Search Results - subject:"GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS"

The interplay between governance and global competitiveness : evidence from a cross-country survey

Boţa-Avram, Cristina - In: Transition studies review 20 (2013) 3, pp. 381-388

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How large Chinese companies establish international competitiveness in other BRICS : the case of Brazil

Jansson, Hans; Söderman, Sten - In: Asian business & management 12 (2013) 5, pp. 539-563

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Innovation rankings : good, bad or revealing?

Cai, Yuezhou; Hanley, Aoife - 2013

The standard indicators used to compare cross-country innovation are in the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR). But …

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Interpretations, Aspects and Levels, Decisive Factors and Measuring Methods of Competitiveness

Szentes, Tamás - In: Society and Economy 27 (2005) June, pp. 5-41

The study deals with the interpretation, notion, and measurement of competitiveness, as well as with certain theoretical and practical approaches related to it. It sets out from the competitiveness of products and services, then analyses the competitiveness of corporations, finally considering...

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South Africa; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

South Africaâ€™s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that the short-term outlook is broadly favorable, with the main risks arising from a possible worsening of the external environment. The authorities plan to maintain a flexible exchange rate, and to intervene in the foreign exchange...

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El Salvador; Selected Issues: Background Notes

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper presents background notes on El Salvadorâ€™s economic growth, national savings, and implications of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA). The paper describes possible factors behind sluggish growth in El Salvador in recent...

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Who is Still Haunted by the Specter of Communism? Explaining Relative Output Contractions Under Transition

Elborgh-Woytek, Katrin; Berengaut, Julian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

The paper analyzes the initial output decline in transition economies by estimating a crosssection model stressing two major factors-conflicts and the legacies of the Soviet period. We link the Soviet legacies in place at the outset of the transition to the subsequent path for the development of...

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Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality; Evidence From India

Mishra, Prachi; Kumar, Utsav - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

We evaluate empirically the impact of the dramatic 1991 trade liberalization in India on the industry wage structure. The empirical strategy uses variation in industry wage premiums and trade policy across industries and over time. In contrast to earlier studies on developing countries, we find...

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ICT maturity as a driver to global competitiveness: a national level analysis

Yunis, Manal M.; Koong, Kai S.; Liu, Lai C.; Kwan, Reggie; … - In: International Journal of Accounting & Information Management 20 (2012) 3, pp. 255-281

) maturity plays in the achievement of global competitiveness at the country level. The paper investigates the socio‐economic and … found that ICT plays an important role in driving a country's global competitiveness forward, with a stronger relationship … relationship between ICT quality and R&D spending on one hand and global competitiveness on the other. Finally, the relationship …

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ICT maturity as a driver to global competitiveness: a national level analysis

Yunis, Manal M.; Koong, Kai S.; Liu, Lai C.; Kwan, Reggie; … - In: International Journal of Accounting and Information … 20 (2012), pp. 255-281

) maturity plays in the achievement of global competitiveness at the country level. The paper investigates the socio-economic and … found that ICT plays an important role in driving a country's global competitiveness forward, with a stronger relationship … relationship between ICT quality and R&D spending on one hand and global competitiveness on the other. Finally, the relationship …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610610