Glocal competitor: Boosting Johannesburg’s power within the global economic system

The Wits School of Economic and Business Sciences will host Prof. Ronald Wall to present a seminar on Johannesburg’s position within foreign direct investments.

Wall will argue that through smart urban planning and smart corporate benchmarking, the density and diversity of international business connections can be improved, which in turn can (if done correctly) increase social, economic and environmental development.

An important element of this presentation is that policymakers should in future develop policy based on local, regional and global knowledge.

The presentation argues for the need for empirical research, big data, quantitative and qualitative studies, and stimulating interdisciplinary research.

Wall holds the new endowed Chair in Urban Economic Development, in partnership with SEBS, the Wits Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, the City of Johannesburg, and the Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies at Erasmus University, Rotterdam.  

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