| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 407 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
International productivity and competitiveness : an overview / Bert G. Hickman -- Restructuring of the world economy / Lawrence R. Klein -- Aggregate productivity and growth in an international comparative setting / John F. Helliwell and Alan Chung -- Productivity, competitiveness, and export growth in developing countries / F. Gerard Adams, Jere R. Behrman, and Michael Boldin -- Productivity, competitiveness, and the socialist system / Gur Ofer -- An international comparison of manufacturing productivity and unit labor cost trends / Arthur Neef -- Intercountry changes in productivity in the manufacturing sector of five OECD countries, 1963-86 / Klaus Conrad -- An international comparison of the multisectoral production structure of the United States, West Germany, and Japan / Mitsuo Saito and Ichiro Tokutsu. |
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Productivity and international competitiveness in Japan and the United States, 1960-85 / Dale W. Jorgenson and Masahiro Kuroda -- International competitiveness of U.S. and Japanese manufacturing industries / Toshiko Tange -- Macroeconomic policies, competitiveness, and U.S. external adjustment / Peter Hooper -- U.S. competitiveness and the exchange rate : a general equilibrium analysis of the U.S. Economy, 1982-86 / Irma Adelman and Sherman Robinson -- Technology, capital formation, and U.S. competitiveness / Ralph Landau -- Price and output adjustment in Japanese manufacturing / William H. Branson and Richard C. Marston -- The trade and industrial policies of postwar Japan : a theoretical perspective / Motoshige Itoh and Kazuharu Kiyono -- Protection and international competitiveness : a view from West Germany / Gernot Klepper and Frank D. Weiss. |
| Summary |
Discussing the international decline in productivity since the end of World War II, this study contains essays on global perspectives, comparative studies of market economies, USA/international competitiveness and specific country studies (Japan, West Germany and China). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Industrial productivity -- Congresses.
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Industrial productivity. |
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Competition, International -- Congresses.
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Competition, International. |
| Indexed Term |
Competition |
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Productivity (Economics) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Hickman, Bert G., 1924-2019.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: International productivity and competitiveness. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 0195065158 (DLC) 90039134 (OCoLC)21760274 |
| ISBN |
1423764331 (electronic book) |
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9781423764335 (electronic book) |
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1601297807 |
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9781601297808 |
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1280525134 |
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9781280525131 |
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0195065158 (Cloth) |
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9780195065152 |
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