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 …

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 …

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 …