03286nam 2200637 450 991081728140332120231206210002.01-315-57316-41-317-16285-41-317-16284-61-4094-6123-8(CKB)2550000001151241(EBL)1531637(OCoLC)862612203(SSID)ssj0001036868(PQKBManifestationID)12390558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036868(PQKBWorkID)11042424(PQKB)11063463(Au-PeEL)EBL1531637(CaPaEBR)ebr10784030(CaONFJC)MIL924844(MiAaPQ)EBC1531637(MiAaPQ)EBC5293922(EXLCZ)99255000000115124120131030d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCompetitiveness in the real economy value aggregation, economics and management in the provision of goods and services /by Rui Vinhas da SilvaSurrey, England ;Burlington, Vermont :Gower Publishing :Ashgate Publishing Company,2013.©20131 online resource (410 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4094-6122-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Shift9 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; IndexValue 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 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 acrCompetitionLeadershipEntrepreneurshipCompetition.Leadership.Entrepreneurship.338.6048Silva Rui Vinhas da1690658MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817281403321Competitiveness in the real economy4066491UNINA