Trade And Competitiveness

Author : Marzenna Anna Weresa
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319020723

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Innovation, Human Capital and Trade Competitiveness by Marzenna Anna Weresa Pdf

This work focuses on researching and establishing the importance of human capital and innovation as determinants of competitive advantages in international trade—in the context of rapidly evolving technological advancement, globalization, and economic integration. The processes that accompany the shift from industrial economics to a knowledge-based economy are currently the object of interest of both scientists, politicians, investors and entrepreneurs. In many countries, the traditional sources of socioeconomic development, such as low labor costs, availability of inexpensive raw materials, and favorable geographic location are waning. These economies are searching for new sources of competitive advantage that will allow for maintaining growth, among other things by boosting participation in international trade. The book explores non-traditional drivers of competitiveness in both theory and practice. First, chapters 1 through 4 present theoretical and methodological aspects of the relationships among international trade, human capital and innovation. Here the authors address the controversy associated with the concept of competitiveness itself and its measurement, while paying special attention to the political development of comparative advantages related to international trade. The second part of the monograph, chapters 5 through 8, is of empirical nature. This section contains case studies of selected countries that represent models of various national innovation systems. Finally, the theoretical and practical aspects are integrated, allowing policymakers and financial and business leaders to consider how their decisions can influence their countries’ competitive positions through their investments in innovation and human capital.

Author : Jose Guilherme Reis,Thomas Farole
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821389386

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Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic Toolkit by Jose Guilherme Reis,Thomas Farole Pdf

This toolkit provides a framework, guidelines, and practical tools for conducting an analysis of a country's trade competitiveness in terms of growth and share performance, diversification, and quality.

Author : Irfan-ul-Haque,R. Martin N. Bell
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821334182

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Trade, Technology, and International Competitiveness by Irfan-ul-Haque,R. Martin N. Bell Pdf

World Bank Technical Paper No. 300. Provides an overview of past experiences with the introduction of agricultural technologies in World Bank-funded projects in Mediterranean climates, with an emphasis on the Middle East and North African region. The authors review the adequacy of present crop and livestock technologies, identify technical and socio-economic constraints on their adoption, and describe prospective technologies for pilot testing and full-scale introduction in future Bank-funded projects.

Author : Gary Winslett
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472132270

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Competitiveness and Death by Gary Winslett Pdf

Competitiveness and Death examines the increase and reduction of regulatory barriers to trade across three industries: environmental, labor, and safety rules on automobiles, consumer protection regulations on meat, and intellectual property regulations on medicines. The fundamental negotiation in trade and regulatory policymaking occurs between businesses, activists, and government officials. Gary Winslett builds on new trade theories to explain when and why businesses are most likely to lobby governments to reduce these regulatory trade barriers. He argues that businesses prevail when they can connect with broader concerns about national economic competitiveness. He examines how activist organizations overcome collective action problems and defend regulatory differences, arguing that they succeed when they can link their desire for barriers with preventing needless death. Competitiveness and Death provides a political companion to new trade theories in economics, questioning cleavage-based explanations of trade politics, demonstrating the underappreciated importance of activists, suggesting the limits of globalization, providing in-depth examination of previously ignored trade negotiations, qualifying the California Effect (the shift toward stricter regulatory standards), and showing the relative rarity of regulations used as disguised protectionism.

Author : Jos R. L pez-C lix,Peter Walkenhorst,Ndiam Diop
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821380753

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Trade Competitiveness of the Middle East and North Africa by Jos R. L pez-C lix,Peter Walkenhorst,Ndiam Diop Pdf

Over the past decade, four major developments in global economic integration have shaped trade policy and the economic performance of countries within the Middle East and North Africa region: the emergence of global supply chains, the growth of trade in services, the rise of China and India as major international trading powers, and regional integration. These developments, along with the labor and natural resource endowments of particular countries (some are resource-poor but labor-abundant, some resource-rich and labor-abundant, and some resource-rich and labor-importing), have influenced export diversification outcomes across the region. Yet these countries may not be taking full advantage of all of the opportunities the four new trends offer to them. 'Trade Competitiveness of the Middle East and North Africa: Policies for Export Diversification' examines the region's trade policy agendas and their results by focusing on the countries' response to these four key developments in international trade. As the region recovers from the global financial and economic crises, the book identifies reforms that could allow countries to further strengthen global production networks, benefit more from trade in services, better compete in external markets to face the rise of China and India, and reach the full potential of regional integration. If thoroughly implemented, especially by oil exporters, all of these reforms could help boost growth and job creation in the region.

Author : Jose Guilherme Reis,Thomas Farole
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821389379

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Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic Toolkit by Jose Guilherme Reis,Thomas Farole Pdf

This Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic (TCD) toolkit provides a framework, guidelines, and practical tools needed to conduct an analysis of trade competitiveness. The toolkit can be used to assess the competitiveness of a country's overall basket of exports ... See More + , as well as specific traded sectors. It includes guidance on a range of tools and indicators that can be used to analyze trade performance in terms of growth, orientation, diversification, quality, and survival, as well as quantitative and qualitative approaches to analyze the market and supply-side factors that determine competitiveness. The toolkit facilitates the identification of the main constraints to improved trade competitiveness and the policy responses to overcome these constraints. The output of a TCD initiative can be used for a wide variety of purposes. The TCD toolkit is intended for policy makers and practitioners involved in analysis of trade performance and design of trade and industrial policy.

