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and competitiveness before one can participate in regional integration and face global competition. The country first … improvement in the overall competitiveness of domestic industries. The improved competitiveness enabled the country to participate …
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and competitiveness before one can participate in regional integration and face global competition. The country first … improvement in the overall competitiveness of domestic industries. The improved competitiveness enabled the country to participate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005092881
This paper discusses the nature of the rules of origin (ROOs) in the ASEAN+1 FTAs, particularly with respect to features and characteristics that could either facilitate or hinder the development of value chains, and the participation of firms in the increased globalization of production. By...
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How are the ASEAN+1 free trade agreements facilitating the flow of goods in the supply chain in East Asia? This chapter looks at the experience of the Philippine automotive and electronic sectors–-two sectors that are well integrated into the supply network in East Asia. Using firm...
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This note shows that unit labor costs, the most widely used measure of competitiveness, are equivalent to the labor … cost as a measure of competitiveness and shift the burden of lack of growth or loss of market share to capital. In this … competitiveness (i.e., increase in unit labor costs) in the Philippines is exclusively the result of increases in prices as the labor …
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cooperation or competition with international partners, as the ways to survive in, if not profit from, the emerging world order. …
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This article deals with the concept of competitiveness. Competitiveness is technically a firm-level concept. However …, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea of a country's 'international competitiveness' with the …; profitability-->long-run economic growth. The concept of national competitiveness is faulty, in the words of Paul Krugman it has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184903
This note shows that unit labor costs, the most widely used measure of competitiveness, are equivalent to the labor … cost as a measure of competitiveness and shift the burden of lack of growth or loss of market share to capital. In this … competitiveness (i.e., increase in unit labor costs) in the Philippines is exclusively the result of increases in prices as the labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184967
The world trading environment has witnessed the proliferation of regional trading arrangements during the last decade. This development was accompanied by the perceived threat that this may bring to the rules-based multilateral trading system. The ASEAN for one have not only reaffirmed their...
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Competitiveness is technically a firm level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea … of a country's 'international competitiveness' with the following analogies: market share-->export share of country … competitiveness is faulty, in the words of Paul Krugman it has become a 'dangerous obsession.' However, national or government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005432649