the main driver of Germany's international success, that price and cost advantage determines competitiveness in some … 1990 - 2011. Furthermore, we apply the unit value approach to determine whether the competitiveness of German manufacturing … German export sector in order to assess the role global value chains play in strengthening Germany's position in …

-producers emerged in Asia, Latin America as well as Southern and Central Europe. In addition, the automobile industries of Germany … deteriorating wage and employment prospects in the process of globalization. The adjustment to fiercer competition from below … differed considerably between Germany, Japan and the United States. Economic restructuring was least pronounced in the US …