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Competing in a global economy : an empirical study on specialization and trade in manufactures / prepared for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization by Helmut Forstner & Robert Ballance.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forstner, Helmut.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International trade--Mathematical models.
- International trade.
- Competition, International.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Boston : Unwin Hyman, 2003.
- Summary:
- Global patterns of production and trade in manufactures have changed tremendously over the past two decades. The growth of world trade has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of products, suppliers and buyers involved in international markets. At the same time, the means by which manufacturers compete and collaborate have been changing. The great challenges that these developments pose for policy makers and practitioners provide the basic motive for this comprehensive assessment of the underlying forces and determinants that are reshaping the world's industrial map. Ba
- Contents:
- The transformation of world industry : an introduction and summary
- Inter-industrial trends in manufacturing production
- Inter-industry trade in a global system
- Two-way trade in similar products
- International patterns of factor endowments
- Factor requirements, output and trade
- Country differences, country similarities and the structure of trade
- Economies of scale and market structure
- Intra-industry trade revisited
- A retrospective view.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-220) and indexes.
- Description based upon print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610110995
- 9781035303632
- 1035303639
- 9780203168776
- 0203168771
- 9781280110993
- 1280110996
- 9781134998173
- 1134998171
- 9781858987064
- 1858987067
- 9781134998166
- 1134998163
- OCLC:
- 437077191
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