The key arguments and debates about globalization have raised searching questions about the significance of national and regional borders for the competitive strategies of individuals, firms and industries. Global Competitiveness and Innovation seeks to address these issues by exploring four key...

More than half of the world's sovereign states are small economies. The majority are in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin. For small economies, the globalization process involves opportunities, but also important risks because of their vulnerability and lack of diversification. This...

This book discusses the contemporary trade dynamics necessary for companies to grow competitively in the global marketplace, extending the conceptual and analytical foundations of international trade and economy in North America. This book examines the growth of international trade in North...

The book provides a detailed analysis of the nature and determinants of finance and trade and their relationship with Africa’s competitiveness. Investment is examined in its various forms (financial vs. physical), and sources (private, public, domestic and FDI), as well as its relation to the...

This book offers insight into international trade and foreign direct investment competitiveness in Africa. It examines two policies frequently used to enhance international competitiveness in Sub-Saharan African economies: exchange rate policy and productivity-related policy.

This book undertakes two main tasks. First, it provides an overview of Sino-Mexican trade and economic relations since the normalization of diplomatic relations in the 1980s. Second, it presents a re-evaluation of Mexico’s trade policies with China, from the import substitution...

Ordnungsrahmen des Außenhandels -- Erscheinungsformen und Geschäftssysteme des Außenhandels -- Außenhandelsmarketing -- Kaufverträge und Handelsbräuche im Außenhandel -- Lieferbedingungen im Außenhandel -- Transportwesen im Außenhandel.- Dokumente im Außenhandel -- Zahlungsbedingungen...

This book analyzes Italy’s external competitiveness in detail and introduces a new index, devised by Marco Fortis and Stefano Corradini for Fondazione Edison, that highlights the strengths of Italy’s foreign trade. Compared with the Trade Performance Index compiled and updated annually by...

Ordnungsrahmen des Außenhandels -- Erscheinungsformen und Geschäftssysteme des Außenhandels -- Außenhandelsmarketing -- Kaufverträge und Handelsbräuche im Außenhandel -- Lieferbedingungen im Außenhandel -- Transportwesen im Außenhandel -- Dokumente im Außenhandel -- Zahlungsbedingungen...

Einführung -- Ordnungsrahmen des Außenhandels -- Erscheinungsformen und Geschäftssysteme im Außenhandel -- Außenhandelsmarketing -- Kaufverträge und Handelsbräuche im Außenhandel -- Lieferbedingungen im Außenhandel -- Transportwesen im Außenhandel -- Dokumente im Außenhandel --...