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International Productivity and Competitiveness

Author : Bert G. Hickman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195362284
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book International Productivity and Competitiveness written by Bert G. Hickman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pathbreaking volume conveys the "state of the art" of contemporary research on productivity growth and international competitiveness--arguably the most important problems facing contemporary economics. Adopting a worldwide perspective that features comparative analyses of both industrialized and developing countries, the book assembles papers from an international roster of leading scholars who cover a wide range of complementary topics and approaches. A number of the papers attempt to increase the clarity of thinking about "competitiveness" by developing formal definitions of the concept and relating it to more conventional economics concepts such as productivity. Some provide a macroeconomic perspective whereas others compare cross-sections of individual industries across countries or analyze the efficacy of industrial policies to promote competitiveness. Among the common themes, which are highlighted in the editor's overview chapter, are the measurement of labor and total factor productivity, accounting for the sources of productivity growth, the use of purchasing power parity indexes in international comparisons of productivity levels, the worldwide productivity slowdown, the extent of productivity convergence among developed economies, the primacy of exchange rate fluctuations in short-term movements of competitiveness since the early 1970's, and the causes of the apparent loss of U.S. competitiveness during the 1980's.

Global Productivity

Author : Alistair Dieppe
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464816093
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Global Productivity written by Alistair Dieppe and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic struck the global economy after a decade that featured a broad-based slowdown in productivity growth. Global Productivity: Trends, Drivers, and Policies presents the first comprehensive analysis of the evolution and drivers of productivity growth, examines the effects of COVID-19 on productivity, and discusses a wide range of policies needed to rekindle productivity growth. The book also provides a far-reaching data set of multiple measures of productivity for up to 164 advanced economies and emerging market and developing economies, and it introduces a new sectoral database of productivity. The World Bank has created an extraordinary book on productivity, covering a large group of countries and using a wide variety of data sources. There is an emphasis on emerging and developing economies, whereas the prior literature has concentrated on developed economies. The book seeks to understand growth patterns and quantify the role of (among other things) the reallocation of factors, technological change, and the impact of natural disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic. This book is must-reading for specialists in emerging economies but also provides deep insights for anyone interested in economic growth and productivity. Martin Neil Baily Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Former Chair, U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisers This is an important book at a critical time. As the book notes, global productivity growth had already been slowing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and collapses with the pandemic. If we want an effective recovery, we have to understand what was driving these long-run trends. The book presents a novel global approach to examining the levels, growth rates, and drivers of productivity growth. For anyone wanting to understand or influence productivity growth, this is an essential read. Nicholas Bloom William D. Eberle Professor of Economics, Stanford University The COVID-19 pandemic hit a global economy that was already struggling with an adverse pre-existing condition—slow productivity growth. This extraordinarily valuable and timely book brings considerable new evidence that shows the broad-based, long-standing nature of the slowdown. It is comprehensive, with an exceptional focus on emerging market and developing economies. Importantly, it shows how severe disasters (of which COVID-19 is just the latest) typically harm productivity. There are no silver bullets, but the book suggests sensible strategies to improve growth prospects. John Fernald Schroders Chaired Professor of European Competitiveness and Reform and Professor of Economics, INSEAD

International Productivity and Competitiveness

Author : Bert G. Hickman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780197710357
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book International Productivity and Competitiveness written by Bert G. Hickman and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trade, Technology, and International Competitiveness

Author : Irfan-ul-Haque
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821334188
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Trade, Technology, and International Competitiveness written by Irfan-ul-Haque and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2019

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264603980
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2019 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents a comprehensive overview of recent and longer-term trends in productivity levels and growth in OECD countries, accession countries, key partners and some G20 countries.

The Future of Productivity

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264248536
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Productivity written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the rising productivity gap between the global frontier and other firms, and identifies a number of structural impediments constraining business start-ups, knowledge diffusion and resource allocation (such as barriers to up-scaling and relatively high rates of skill mismatch).

