Nallari, RajGriffith, Breda2013-09-192013-09-192013978-1-4648-0049-810.1596/978-1-4648-0049-8https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15788Competitiveness is a broad subject with applications at the level of the firm, industry, region, nation, and global economy. Each one of these aspects has a rich literature drawn on by academics and policy makers over a long period. This book seeks to present a broad overview of the main ideas underlying competitiveness and its applications, highlighting, and discussing in greater depth the topics that are of relevance currently. The book draws out the experiences of and lessons for developing economies and examines in detail the role for policy. This paper is structured as follows: chapter one addresses competition and competition policy; chapter two examines competitiveness by analyzing its many different indicators; chapter three looks further at indexes of national competitiveness that describe international competitive performance; chapter four addresses innovation, an increasingly important aspect of competitiveness; and chapter five discusses competitiveness and clusters.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADVANCED COUNTRIESADVANCED ECONOMIESADVERTISINGANTITRUSTBARGAININGBARGAINING POWERBARRIERS TO COMPETITIONBARRIERS TO ENTRYBASIC METALSBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTBUSINESS REGULATIONBUSINESS REGULATIONSCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL INFLOWSCARTELSCENTRAL BANKCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLEAN WATERCOLLUSIONCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITION FRAMEWORKCOMPETITION POLICIESCOMPETITION POLICYCOMPETITIVE ECONOMYCOMPETITIVE PRICESCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMER PRICECONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMERSCONTESTABILITYCORPORATE PERFORMANCECORPORATE PROFITSCOST OF LIVINGCPICROSS-BORDER CAPITALDEMOCRACYDEREGULATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPING COUNTRY ECONOMIESDEVELOPING ECONOMIESDEVELOPING ECONOMYDEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYECONOMETRICSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMIC OUTLOOKECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC REFORMECONOMIC RESEARCHEMERGING ECONOMIESEMERGING MARKETEMERGING MARKET COUNTRYEMERGING MARKET ECONOMIESEMERGING MARKETSEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPIRICAL RESEARCHEMPIRICAL STUDIESEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT GROWTHENVIRONMENTSEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESEXPENDITURESEXPORTSFACTOR DEMANDFAIRFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL MARKETSFIXED PRICESFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN TRADEGDPGDP PER CAPITAGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBALIZATIONGOVERNMENT GUARANTEESGOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENTGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH POLICYGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHUMAN CAPITALINCOMEINCOME GROUPSINCOME LEVELSINCOMESINDUSTRIAL ECONOMICSINDUSTRIAL ECONOMIESINDUSTRIAL RELATIONSINFLATIONINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT BARRIERSINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT DECISIONSJOB CREATIONLABOR COSTSLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET POLICIESLABOR MARKETSLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLABOURLEGAL FRAMEWORKLIBERALIZATIONLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACROECONOMIC EFFECTSMACROECONOMIC LEVELSMACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCEMACROECONOMIC POLICYMACROECONOMICSMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIESMARKET BEHAVIORMARKET COMPETITIONMARKET CONCENTRATIONMARKET ECONOMIESMARKET ECONOMYMARKET ENTRYMARKET MECHANISMMARKET PLAYERMARKET POWERMARKET PRICEMARKET REFORMMARKET REFORMSMARKET REGULATIONMARKET SHAREMARKET SHARESMARKET STRUCTUREMARKET VALUEMERGERSMONOPOLYNATURAL MONOPOLYNEW MARKETNEW PRODUCTSOUTPUTPENETRATION RATEPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONSPOPULATION GROWTHPOSITIVE EFFECTSPRICE CONTROLSPRICE FIXINGPRICE FLOORPRICE MAINTENANCEPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRIVATIZATIONPRODUCERSPRODUCT MARKETPRODUCT MARKETSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC POLICYRATE OF GROWTHREAL ESTATEREAL GDPREAL WAGESRECYCLINGRED TAPEREGULATORREGULATORSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY REGIMESRELEVANT MARKETRENTSRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRETAILRETAIL TRADESALESSINGLE MARKETSMALL BUSINESSSMALL ENTERPRISESSMALL ENTREPRENEURSSUBSTITUTESSUNK COSTSSUPPLIERSSUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTHTELECOMMUNICATIONSTERMS OF TRADETOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE BARRIERSTRADE COMPETITIVENESSTRADE POLICYTRANSITION COUNTRIESTURNOVERVALUE ADDEDWAGESWEALTHWORLD ECONOMYWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWorld Bank10.1596/978-1-4648-0049-8