Research

Bam, W., & De Bruyne, K. (2019). Improving Industrial Policy Intervention: The Case of Steel in South Africa. The Journal of Development Studies, 55(11), 2460–2475. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1528354

Bam, W., & De Bruyne, K. (2022). The product space, sustainability, and GVC oriented industrial policies: The case of iron and steel in the SACU. Africa Journal of Management, 8(1), 15–35. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322373.2021.2001289

Bam, W. G., De Bruyne, K., & Laing, M. (2021). The IO–PS in the context of GVC-related policymaking: The case of the South African automotive industry. Journal of International Business Policy, 4(3), 410–432. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00081-7

Bam, W., Haraguchi, N., & Seric, A. (2020). Input-output product space analyses: Potential for and limits of using output data. UNIDO Department of Policy, Research and Statistics, Working Paper 8/2020. Vienna, Austria.

De Bruyne, K., Bam, W., & Engelbrecht, D. (2023). South Africa’s titanium industrial policy: A product space perspective. South African Journal of Economics, 91(1), 3–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/saje.12333

Du Plessis, J. A., & Bam, W. G. (2017). Scoping Phase Comparison of Development Opportunities by Making Use of Publicly Available Sustainability Information. Procedia Manufacturing, 8, 207–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.02.026

Du Plessis, J., & Bam, W. (2018). Comparing the Sustainable Development Potential of Industries: A Role for Sustainability Disclosures? Sustainability, 10(3), 878–878. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030878

Du Plessis, M., & Bam, W. (2022). iops: A Python package for the Input-Output Product Space methodology. 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International Association For Management of Technology (IAMOT) Joint Conference, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033299

Marais, M., & Bam, W. (2019). Developmental potential of the aerospace industry: The case of South Africa. 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2019.8792812

Schmidt, K., Bam, W., Zincume, P. N., & De Bruyne, K. (2022). The Forest Industry and Development Within South Africa and Other Southern African Development Community Countries. 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International Association For Management of Technology (IAMOT) Joint Conference, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033218

Bam, W. (2016). Conceptualising Global Mineral Value Chains: A Tool for Mineral Policy Design. 61–73. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311651926_Conceptualising_Global_Mineral_Value_Chains_A_Tool_for_Mineral_Policy_Design 

Bam, W., & De Bruyne, K. (2017). Location policy and downstream mineral processing: A research agenda. Extractive Industries and Society, 4(3), 443–447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2017.06.009

Bam, W. G., De Bruyne, K., & Schutte, C. (2020). Factors Affecting the Location of Economic Activities: A Multi-disciplinary Review and Conceptual Framework. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 31(4), 115–135. https://doi.org/10.7166/31-4-2445

Sithole, N. A., Bam, W. G., & Steenkamp, J. D. (2018). Comparing Electrical and Carbon Combustion Based Energy Technologies for the Production of High Carbon Ferromanganese: A Liter .... March. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323725531_Comparing_Electrical_and_Carbon_Combustion_Based_Energy_Technologies_for_the_Production_of_High_Carbon_Ferromanganese_A_Literature_Review 

Steenkamp, J. D., Bam, W. G., Ringdalen, E., Mushwana, M., Hockaday, S. A. C., & Sithole, N. A. (2018). Working towards an increase in manganese ferroalloy production in South Africa—A research agenda. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 118(6), 645–654. https://doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2018/v118n6a13

Van Zyl, H. J., Bam, W. G., & Steenkamp, J. D. (2016). Identifying barriers faced by key role players in the South African manganese industry. October, 365–376. https://www.saiie.co.za/saiie27

Van Zyl, H. J., Bam, W. G., & Steenkamp, J. D. (2020). Identifying barriers to growth in mineral value chains. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 120(2), 149–163. https://doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/341/2020

Botha, L., Grobbelaar, S., & Bam, W. (2016). Towards a Framework to Guide the Evaluation of Inclusive Innovation Systems. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 27(3), 64–78. https://doi.org/10.7166/27-3-1632

Botha, L., Grobbelaar, S. S., & Bam, W. G. (2019). Developing an evaluation framework for university-driven technology-based, innovation for inclusive development (UTI4ID) projects. Research Evaluation, 28(4), 326–343. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvz021

Fouche, L. L., Grobbelaar, S. S. (Saartjie), & Bam, W. G. (2022). Towards a process framework to guide the development of ICT4D programs: A South African perspective. Information Technology for Development, 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2022.2123442

Leonard, E., de Kock, I., & Bam, W. (2020). Barriers and facilitators to implementing evidence-based health innovations in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review. Evaluation and Program Planning, 82(101832), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2020.101832

