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Competitiveness and Development : Myth and Realities.
'Competitiveness and Development' provides an insightful analysis of the confusions surrounding the concept of competitiveness in the context of developing countries, and proposes how these countries can attain competitiveness at a high level of development.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FRONT MATTER; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND BOXES; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; MAIN MATTER; 1 INTRODUCTION: FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS; Approaches to Competitiveness; Static approach; Critiques of the static approach; The dynamic approach; The Schumpeterian Approach; Firm level; National level; The Schumpeterian/Penrosian Firm; Implications for Competitiveness; The Firm as a Coordinating Agency; Interaction with other firms; Interaction with government; The external environment; Dynamics of change; Relation with consumers.
- StrategyProductivity; Implications for Developing Countries; The Theme and Plan of the Book; 2 CONTEXT AND CONDITIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION; Introduction; Changes in Economic Philosophy; Globalization; Liberalization of trade and FDI; Transport and communication costs; Other New Methods of Production; Barriers to Entry; Implications of WTO Rules for Competitiveness; Exposure to competition; Opportunities and privileges; Restrictive measures on exports, supply capabilities and upgrading; TRIPs agreement as a barrier to entry; ASCM agreement; TRIMs; Other restrictions.
- Abuse of WTO rules and the lack of implementationThe Emergence of China; Conclusions; 3 ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF COMPETITIVENESS; Introduction; The Theory of Competitive Advantage (TCA) of M. Porter; Competitive strategy of firms; Sources of competitive advantage; National environment; Implications for developing countries; Productivity and terms of trade; Government policies; Critique of the TCA; Interaction between Organization and Innovation (Lazonick's Theory); Implication of the adaptive strategy of a developing country firm.
- Increasing Return to Scale and Competitiveness: Further ExplanationThe Theory of Productive Power of F. List; Cosmopolitan economy and national economy; Knowledge and experience; Division of labour, competitiveness and development; The Theory of Capability Building (TCB); A few general points; The gist of the theory; Mechanism of capability development; Implications for trade policy and competitiveness; The role of FDI; Critique of TCB; Conclusions; 4 FIRM STRATEGY AND NEW INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; Introduction; Factors in Competitiveness; Cost factors and internal economies.
- Other cost drive factorsProduct attributes and other nonprice factors; Time competition; X-efficiency; Strategy; Mission and vision; Porter's definition of strategy; Formulating and implementing a strategy; SWOT analysis; Portfolio analysis; The Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) and Japanese Techniques; Definition; The origin of FMS; Strategy; Organization of firms in FMS; Culture of firms in FMS; Relation with suppliers and subcontractors; The role of government; Applicability of Japanese Techniques in Other Countries; The experience of developing countries.
- Problems of application and implementation.