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Author:   Jonathan Michie (Oxford University, UK) ,  Vishnu Padayachee (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780367760113

ISBN 10:   0367760118
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   30 June 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Introduction: How to align corporate forms with economic and social goals? Jonathan Michie and Vishnu Padayachee Part I: South African business in the transition to democracy 1. South African business in the transition to democracy Jonathan Michie and Vishnu Padayachee 2. From a developmental to a regulatory state? Sasol and the conundrum of continued state support Pamela Mondliwa and Simon Roberts 3. The spread and internationalisation of South African retail chains and the implications of market power Reena Das Nair 4. Surviving in the BRICS: the struggle of South African business in coping with new partners and investors N. Wenzel, B. Freund and O. Graefe 5. South African manufacturing firms in transition David Francis, Gareth Roberts and Imraan Valodia 6. The global ambitions of the biometric anti-bank: Net1, lockin and the technologies of African financialisation Keith Breckenridge 7. Laying the table: the role of business in establishing competition law and policy in South Africa Jonathan Klaaren 8. Collective counterveilence as a deterrent to entry: A reconsideration of the factors limiting competition in post-Apartheid South Africa Nobantu L. Mbeki 9. ""Volkskapitalisme"" in the transition to democracy and beyond Vishnu Padayachee and Jannie Rossouw 10. Steinhoff collapse: a failure of corporate governance Jannie Rossouw and James Styan Part II: Alternative forms of ownership and control in the global south 11. Alternative forms of ownership and control in the global south Jonathan Michie and Vishnu Padayachee 12. Pitfalls of participation: explaining why a strike followed unprecedented employee dividend pay-outs at a South African mine Andries Bezuidenhout, Christine Bischoff and John Mashayamombe 13. Anglo-American corporation and corporate restructuring in post-apartheid South Africa Seeraj Mahomed 14. Benefit corporations for Africa? A South African perspective on alternative corporate forms Jonathan Klaaren 15. Producer collectives through self-help: sustainability of small tea growers in India Debdulal Saha 16. Board remuneration, directors’ ownership and corporate performance: the South African evidence Tesfaye T. Lemma, Mthokozisi Mlilo and Tendai Gwatidzo 17. The Uberisation of work: the challenge of regulating platform capitalism. A commentary Edward Webster 18. Why did the ANC fail to deliver redistribution? A Review of Shadow of Liberation by Vishnu Padayachee and Robert van Niekerk (Wits University Press: Johannesburg, 2019) Jonathan Michie"

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Jonathan Michie is Professor of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Oxford, where he is President of Kellogg College. He is an Honorary Professor in the School of Economics and Finance at the University of the Witwatersrand. He Chairs the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning. Vishnu Padayachee is Distinguished Professor and Derek Schrier and Cecily Cameron Chair in Development Economics, in the School of Economics and Finance at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His books include Shadow of Liberation: Contestation and Compromise in the Economic and Social Policy of the ANC, with Robert Van Niekerk.

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