National Competitiveness and Economic Growth: The Changing Determinants of Economic Performance in the World Economy (New Horizons in Institutional and Evolutionary Economics Series)
Год выпуска: 0 Автор: Timo J. Hamalainen Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 1840644540
Описание
The current paradigm shift in the world economy is challenging the traditional competitiveness and growth theories with their few explanatory variables. This book offers a more holistic framework to synthesize the key findings of the various branches of competitiveness and growth research. The author illustrates this framework with a new long wave theory of socio-economic development. This theory emphasizes the competitiveness and growth benefits of rapid structural adjustment in the rapidly changingtechno-economic environment. Based on thorough analysis the author argues that both markets and governments have become less efficient due to the current transformation of the world economy. His empirical data from 22 OECD countries in the 1980s and 1990s illustrates that efficiency and growth-oriented governments have significantly contributed to their countries? economic success. National Competitiveness and Economic Growth will furnish its readers with a better...
