International Trade and Economic Growth

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M.E. Sharpe, 2007 - 305 páginas
Serving as a teaching tool for courses in international economics, economic growth, and economic development at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, this book focuses on the dynamic long-run relationship between trade and economic growth.

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Denis Fred Simon
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Emerging Sources of Cooperation and Conflict
22
Balancing Global
48
Alternate Strategies for Managing Critical
61
New Challenges
88
Information Technology Globalization and the Strategic
107
The Impact of Strategic Alliances on Global Competition
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The Proliferation of TechnologyBased International
165
A Comparison of Strategic Alliances Involving
186
Aerospace and National Security in an Era of Globalization
226
Index
251
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Página 108 - A nation's competitiveness is the degree to which it can, under free and fair market conditions, produce goods and services that meet the test of international markets while simultaneously expanding the real incomes of its citizens.
Página 145 - An international collaborative venture may be defined as an instance of interfirm collaboration in product development, manufacture, or marketing that spans national boundaries, is not based on ^ arm's-length market transactions, and includes substantial contributions by partners of capital, technology, or other assets.
Página 156 - In this new global environment, the highest priority for strengthening the technological foundations and thereby the long-term wealth-generating capacity of the US economy must be to make the United States a more attractive and advantageous place for individuals, companies, and other institutional entities, regardless of national origin, to conduct the full complement of technical activities critical to the nation's long-term prosperity and security. To accomplish this, the United States must develop...
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Página 108 - The principal economic goal of a nation is to produce a high and rising standard of living for its citizens. The ability to do so depends not on the amorphous notion of "competitiveness" but on the productivity with which a nation's resources (labor and capital) are employed.
Página 30 - States has grown dramatically in recent years, encouraged by the adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
Página 32 - ... and fund giant research projects, such as a $6 billion particle accelerator. The overriding goal of these initiatives is to protect future American technological breakthroughs from exploitation at the hands of foreigners, especially the Japanese. In contrast to techno-globalism, this new principle presumes the possibility — indeed, the necessity — of viewing American technology as a body of knowledge separate and distinct from that possessed by other nations. Technology is viewed as something...
Página 69 - global network' model of technology management is clearly the 'wave of the future' when it comes to competing globally. This model consists of a network of technology core groups in each major market — the US, Japan, and Europe — managed in a coordinated way for maximum impact.
Página 162 - Competition vs cooperation: a benefit/cost framework for choosing between fully owned investments and cooperative relationships...
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