Innovation in services: the potential to contribute to structural economic transformation?

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dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-09 en
dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-09T13:01:06Z
dc.date.available 2023-10-09T13:01:06Z
dc.date.issued 2023-10-09 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/22499
dc.description CeSTII Research Brief, no. 3 en
dc.description.abstract Contrary to the view that diversification and structural change only result from industrialisation, there is growing consensus that the services sector can contribute to economic transformation in emerging economies. This is potentially good news for South Africa given the growth of the services sector to 65% of GDP by 2014, and the proliferation of Industry 4.0.This Research Brief uses data from the Business Innovation Survey 2010-2012 to illuminate the character of innovation activities* in two key services sub-sectors: wholesale and retail trade (WRT), and finance, real estate and business services (FI). These sub-sectors are now central to the South African economy in terms of their contribution to GDP growth, and their advancement is therefore a key consideration for economists, lobbyists, business leaders, and policy makers alike. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICES SECTOR en
dc.subject INNOVATION en
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH en
dc.title Innovation in services: the potential to contribute to structural economic transformation? en
dc.type Policy brief en
dc.description.version N/A en
dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.BudgetYear 2018/19 en
dc.ResearchGroup Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators en
dc.ArchiveNumber 9814012 en
dc.URL http://ktree.hsrc.ac.za/doc_read_all.php?docid=27481 en
dc.outputnumber 14669 en
dc.bibliographictitle Kruss, G., Sithole, M., Moses, C., Makelane, H. & Mudavanhu, P. (2018) Innovation in services: the potential to contribute to structural economic transformation?. (CeSTII Research Brief, no. 3). en
dc.publicationyear 2018 en
dc.contributor.author1 Kruss, G. en
dc.contributor.author2 Sithole, M. en
dc.contributor.author3 Moses, C. en
dc.contributor.author4 Makelane, H. en
dc.contributor.author5 Mudavanhu, P. en


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