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

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 c...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Silva, Rui Vinhas da
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey : Gower, [2013]
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Table of Contents:
  • Is it only about working harder? ... or the other side of GDP
  • Productivity, value aggregation and national competitiveness
  • Workers, entrepreneurs and productivity
  • Country reputation, productivity and national competitiveness
  • On leadership, entrepreneurial spirit and the search for sustainable competitive advantages
  • From Popper to Soros and the downfall of economics
  • Rationality vs. emotion : funny tasting coke in the land of Georges Remi (HergĂ©)
  • Bernanke and an urgent need for a paradigm shift
  • Bernie Ebbers, WorldCom and other corporate tragic comedies
  • The competitiveness of nations in the 21st century : the links between exports, FDI and national competitiveness.