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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149408203321

Titolo

Boosting european competitiveness : the role of cesee countries / / Edited by Marek Belka [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cheltenham, England ; ; Northampton, Massachusetts : , : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78536-932-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, graphs

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Economics

European Union countries Commerce

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In the global financial crisis, competitiveness gaps between euro area countries caused additional strain. This book discusses the various dimensions of competitiveness, with a special focus on emerging Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries. For Europe to proceed with convergence and to resist global competitive pressures, it argues that policies to boost productivity and innovation are vital. With products becoming ever more technically sophisticated and global interconnectedness on a relentless rise, it also demonstrates that quality, customer orientation and participation in global production networks and global value chains are at least as important as relative costs and prices."--Provided by publisher.