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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Is it only about working harder? ... or the other side of GDP -- Productivity, value aggregation and national competitiveness -- Workers, entrepreneurs and productivity -- Country reputation, productivity and national competitiveness -- On leadership, entrepreneurial spirit and the search for sustainable competitive advantages -- From Popper to Soros and the downfall of economics -- Rationality vs. emotion : funny tasting coke in the land of Georges Remi (Hergé) -- Bernanke and an urgent need for a paradigm shift -- Bernie Ebbers, WorldCom and other corporate tragic comedies -- The competitiveness of nations in the 21st century : the links between exports, FDI and national competitiveness. |
| Summary |
Value aggregation to goods and services is unbelievably important to the balance of trade of modern nations, yet it receives minute attention by economists and policy-makers alike. In Competitiveness in the Real Economy, Rui Vinhas da Silva shows that the nature and dynamics of contemporary global competition requires a sharper focus on value aggregation. He provides a rounded, integrative and multi-disciplinary perspective linking national competitiveness, economics and management. The emphasis is on a transversal philosophy of value aggregation as a key driver of national competitiveness acr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Competition.
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Competition. |
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Leadership.
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Leadership. |
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Entrepreneurship.
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Entrepreneurship. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Silva, Rui Vinhas da. Competitiveness in the real economy 9781409461227 (DLC) 2013020031 (OCoLC)848755853 |
| ISBN |
9781409461234 (electronic book) |
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1409461238 (electronic book) |
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9781409461227 (print) |
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9781409461241 (epub) |
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