International productivity and competitiveness / edited by Bert G. Hickman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hickman, Bert G., 1924-2019, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial productivity--Congresses.

Industrial productivity.

Competition, International--Congresses.

Competition, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discussing the international decline in productivity since the end of World War II, this study contains essays on global perspectives, comparative studies of market economies, USA/international competitiveness and specific country studies (Japan, West Germany and China).

Contents:

Contents; 1. International Productivity and Competitiveness: An Overview; I: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES; 2. Restructuring of the World Economy; 3. Aggregate Productivity and Growth in an International Comparative Setting; 4. Productivity, Competitiveness, and Export Growth in Developing Countries; 5. Productivity, Competitiveness, and the Socialist System; II: COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF MARKET ECONOMIES; 6. An International Comparison of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends; 7. Intercountry Changes in Productivity in the Manufacturing Sector of Five OECD Countries, 1963-86

8. An International Comparison of the Multisectoral Production Structure of the United States, West Germany, and Japan 9. Productivity and International Competitiveness in Japan and the United States, 1960-85; 10. International Competitiveness of U.S. and Japanese Manufacturing Industries; III: U.S. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS; 11. Macroeconomic Policies, Competitiveness, and U.S. External Adjustment; 12. U.S. Competitiveness and the Exchange Rate: A General Equilibrium Analysis of the U.S. Economy, 1982-86; 13. Technology, Capital Formation, and U.S. Competitiveness; IV: COUNTRY STUDIES

14. Price and Output Adjustment in Japanese Manufacturing 15. The Trade and Industrial Policies of Postwar Japan: A Theoretical Perspective; 16. Protection and International Competitiveness: A View from West Germany; Index;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771035-2

1-280-52513-4

1-4237-6433-1

0-19-536228-4

1-60129-780-7

OCLC:

191038107