Drivers of competitiveness
By: Diego Comin
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Jersey
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789814704724; 9789814704731
Subjects: Diffusion of innovations; Technological innovations; Economic aspects; Competition; Organizational change
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: Globalization; title: Case synopses and assignment questions; title: Singapore's "mid-life crisis"; title: China "unbalanced"; title: Malaysia, people first?; title: Malaysia (B), the economic transformation program; title: Central Europe after the crash : between Europe and the euro; title: Institutions; title: Case synopses and assignment questions; title: South Africa (A), stuck in the middle; title: South Africa (B); title: Egypt: turbulence and transition?; title: Peru: family groups and competitiveness; title: Spain, can the house resist the storm?; title: Innovation and technology diffusion; title: Case synopses and assignment questions; title: Inkaterra; title: ABB: "In China, for China"; title: Low carbon, indigenous innovations in China; title: COET: innovation in Africa; title: Malaysia: standing on a single leaf; title: Fraunhofer: innovation in Germany; title: Fraunhofer: five significant innovations; title: The great moderation, dead or alive?; title: The US current account deficit; title: Epilogue.