Leonard, E., De Kock, I., & Bam, W. (2020). Investigating the barriers and facilitators to implementing an eHealth innovation into a resource-constrained setting: A South African case study. 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198648

Leonard, E., De Kock, I. H., & Bam, W. (2019a). The Development of a Healthcare Innovation Adoption Readiness Assessment Tool (HIARAT). South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 30(1), 147–170. https://doi.org/10.7166/30-1-2013

Leonard, E., De Kock, I. H., & Bam, W. G. (2018). Development of a Health System Framework to Guide the Analysis of Innovation Adoption in Low and Middle Income Countries. October, 223–237.

Leonard, E., De Kock, I. H., & Bam, W. G. (2019b). Investigating the relationships between health and innovation systems to guide innovation adoption. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2019.8792677

van der Merwe, E., Grobbelaar, S., & Bam, W. (2020). Exploring the functional dynamics of innovation for inclusive development innovation systems: A case study of a large scale maternal mHealth project in South Africa. Innovation and Development, 10(1), 117–138. https://doi.org/10.1080/2157930X.2019.1567884

Botes, J., Bam, W., & de Kock, I. (2022). Investigating the integration of public and private pharmaceutical supply chains. 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International Association For Management of Technology (IAMOT) Joint Conference, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033300

Botes, J., Bam, W. G., & De Kock, I. H. (2018). Public-Private Supply Chain Integration as a Possible Means to Improve Publich Health Supply Chains. October, 37–44.

Conway, J. D., Bam, W., & De Kock, I. (2017). Mechanisms influencing health care outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. 319–363.

Joubert, B., & Bam, W. (2019). Review and classification of Lean project aims in hospitals. 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2019.8792633

Joubert, B., & Bam, W. (2020). Towards a hospital leanness assessment tool: A review. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198396

Joubert, B., & Bam, W. (2022). Development of a leanness assessment tool for hospitals. 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International Association For Management of Technology (IAMOT) Joint Conference, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033219

Leonard, E., De Kock, I., & Bam, W. (2020). Investigating the barriers and facilitators to implementing an eHealth innovation into a resource-constrained setting: A South African case study. 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC49519.2020.9198648

Leonard, E., De Kock, I. H., & Bam, W. (2019a). The Development of a Healthcare Innovation Adoption Readiness Assessment Tool (HIARAT). South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 30(1), 147–170. https://doi.org/10.7166/30-1-2013

Leonard, E., De Kock, I. H., & Bam, W. G. (2018). Development of a Health System Framework to Guide the Analysis of Innovation Adoption in Low and Middle Income Countries. October, 223–237.

Leonard, E., De Kock, I. H., & Bam, W. G. (2019b). Investigating the relationships between health and innovation systems to guide innovation adoption. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE.2019.8792677

Van der Merwe, L., Bam, W., & de Kock, I. (2019). Healthcare data management challenges in developing countries: A systematic review. October, 277–298.

Van der Merwe, L., De Kock, I., & Bam, W. (2022). The Healthcare Data Management Maturity Model (HDM 3 ) for the assessment of healthcare data management in developing countries. 2022 IEEE 28th International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC) & 31st International Association For Management of Technology (IAMOT) Joint Conference, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC-IAMOT55089.2022.10033243

We are improving the assessment of sustainability and industrial path viability to inform industrial development decision support systems. We will soon be recruiting additional students to support this research direction.   

We are evaluating sub-national development to understand how to address regional inequalities in ways that optimally build towards national objectives. We will soon be recruiting additional students to support this research direction.   

In collaboration with the Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST) and the Department of Industrial Engineering at Stellenbosch University, we are investigating the potential for localizing wind value chain components in South Africa.

In collaboration with colleagues at UBC, I am investigating the barriers hampering the adoption of innovations within the building industry in Canada.

We are investigating how circularity can be improved by redefining how residual value is assessed.

From 2019 to 2022, I worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to extend their Industrial Analytics Platform to incorporate some of the elements from our economic complexity-based research. Check out the competitive industries tool that we supported them in developing: https://iap.unido.org/data/competitive-industries 

I work closely with researchers from KU Leuven's Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) on location decisions of firms, industrial policy with a focus on global value chains, and international trade. This ties in with our research on quantitative and qualitative decision support for industrial development. 

I am co-supervising students with academics from Stellenbosch University's Centre for Sustainability Transitions (CST) and Department of Industrial Engineering. The studies focus on the themes of circularity and wind turbine localisation in South Africa.