Resource Intensity, Knowledge and Development: insights from Africa and Latin America
by LORENTZEN, J. (ed), 2008HSRC Press: Cape Town
Minerals economies often struggle to diversify their industrial base. Lorenzten considers opportunities for industrial diversification stimulated in resource based industries. This know-how can then migrate laterally to other industrial uses. The resource-based technology clusters programme of the Human Sciences Research Council and Mintek proposed that this could be an important way for minerals economies to…
read more >>Resource Based Technology Clusters, Phase 1: A Theoretical Background to Innovation Studies
by ILIEV, I. , 2004Research report, Employment and Economic Policy Research, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria. Prepared for the Department of Science and Technology
This paper contributed to a joint programme of the Human Sciences Research Council and Mintek to explore innovation aimed at addressing the requirements of a country’s resource industries. This know-how can then migrate laterally to other industrial uses. The resource-based technology clusters programme of the Human Sciences Research Council and Mintek proposed that this could…
read more >>Resource-based technology innovation in South Africa, Gunric and RGR Valves.
by ROBERTS, S., 2005Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Roberts offers a case study of technology development in South African mining. This is the story of Gunric and RGR in the development of valves.
read more >>Resource-based Technology Innovation in South Africa: Prepaid Metering Technology – Systemic Innovation in the South African Energy Sector
by ILIEV, I. , 2005Human Sciences Research Council report prepared for the Department of Science and Technology by the EEPR Unit October 2005
In1989 Eskom embarked on an ambitious programme for the electrification of over 1 million households in previously disadvantaged communities. The socio economic conditions in these areas made the use of existing technology credit-based metering difficult and expensive: the targeted consumer base generally had no access to banking, postal or other infrastructure, was engaged in the…
read more >>Innovation in resource based technology clusters. Multotec process equipment case study: dense medium cyclone for materials separation.
by ROBERTS, S., 2005Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Roberts offers a case study of technology development in mining. Multotech developed a testing facility for cyclones for dense-medium separation and for materials separation in mining. The company made use of government technology funding with mixed results.
read more >>Leveraging Services for Employment, Growth and Equity: Botox and Bridges: South African Exports of Health and Construction Services
by STERN, M., 2005Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Using case studies of the South African construction and health services sectors, Stern outlines the main methodological and policy challenges facing developing countries in assessing the economic and social implications of service liberalisation. While the findings are preliminary and the policy conclusions speculative, the paper provides examples of key analytical difficulties in analysing services. More…
read more >>Innovation in Resource-Based Technology Clusters: Investigating the Lateral Migration Thesis – Muti from coal: science and politics of humic substance research in South Africa
by LORENTZEN, J. , 2006Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Lorentzen offers a case study of lateral migration of technology from resource sectors in South Africa. He focuses on the extraction of humic substances from coal. SA is the third biggest producer of coal in the world, mining about 35 million tons a year. Coal accounts for more than 90 percent of the country’s energy…
read more >>Innovation in Resource-Based Technology Clusters: Investigating the Lateral Migration Thesis – An analysis of hydraulic technologies in South Africa’s mining sector
by POGUE, T.E. & RAMPA, M., 2006Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Pogue & Rampa offer a case study of technology development from a resource sector in South Africa. They examine a co-operative initiative undertaken by South Africa’s gold mining companies through the Chamber of Mines Research Organisation (COMRO) in developing hydraulic technologies for mining in South Africa. After a brief description of the structure of these…
read more >>Innovation in Resource-Based Technology Clusters: Investigating the Lateral Migration Thesis – Cleaning pollution: from mining to environmental remediation
by KURAMOTO, J. & SAGASTI, F., 2006Research Report, Employment Growth & Development Initiative, Human Sciences Research Council
Kuramoto & Sagasti offer a case study of lateral migration of technology from resource sectors in Peru. They examine the main features of bioleaching as a cost-effective alternative to the conventional methods for processing ores, and describes the initial efforts made during the 1970s to acquire technological capabilities in this field and how these capabilities…
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