Competitiveness, Convergence, and International Specialization

Author : David Dollar
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262041355
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Competitiveness, Convergence, and International Specialization written by David Dollar and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the claim that deindustrialization in the US is causing a decline in its competitiveness, especially in view of competition from Germany and Japan. Discusses the relationship between productivity growth in individual industries and the tendency for aggregate productivity levels to converge among OECD countries, and identifies the sources of productivity growth. Looks at the relationship between international trade and productivity convergence in OECD countries and whether the same mechanics of convergence are apparent in developing countries.

Productivity, Competitiveness and Incomes in Asia

Author : Peter Murray Allen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781958653
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)

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Book Synopsis Productivity, Competitiveness and Incomes in Asia by : Peter Murray Allen

Download or read book Productivity, Competitiveness and Incomes in Asia written by Peter Murray Allen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Productivity in Asia

Author : Dale Weldeau Jorgenson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847208746
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Productivity in Asia written by Dale Weldeau Jorgenson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there have been huge improvements in the methods and data to measure and analyze the sources of economic growth around the world. This volume on the growth accounts for four core economies in East Asia is a vital contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of growth. Bart van Ark, University of Groningen, The Netherlands The outstanding economic performance of East Asian countries has been investigated in numerous studies. However, most comparative studies analyze macro-level productivity. In this book, the productivity performance of China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the United States are compared at industry level. The work is a result of an international collaborative research project by RIETI (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry), Japan. The total factor productivity growth and level amongst these five countries sheds new light on the industrial competitiveness of growing Asian economies compared to Japan and the United States. In addition, this book provides detailed information on productivity datasets for these five countries. Productivity in Asia will strongly appeal to scholars of Asian studies, industrial organization and economics as well as those interested in productivity statistics.

Productivity Growth and the Competitiveness of the American Economy

Author : Stanley W. Black
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400924941
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Productivity Growth and the Competitiveness of the American Economy written by Stanley W. Black and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: swollen with deutschemarks and yen newly created to purchase unwanted dollars from the markets. When the Bundesbank and the Bank of Japan began to raise their interest rates to slow domestic monetary expansion, the fabric of international monetary cooperation began to unravel. Amid charge and counter-charge by disgruntled fmance ministers, the dollar dropped further and interest rates jumped upward, leading to panic in the stock market on Black Monday. Fortunately, a steady hand and generous supply of credit from the Federal Reserve System prevented massive bankruptcies among Wall Street brokerage houses and a collapse of the credit system. But the world-wide reverberations of the Wall Street crash exposed the underlying weaknesses of an economy based on foreign borrowing for all to see. Furthermore, the banking system is saddled with mountains of bad debts from the Third World and depressed parts of the American economy. A new Administration entering office in 1989 must deal with these problems, among others. Businesses and state and local governments need to know whether to focus their efforts on tax policy, investment, and improvements in education and worker training, or lobbying for protection from imports. The papers in this volume were chosen to explain the causes of present competitive problems in American industry and the factors that can lead to their gradual solution.

