Drivers Of Competitiveness

by Diego Comin

Overview

In this day and age, technology has become ever more prominent and omnipresent in our lives. As technological developments emerge and become more ubiquitous, it becomes vital to understand and analyze the impact of technology on society.Drivers of Competitiveness focuses on technology and seeks to analyze its causes and consequences on productivity and competitiveness and to examine the dynamic relationships between the different factors in various contexts. Building on state-of-the-art research, the book illustrates the global, institutional and technological factors that shape the performance of business and countries.Unlike most existing books in the field, Drivers of Competitiveness is a self-contained case book ideal for classroom use. The cases in the book are brand new. All of them are written in the context of the global financial crisis, providing a new perspective on the crisis that sheds light on its effect on competitiveness and on the diversity of responses by companies and countries. The cases and the analytical framework that emerges from the book constitute an essential kit for current and future managers, policy-makers and observers of global dynamics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814704724
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/14/2016
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

I Globalization 1

Singapore's "Midlife Crisis"? 7

China "Unbalanced" 49

Malaysia: People First? 81

Malaysia: The Economic Transformation Program (B) 123

Central Europe After the Crash: Between Europe and the Euro 131

II Institutions 149

South Africa (A): Stuck in the Middle? 155

South Africa (B): Getting Unstuck? 191

Egypt: Turbulence, and Transition? 195

Peru: Family Groups and Competitiveness 227

Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm? 253

III Technology and Innovation 293

Inkaterra 301

ABB: "In China, For China" 325

Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China 347

CoET: Innovation in Africa 375

Malaysia: Standing on a Single Leaf 389

Fraunhofer: Innovation in Germany 409

Fraunhofer: Five Significant Innovations 445

The Great Moderation, Dead or Alive? 469

The U.S. Current Account Deficit 493

Drivers of Competitiveness 539

Epilogue 543

Index 545