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Silva Rui Vinhas da |
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Competitiveness in the real economy : value aggregation, economics and management in the provision of goods and services / / by Rui Vinhas da Silva |
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Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Gower Publishing : , : Ashgate Publishing Company, , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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1-315-57316-4 |
1-317-16285-4 |
1-317-16284-6 |
1-4094-6123-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (410 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Competition |
Leadership |
Entrepreneurship |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Author; Preface; 1 Is It Only about Working Harder? ... or the Other Side of GDP; 2 Productivity, Value Aggregation and National Competitiveness; 3 Workers, Entrepreneurs and Productivity; 4 Country Reputation, Productivity and National Competitiveness; 5 On Leadership, Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Search for Sustainable Competitive Advantages; 6 From Popper to Soros and the Downfall of Economics; 7 Rationality vs. Emotion: Funny Tasting Coke in the Land of Georges Remi (Hergé); 8 Bernanke and an Urgent Need for a Paradigm Shift |
9 Bernie Ebbers, WorldCom and Other Corporate Tragic Comedies10 The Competitiveness of Nations in the Twenty-first Century: The Links between Exports, FDI and National Competitiveness; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Value aggregation to goods and services is unbelievably important to the balance of trade of modern nations, yet it receives minute attention by economists and policy-makers alike. In Competitiveness in the Real |
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Economy, Rui Vinhas da Silva shows that the nature and dynamics of contemporary global competition requires a sharper focus on value aggregation. He provides a rounded, integrative and multi-disciplinary perspective linking national competitiveness, economics and management. The emphasis is on a transversal philosophy of value aggregation as a key driver of national competitiveness acr |
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