Clusters of Competitiveness

Competitiveness 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...

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Main Authors:	Nallari, Raj, Griffith, Breda
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ADVANCED COUNTRIES ADVANCED ECONOMIES ADVERTISING ANTITRUST BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BARRIERS TO COMPETITION BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIC METALS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS REGULATION BUSINESS REGULATIONS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CARTELS CENTRAL BANK CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN WATER COLLUSION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION FRAMEWORK COMPETITION POLICIES COMPETITION POLICY COMPETITIVE ECONOMY COMPETITIVE PRICES COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS CONTESTABILITY CORPORATE PERFORMANCE CORPORATE PROFITS COST OF LIVING CPI CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL DEMOCRACY DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING COUNTRY ECONOMIES DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPING ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC RESEARCH EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET COUNTRY EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENVIRONMENTS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FACTOR DEMAND FAIR FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FIXED PRICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POLICY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INFLATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT BARRIERS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIBERALIZATION LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS MACROECONOMIC LEVELS MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMICS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARKET BEHAVIOR MARKET COMPETITION MARKET CONCENTRATION MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MARKET ENTRY MARKET MECHANISM MARKET PLAYER MARKET POWER MARKET PRICE MARKET REFORM MARKET REFORMS MARKET REGULATION MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKET STRUCTURE MARKET VALUE MERGERS MONOPOLY NATURAL MONOPOLY NEW MARKET NEW PRODUCTS OUTPUT PENETRATION RATE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EFFECTS PRICE CONTROLS PRICE FIXING PRICE FLOOR PRICE MAINTENANCE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATIZATION PRODUCERS PRODUCT MARKET PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC POLICY RATE OF GROWTH REAL ESTATE REAL GDP REAL WAGES RECYCLING RED TAPE REGULATOR REGULATORS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIMES RELEVANT MARKET RENTS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETAIL RETAIL TRADE SALES SINGLE MARKET SMALL BUSINESS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL ENTREPRENEURS SUBSTITUTES SUNK COSTS SUPPLIERS SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMS OF TRADE TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE POLICY TRANSITION COUNTRIES TURNOVER VALUE ADDED WAGES WEALTH WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18146541/clusters-competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15788

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Summary:	Competitiveness 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.

Clusters of Competitiveness

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