Closing the EU East-West Productivity Gap

Author : David A Dyker
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1908979984
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Closing the EU East-West Productivity Gap written by David A Dyker and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-06-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A product of the Framework V research project, this book addresses one of the key problems facing the EU today: Why is the ‘new’ EU so much poorer than the ‘old’, and how will EU enlargement help to solve the problem? Focusing on the productivity problems underlying the East-West gap, it looks in particular at the role that foreign investment and R&D can play in closing it. Against that background, the book assesses what role proactive development policy might play in attacking the roots of low social productivity. Concluding that there will be a clear-cut process of convergence between East and West, albeit an incomplete one, it finishes with an assessment of the patterns of competitiveness, East and West, that are likely to emerge from this process of incomplete convergence. The material is based on a rich archive of empirical material which no competing title can match, and combines in-depth interviews with standard quantitative approaches and critical policy analysis. Contents:Introduction: Productivity and Social Capability — A Historical and Analytical Framework (D A Dyker & L Iacovone)Identifying the Channels and Mechanics of FDI-Induced Technology Transfer (D A Dyker et al.)Analyzing FDI in Central-East Europe on the Basis of Sample Surveys (B Majcen et al.)Analyzing FDI in Central-East Europe Through Case Studies (D A Dyker et al.)Checking the Results of the Case Study Interviews — An Essay in Triangulation (L Iacovone & N Kofoed)Domestic Innovation Capacity — Can CEE Governments Correct FDI-Driven Trends Through R&D Policy? (S Radošević)Can EU Policy Intervention Help Productivity Catch-Up? (P Holmes et al.)Summing-Up: Productivity Catch-Up and International Competitiveness (D A Dyker) Readership: Academics, civil servants and business managers. Keywords:Central-East Europe;Foreign Direct Investment;Competitiveness;EU;East-West Productivity GapKey Features:Addresses a key policy issue facing EU, national governments and private sector managers alikeBased on a rich archive of empirical material not available in any other published sourceCombines in-depth interviews with standard quantitative approaches and critical policy analysisWritten by a team of eminent senior academics (Dyker, Holmes, Radošević, Majcen) and brilliant young researchers

High Technology and International Competitiveness

Author : Romesh Diwan
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book High Technology and International Competitiveness written by Romesh Diwan and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1991-11-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following World War II, the U.S. manufacturing sector emerged as the dominant industrial force in the world in virtually all areas, including productivity, market share, innovations, and capital investments. Though other countries have caught up with and surpassed the United States in many industries, Romesh Diwan and Chandana Chakraborty argue that America can recapture its dominant role by moving forcefully into high-technology industries. In this work, they examine competitiveness in a range of high-technology enterprises, analyzing the industries as an aggregate as well as through three specific examples: semi-conductors, telecommunications, and computers. The authors provide a complete understanding of the technical changes and developments that are taking place in U.S. high technology, and offer guidance to policy makers in promoting competitive strength. Their work defines and quantifies the high-tech industrial sector of the U.S, economy, and analyzes the productivity of this sector by utilizing a translog cost function, which provides information about the structure of the input-output relations in a particular industry. Using these functions, Diwan and Chakraborty answer quantitatively a number of questions relating to the growth of various inputs, productivities, and outputs, which lead to conclusions regarding the structure of production, costs, and capacity in U.S. industry. Their conclusions--that technical change is biased in the main in favor of capital and material, and that capital and skilled labor are complements--are consistent with new ideas and theories in the field. This work will be a valuable reference source for professional economists and policy experts, as well as for scholars and students in international trade, finance, and development.

Global Competition

Author : United States. President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Global Competition written by United States. President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

U.S. Productivity and Competitiveness in International Trade

Author : Thibaut De Saint-Phalle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book U.S. Productivity and Competitiveness in International Trade written by Thibaut De Saint-Phalle and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Management Consulting

Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
ISBN 13 : 9789221095194
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Management Consulting written by International Labour Office and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 2002 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New topics covered in this edition include: e-business consulting; consulting in knowledge management; total quality management; corporate governance; social role and responsibility of business; company transformation and renewal; and public administration.

International Competitiveness

Author : Mark Casson
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 : 9780415191098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book International Competitiveness written by Mark Casson and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth century has seen dramatic increases in the scale and intensity of international competition, focusing on the critical issues of technological change and productivity. By the end of the nineteenth century the UK had clearly lost its economic leadership to the United States, Germany and the other European powers. The volumes reprinted here explore the factors underlying these changes, and the economic ideas developed remain relevant to today's global economy.

Productivity, Growth, and Canada's International Competitiveness

Author : Thomas J. Courchene
Publisher : Kingston, Ont. : John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Productivity, Growth, and Canada's International Competitiveness written by Thomas J. Courchene and published by Kingston, Ont. : John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy. This book was released on 1993 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume in the Bell Canada Papers on Economic and Public Policy includes essays on productivity and growth, the cost of capital and competitive advantage, globalization and competition policy, worker co-operation and technical change, three visions of competitiveness, agents of change and economic growth, and environmental quality and policy in a global economy.