Australia's competitiveness : from lucky country to competitive country / / Michael J. Enright, Richard Petty

• Autore: Enright Michael J.
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Wiley, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 270 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 337
• Soggetto topico: Competition, International; Economics - Australia
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Economic conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): PettyRichard
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Action ; Pushing 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 ; Input 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 ; Some 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Australia's competitiveness
• ISBN: 1-118-49737-6; 1-118-49739-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812229803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II