Public procurement of innovation in the valve manufacturing sector in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorBosoga, Morongwa
dc.contributor.supervisorSoumonni, Diran
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-11T07:11:06Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionA research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management in the field of Innovation Studies to the Faculty of Commerce, Law, and Management, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2024
dc.description.abstractPublic procurement, in addition to its primary role of obtaining goods and services to fulfil public service functions, has been used by many economies to accomplish various socio-economic and developmental objectives. Moreover, public procurement is suggested to have played a big role in stimulating the establishment of manufacturing sectors in existence today. For many developing economies, manufacturing remains critical to creating large scale employment opportunities to reduce the high-rate unemployment and poverty. Against the budgetary constraints and tough economic climate, the past decades witnessed a renewed interest in the utilisation of public procurement of innovation (PPI) as either a stand-alone policy or as part of general innovation or procurement policy tool to stimulate innovation amongst the existing sectors or creation of new sectors. In South Africa, public procurement accounts for a significant share of economic activity with many domestic industries reliant on government contracts for their commercial activities. However, in comparison to other developed economies where PPI has become popular, it has been suggested that developing economies are not taking full advantage of the immense potential of PPI as tool to advance innovation capabilities and to strengthen the competitiveness of domestic firms. The purpose of the study is to explore the potential of PPI as tool to facilitate innovation in South Africa, utilising the valve manufacturing sector as case study. The study employed qualitative methods to gather and analyse data. The study used primary data as well as policy document analysis. Primary data was gathered through semi-structured one on one interviews with government officials, Eskom official as well as local valve manufacturers to determine the suitability of PPI to the South African environment. Policy documents and government report were used as secondary data. The key finding of the study PPI is a complex tool and there are many factors involved its implementation. Its successful implementation is reliant on certain conditions being in place. The complexities and weaknesses inherent within the South African regulatory, organisational, and institutional landscape may present iii major difficulties in the successful implementation of PPI as an explicit tool for government.
dc.description.submitterMM2025
dc.facultyFaculty of Commerce, Law and Management
dc.identifier.citationBosoga, Morongwa. (2024). Public procurement of innovation in the valve manufacturing sector in South Africa [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg].WireDSpace.https://hdl.handle.net/10539/44216
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/44216
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.rights© 2025 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
dc.schoolWITS Business School
dc.subjectDemand
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subjectInnovation policy
dc.subjectPublic procurement
dc.subjectSystem of innovation
dc.subjectUCTD
dc.subject.otherSDG-9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
dc.titlePublic procurement of innovation in the valve manufacturing sector in South Africa
dc.typeDissertation

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