LEADER 03960oam 2200505 450 001 9910812229803321 005 20190911100039.0 010 $a1-118-49737-6 010 $a1-118-49739-2 035 $a(OCoLC)880571616 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8FRX 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000359741 100 $a20140319d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAustralia's competitiveness $efrom lucky country to competitive country /$fMichael J. Enright, Richard Petty 210 1$aSingapore :$cWiley,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 270 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-118-68119-3 311 $a1-118-49736-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Action 327 $aPushing 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 Resources 327 $aInput 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 Competitiveness 327 $aSome 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 330 $a 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 assessm 606 $aCompetition, International 606 $aEconomics$zAustralia 607 $aAustralia$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aCompetition, International. 615 0$aEconomics 676 $a337 700 $aEnright$b Michael J.$01690426 702 $aPetty$b Richard 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812229803321 996 $aAustralia's competitiveness$94066110 997 $aUNINA