National Competitiveness: Issues for Vietnam Meeting with Prime Minister Phan Van Khai and his delegation Professor Michael E. Porter Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness Harvard Business School Cambridge‚ Massachusetts June 24‚ 2005 This presentation draws on Michael Porter‚ Klaus Schwab: The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005‚ Oxford University Press‚ 2004 and other sources. For further information on the Report and on the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness see www.isc.hbs
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importance of country competitiveness BY JAIME AUGUSTO ZOBEL DE AYALA Countries‚ like companies‚ compete. Nations compete for investments‚ trade‚ trade in services‚ and tourists. This focus on national competitiveness has been increasingly reinforced by global competitiveness rankings published‚ on a regular basis‚ by a variety of institutions. These are comprehensive reports that benchmark our performance and attractiveness as a nation state in the economic sphere. Global rankings are important
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Country competitiveness is determined by a multitude of factors that ‘measures and compares the effectiveness of countries in providing firms with an environment that sustains the domestic and international competitiveness of those firms’ (Shenkar & Luo: Ch. 5‚ p. 130). How a countries excel in bringing firms to contribute to the country’ competitiveness is the result of many factor that are evaluated yearly by the Forum in order to rank almost every country. The report is called Global Competitiveness
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CHAIN MANAGEMENT COMPETITIVENESS OF THE PHILIPPINES A reaction paper The trade performance in the Philippines has been continuously growing for the past decade‚ from 2002-2011‚ except for the world economic slump of 2009 (Figure 1). While this trend is not even close to the growth performance of our neighbours Malaysia‚ it provides an idea of how supply chain management (SCM) becomes more and more important in the economy. In this short report‚ the facts on SCM competitiveness of the Philippines
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The Competitiveness and Future Challenges of Bangladesh in International Trade Dr. Laila Arjuman Ara Visiting Research Fellow WTO Research Centre‚ Aoyama Gakuin University Tokyo‚ Japan and Assistant Professor‚ Southeast University‚ Dhaka Email:lailamolly2003@yahoo.com And M. Masudur Rahman JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies Yokohama‚ Japan Email:rahman@ias.unu.edu Abstract: Bangladesh’s steady growth for the past two decades and the average
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threatened by the VisiDat’s upcoming data analysis package with the global targets. CEO‚ Greg McNally and other key personnel have realised the competitive threats and need of maintaining company’s competitiveness. For this‚ there is a dilemma of whether to internationalise the business or to focus on domestic market by exploring potential industries like chemical‚ petrochemical‚ pharmaceutical‚ etc. Currently‚ not to go global is the wise decision for company as it lacks capabilities for international
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Model answer E2: competitiveness of nations October 2010 To help you revise‚ Velocity publishes regular model answers to practice questions. Before attempting this question‚ please read the article E2: enterprise management‚ competitive advantage of nations from this edition. By Alan Marsden‚ distance learning MBA Tutor‚ Warwick University Business School. T Company manufactures ceramic tiles for floors‚ kitchens and bathrooms. Until recently‚ its international competitive advantage depended
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1. Introduction and general country overview Being the fifth largest country in the world by surface area and population‚ and recently emerging as one of the fastest growing global economies ‚ Brazil can hardly be overlooked as a potential target of investment‚ especially in the light of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Nevertheless‚ an immediate word of caution is at place here. Even though Brazil is 25% of the highly hyped BRIC-countries‚ the engine seems to show some hiccups‚ as it
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Creating an Economic Strategy for Taiwan Prof. Michael E. Porter Harvard Business School Global Leaders Forum Taipei‚ Taiwan April 8‚ 2010 This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter’s articles and books‚ including‚ The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press‚ 1990)‚ “The Microeconomic Foundations of Economic Development‚” in The Global Competitiveness Report‚ (World Economic Forum)‚ “Clusters and the New Competitive Agenda for Companies and Governments” in On Competition
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Chapter 1 Operations Strategy and Global Competitiveness Multiple Choice 1. A purposeful collection of people‚ objects‚ and procedures for operating within an environment is known as a(n): a) Operation b) Sub -system c) System d) Sub-operation Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Response: See page 7 Reference: Operations 2. Which of the following is among the six major elements of a production system? a) Inputs b) Output c) Monitoring and legislative compliance d) Only A and B Answer:
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