Building competitive firms : incentives and capabilities

This publication presents a framework that emphasizes the economic and policy incentives needed to create competitive firms and national economies. It also explains the key capabilities that firms must develop in-house in order to become more competitive. The framework provides a link between import...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nabi, Ijaz, ed, Luthria, Manjula, ed
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2002
Series:Directions in development
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1: A framework for competitiveness
  • 1. Building competitiveness: a roadmap and policy guide / Ijaz Nabi and Manjula Luthria
  • 2. Foreign direct investment and competitiveness / Sanjaya Lall
  • Pt. 2: Aiming for competitiveness: incentives
  • 3. Corporate governance, corporate performance, and investor confidence in East Asia / Ijaz Nabi and Behdad Nowroozi
  • 4. Competition policy, economic adjustment, and competitiveness / R. S. Khemani
  • Pt. 3: Achieving competitiveness: capabilities
  • 5. Supporting technology generation and diffusion at the firm level / Manjula Luthria
  • 6. Upgrading work force skills to create high-performing firms / Geeta Batra and Hong Tan
  • 7. Reaping efficiency gains through e-commerce / Prasad Gopalan
  • 8. Value creation through supply chain management / Ronald Kopicki
  • 9. Protecting intellectual property: why, how much, how? / Manjula Luthria