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Personal Homepage : [[http://www.unifr.ch/geosciences/geographie/wenzel]] Personal Homepage : [[http://www.unifr.ch/geosciences/geographie/wenzel]]
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The relationship of cooperation and competition between South African businesses and The relationship of cooperation and competition between South African businesses and
-Asian companies has become more complex since the last 20 years. With South+Asian companies has become more complex in the last 20 years. With South
Africa joining Brazil, Russia, India and China, what in early 2011 became BRICS, the Africa joining Brazil, Russia, India and China, what in early 2011 became BRICS, the
country represents the African continent with its growing market potential. country represents the African continent with its growing market potential.
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in South Africa. Considering the minerals industry’s importance in South Africa and in South Africa. Considering the minerals industry’s importance in South Africa and
BRIC's interest in African mineral resources, a number of private SA MLCs active in the BRIC's interest in African mineral resources, a number of private SA MLCs active in the
-Minerals-Energy Complex were selected. In order to analyze South African+Minerals-Energy Complex were selected. In order to analyse South African
entrepreneurial strategies and practices for competing and building new partnerships entrepreneurial strategies and practices for competing and building new partnerships
a focus on companies’ interpretations of perceived dynamics and structural a focus on companies’ interpretations of perceived dynamics and structural
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around the ‘practice turn’.  around the ‘practice turn’. 
 +The project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation(SNSF).
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 +===== Publications =====
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 +2013 "Competition and cooperation: Can South African Business create synergies from BRIC+S in Africa?" In African Geographical Review **32**, 1, 14-28 (with O. Graefe & B. Freund)
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 +Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2012.751856
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 +2009 "Die Finanzierung von Eigentumswohnungen in Addis Abeba. Eine diskursanalytische Annäherung an Wohneigentum." Bayreuth African Studies Online, No. 5
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 +===== Presentations =====
 +2012 “Competition and cooperation. Do South African entrepreneurs profit from a gateway for BRIC+S to Africa?”, Presentation at AAG Annual Meeting, New York, 27 February
 +2011 "South African Entrepreneurs Looking Global South: Another Bric in the Wall?", Presentation at 4th European Conference on African Studies, Uppsala, 17 June 
 
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