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This article identifies the effects of disinvestment on the R&D activities in South Africa. The importance of the article lies in its relevance for science and trade policy and in the examination of this angle of sanctions against South Africa. The results indicate that foreign owned companies increase their R&D activities as the threat of disinvestment intensifies. The same phenomenon applies to the new management of companies which disinvest. A side finding of importance is the fact that only a small proportion (3%) of the R&D activity in the country is undertaken by foreign owned companies. A number of explanations are offered for the observed behaviours.
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Pouris, A. Economic sanctions and R&D. Scientometrics 25, 415–424 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02016929
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02016929