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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809383503321

Autore

Ballance Robert

Titolo

Competing in a Global Economy : An Empirical Study on Trade and Specialization / / Helmut Forstner & Robert Ballance

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1990

ISBN

1-03-530363-9

0-203-16877-1

1-280-11099-6

9780203168771

1-134-99817-1

1-85898-706-7

1-134-99816-3

9786610110995

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

ForstnerHelmut

Disciplina

382

Soggetti

Competition, International

International trade - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; List of abbreviations; Preface; 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; Appendix A (Technical); Appendix B (Statistical); Bibliography; Author index

Sommario/riassunto

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