04295nam 2200637 450 991046325340332120200520144314.01-118-49737-61-118-49739-2(CKB)2670000000359741(EBL)1187724(OCoLC)845256182(SSID)ssj0001260334(PQKBManifestationID)11857353(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001260334(PQKBWorkID)11305352(PQKB)10785172(MiAaPQ)EBC1187724(Au-PeEL)EBL1187724(CaPaEBR)ebr11099434(CaONFJC)MIL909269(EXLCZ)99267000000035974120160413h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAustralia's competitiveness from lucky country to competitive country /Michael J. Enright, Richard PettySingapore :Wiley,2013.©20131 online resource (571 p.)Includes index.1-118-68119-3 1-118-49736-8 Cover; Contents; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Australia's Economic Performance; Aggregate Performance; Productivity; Global Trends; Looking Ahead; Notes; Chapter 2: International Assessments of Australia's Competitiveness; Overall Competitiveness; Ease of Doing Business; Knowledge and Knowledge Economy; Economic Freedom; City Competitiveness; City Costs; Human Development and Quality of Living; Corruption and Corporate Governance; International Perspectives on Australia's Competitiveness; Areas for Analysis and ActionPushing the EnvelopeNotes; Chapter 3: Competitiveness in the Real World; A Model of Competitiveness: The Five Level Competitiveness FrameworkTM; Surveying Competitiveness: The Importance-Performance Competitiveness AnalysisTM Approach; Moving Ahead; Notes; Chapter 4: Drivers of Competitiveness in Australia; Firm and Industry Drivers; Meso or Cluster-Level Drivers; Macro or National-Level Drivers; Meta or Supranational-Level Drivers; Competitiveness Drivers in Perspective; Notes; Chapter 5: Workforce, Infrastructure, and Natural Resources; Workforce; Infrastructure; Natural ResourcesInput Issues in PerspectiveNotes; Chapter 6: Economic Policy, Regulation, and Tax; Economic Policy; Regulation; Tax and Tax Policy; Policy Areas in Perspective; Notes; Chapter 7: The Knowledge Economy, the Asia-Pacific Region, and the Role of Cities; Australia and the Knowledge-Innovation Economy; The Rise of the Asia-Pacific Region; Competitiveness and Australia's Cities; The Knowledge Economy, Asia, and Cities in Perspective; Notes; Chapter 8: Scenarios for Australia's Economic and Business Future; Key Trends; Trends in CompetitivenessSome Specific Scenarios for Australia's Economic and Business FutureThe Scenarios in Perspective; Notes; Chapter 9: Implications for Australia; Global Implications; Australian Implications; Australia and the Drivers of Competitiveness; Conclusions; Notes; Index In this in-depth overview of Australia's economy, Michael Enright and Richard Petty - leading scholars on international competition-look at the data behind the news reports to offer a complete view of Australia's stable and wealthy economy. The book compares Australia with other similarly sized OECD economies as well as other Asia-Pacific economies and looks at fifteen international sources of data on competitiveness. It features a large-scale survey on Australian companies and offers deep insight on the country's future in terms of economics and economic policy. Revealing an honest assessmCompetition, InternationalEconomicsAustraliaAustraliaEconomic conditionsElectronic books.Competition, International.Economics337Enright Michael J.912719Petty RichardMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463253403321Australia's competitiveness2044046UNINA