A number of concepts of 'competitiveness' are applied to national economies, not always clearly or helpfully. This paper suggests a possible taxonomy of these concepts, and applies them to Australian data. Australia performs well on the internal competitiveness of its markets. It also does well...

The twenty-fourth addition in a series of biographies of Australia’s Federal Treasurers.

In the second half of 1997 many Asian emerging economies suffered large declines in both their currency and equity markets. This Asian financial turmoil arose primarily from three interrelated sets of factors, namely: shortcomings in the financial sector at a time when global liquidity...

Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Description -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Problem Framing -- Chapter 1: Getting Started -- Chapter 2: Project Parameters -- Chapter 3: Getting Buy-In -- Chapter 4: Getting Context -- Chapter 5: Getting...