Competitiveness in the real economy : value aggregation, economics and management in the provision of goods and services / / by Rui Vinhas da Silva

• Autore: Silva Rui Vinhas da
• Pubblicazione: Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Gower Publishing : , : Ashgate Publishing Company, , 2013; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.6048
• Soggetto topico: Competition; Leadership; Entrepreneurship
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Shift ; 9 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Value 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 acr
• Titolo autorizzato: Competitiveness in the real economy
• ISBN: 1-315-57316-4; 1-317-16285-4; 1-317-16284-6; 1-4094-6123-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817281403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II