of both government and
private sector initiatives to enhance its competitiveness globally. The result of these
initiatives is discussed in the context of the internal and external constraints that
affected the industry in the past and continue to play a role in the present. |
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