Competitiveness and Private Sector Development Competitiveness in South East Europe A Policy Outlook 2018
Competitiveness and Private Sector Development Competitiveness in South East Europe A Policy Outlook 2018

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-04-24

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 9264298576

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Future economic development and the well-being of citizens in South East Europe (SEE) increasingly depend on greater economic competitiveness. Realising the region’s economic potential requires a holistic, growth-oriented policy approach. Against the backdrop of enhanced European Union (EU) ...

Clusters of Competitiveness
Clusters of Competitiveness

Author: Raj Nallari

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2013-08-28

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1464800499

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Competition, competitiveness, innovation and growth are inherently linked. This book covers the main ideas underlying competitiveness and its applications, drawing lessons for developing economies and relevant policy recommendations.

Quality Systems and Standards for a Competitive Edge
Quality Systems and Standards for a Competitive Edge

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Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0821368958

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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.

At Your Service?
At Your Service?

Author: Gaurav Nayyar

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2021-10-18

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1464817103

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Manufacturing-led development has provided the traditional model for creating jobs and prosperity. But in the past three decades the conventional pattern of structural transformation has changed, with the services sector growing faster than the manufacturing sector. This raises critical questions about the ability of developing economies to close productivity gaps with advanced economies and to create good jobs for more people. At Your Service? The Promise of Services-Led Development (www.worldbank.org/services-led-development) assesses the scope of a services-driven development model and policy directions that can maximize the model’s potential.

Systemic Competitiveness
Systemic Competitiveness

Author: Klaus Esser

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 113521266X

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The authors emphasize that an economy's competitiveness relies on purposive and intermeshed measures at the meta-, macro-, meso-, and micro- level and a multidimensional guidance concept consisting of competition, dialogue and shared decision-making which integrates the key groups of actors.

Regional Competitiveness
Regional Competitiveness

Author: Ron Martin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1136012540

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There is now a wide spread interest in regions as a key focus in the organization and governance of economic growth and wealth creation. This important book considers the factors that influence and shape the competitive performance of regions. This is not just an issue of academic interest and debate, but also of increasing policy deliberation and action. However, as the readings in this book make clear, the very idea of regional competitiveness is itself complex and contentious. Many academics and policy makers have used the concept without fully considering what is meant by the term and how it can be measured. Policy formulation has tended to rush ahead of understanding and analysis, and the purpose of this book is to close this important gap in understanding. This book was previously published as a special issue of Regional Studies.