Author : Sarita D. Jackson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781443890076

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It's Not Just the Economy, Stupid! Trade Competitiveness in the 21st Century by Sarita D. Jackson Pdf

How does a globally uncompetitive industry compete successfully in specific markets? What shapes the decisions of importers in these markets to purchase inputs from a more costly supplier? Current theories highlight the role of the market or firm strategy as possible explanations. It’s Not Just the Economy, Stupid! Trade Competitiveness in the 21st Century relies on 12 years of research of the US textile industry and the apparel industry throughout the Latin American and Caribbean regions to provide an alternative answer to these questions. The book argues that market factors and business strategies alone do not determine industry competitiveness and firm import behavior. Rather, special international trade programs and regulated trade agreements, which are commonly described as free trade agreements, make it possible for an industry that is less competitive in the global market to become highly competitive in specific markets. Furthermore, these same international trade programs and agreements create incentives for importers to purchase inputs from specific markets, including those with higher costs. For example, the US textile industry is less cost competitive than the same industry in a number of other countries, such as China. Although less expensive textile suppliers exist, some Latin American and Caribbean countries continue to import a majority of their textiles from the United States for use in their garment exports. The book shows that this particular trend results from special trade programs and regulated trade agreements. The findings presented here complement existing scholarship on international trade by focusing on the behavior of importers rather than exporters. Furthermore, whereas current studies explain how industries compete in the global market, the book shifts the emphasis toward industry competitiveness in specific markets.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821368954

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Quality Systems and Standards for a Competitive Edge by Anonim Pdf

This book responds to the challenge of providing a comprehensive account of quality systems for private sector development: what works and what doesnt on the ground, and why. This volume provides a thorough analysis of the diversity of institutions, linkages, and arrangements involved in quality systems, identifying success factors in countries quality strategies. It explains why quality and standards matter for export growth, for productivity, for industrial upgrading, and for diffusion of innovation, all central ingredients in improving economic growth and generating real gains in poverty reduction. It provides a detailed blue print for implementing effective National Quality Systems. Quality and Standards Matter is a valuable tool for policymakers confronted with the challenges of building trade competitiveness in the new global economy.

Author : Michael Spence,Heather A. Hazard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822003356193

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International Competitiveness by Michael Spence,Heather A. Hazard Pdf

Author : Wineaster Anderson,Marcellina M. Chijoriga,John R.M. Philemon
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443868709

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Promoting Trade Competitiveness in Developing Countries by Wineaster Anderson,Marcellina M. Chijoriga,John R.M. Philemon Pdf

Globalization has had far-reaching consequences to both developed and developing economies, and will inevitably have potentially greater roles and impacts in the future. Developing countries stand to lose or gain from globalization, depending on how they marshal resources and manage the dynamics of globalization to their advantage. Experience shows that only a few developing countries have managed to take advantage of the opportunities offered by globalization or mitigate its negative and far-reaching consequences. Most of them are still mired in the economic doldrums due to the lack of a proper understanding of the factors at play and management incapacity. In this book, various insights which critically address globalization and development issues have been thoughtfully put together in order to provoke debates and lead to solutions that help improve the lot of developing countries. The book is the results of the initiative by University of Dar es Salaam Business School, which, in 2011, brought together various stakeholders to an International Conference on Globalization and Development with the theme “Promoting Trade Competitiveness in Developing Countries”. Thematic areas including regional integration, business regulations, Chinese investments in Africa, globalization, the Africa Growth Opportunity Act, foreign direct investments, and natural resources development were calculatedly selected on account of being topical and relevant in the context of Africa. The book will be valuable for academics, researchers, students and practitioners working in the fields of international business, natural resource management and foreign direct investments not only in Africa, but also in other developing countries. The topics and synthesis dealt with in this book will also be handy for practitioners working in international development agencies, public and private sectors, government ministries, departments and agencies.

Author : Claire H. Hollweg,Sebastián Sáez
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464814068

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Services for Trade Competitiveness by Claire H. Hollweg,Sebastián Sáez Pdf

Recognizing that services affect the ability of countries and their firms to compete on international markets, the World Bank’s Trade and Regional Integration Unit has developed an extensive work program to promote the performance of countries’ domestic services sectors, including services trade. Services for Trade Competitiveness presents selected applications of new methodologies that were developed to assess the competitiveness of countries’ services sectors, discern the types of barriers to services that exist in the regulatory environment, and identify the resulting policy implications. Its assessments are designed for a wide audience, including policy makers in developing countries and development practitioners in international organizations, policy-making institutions, and academia. The purpose of this book is to help policy makers in developing countries make informed policy choices to increase their chances of benefiting from the increasing prominence of services in international trade.

Author : Mr.Tamim Bayoumi,Mika Saito,Mr.Jarkko Turunen
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484325803

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Measuring Competitiveness by Mr.Tamim Bayoumi,Mika Saito,Mr.Jarkko Turunen Pdf

With global supply chains, any value added or production task can be traded as part of goods. This means that competitiveness can be measured either in terms of “tasks” (Bems and Johnson, 2012), or goods, but with goods prices reflecting the cost of tasks embedded in those goods. We show that when measuring competitiveness in goods, the formula used in computing the real effective exchange rates at the IMF (Bayoumi, Lee, and Jayanthi, 2005) needs to be expressed in terms of the price of value added and needs an additional term, which captures a gain or loss in competitiveness of goods due to outsourcing.

Author : Peter Murray Allen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781958650

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Productivity, Competitiveness and Incomes in Asia by Peter Murray Allen Pdf

The authors of this book link productivity change, trade competitiveness, networks of interaction and cooperation and income growth in developing Asian countries with the complex evolutionary processes of economic development and international trade. They take an innovative approach to simulating the complex micro-dynamics of competitiveness in order to distinguish those trade-related microeconomic dynamics and institutional reforms vital to leading countries out of institutional and poverty traps.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Capital
ISBN : UCR:31210012952956

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Trade and Competitiveness by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness Pdf

Author : United States. President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Commerce
ISBN : PURD:32754078799537

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Global Competition by United States. President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness Pdf