The competitive advantage of nations: is Porter’s Diamond Framework a new theory that explains the international competitiveness of countries? A.J. Smit ABSTRACT The focus of this article is to clarify the meaning of international competitiveness at the country level within in the context of Porter’s (1990a) thesis that countries‚ like companies‚ compete in international markets for their fair share of the world markets. At a country level‚ there are two schools of thought on country competitiveness:
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International Journal of Statistics and Probability; Vol. 1‚ No. 2; 2012 ISSN 1927-7032 E-ISSN 1927-7040 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education The Efficient Market Hypothesis: Empirical Evidence Martin Sewell1 1 Faculty of Economics‚ University of Cambridge‚ Cambridge‚ United Kingdom Correspondence: Martin Sewell‚ Faculty of Economics‚ University of Cambridge‚ Sidgwick Avenue‚ Cambridge CB3 9DD‚ United Kingdom. Tel: 44-797-414-5461. E-mail: mvs25@cam.ac.uk Received: June
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(2005). Towards a Labour Market in China. Oxford University Press. 11. Meng‚ X. (2000). Labour Market Reform In China. Cambridge University Press. 12. Sek‚ H.N. and Warner‚ M. (1998). China’s Trade Unions and Management. St. Martin’s Press. 13. Stiglitz‚ J. (1996). Some Lessons from the East Asian Miracle. World Bank Research Observer‚ Oxford University Press‚ Vol. 11(2)‚ pages 151-77. 14. Yueh‚ L.Y. (2004). Wage Reforms in China During the 1990s. Asian Economic Journal 15
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"Principles of Economics"‚ (Fourth Edition‚ Scott-Foresman‚ 1990) * 21 Samuelson‚ P.‚ Nordhaus‚ W.‚ Richardson‚ S.‚ Scott‚ G.‚ and Wallace‚ R.‚ "Economics Volume 2: Macroeconomics" (Third Australian Edition‚ McGraw-Hill‚ Sydney‚ 1992) * 22 Stiglitz‚ J.E.‚ "Economics"‚ (W. W. Norton and Co.‚ 1993) * 23 Walker‚ G.‚ Murphy‚ T.‚ and Perry‚ L.‚ (eds)‚ "Australia Macroeconomics" (Third Edition‚ Prentice Hall‚ 1987) 24 Williamson‚ S.D.‚ “Macroeconomics” (Fourth Edition‚ Pearson‚ 2010)
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BOYAN JOVANOVIC New YorkUniversity The Diversification of Production produce more than one product. In this sense their production is diversified‚ or horizontally integrated. This paper addresses two questions. First‚ why have firms become more diversified over the past century? And second‚ why are diversified firms more oriented toward research and development (R&D) than nondiversified firms? I tackle these two questions under the assumption that a firm diversifies to maximize its efficiency
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GLOBALISATION CHAPTER TWO 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview of the African Continent Africa is the world ’s second largest and second most populous continent with about 30.2 million square kilometers (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands‚ it covers six percent of the Earth ’s total surface area and 20.4 percent of the total land area. With 1.0 billion people (as of 2009)‚ it accounts for about 14.72% of the world ’s human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean
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(2002) Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital. The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages‚ Edward Elgar Publishing‚ Cheltenham. Saad Filho‚ A. (2000) ‘The Brazilian economy in the 1990s: counting the cost of neomonetarism’‚ mimeo‚ SOAS‚ London. Stiglitz‚ J. (2000) ‘Capital market liberalization‚ economic growth‚ and instability’‚ World Development‚ 28(6)‚ 1075–1086. Summers‚ L. H. and Summers‚ V P. (1989) ‘When financial markets work too well: a . United Nations (2000) Comtrade Database. Valdés-Prieto
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THE EFFECTS OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND BOARD EFFECTIVENESS ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: NEW EVIDENCE FROM KENYA Vincent O. Ongore‚ PhD Assistant Commissioner Kenya Revenue Authority P.O. Box 48240-00100‚ GPO Phone: + 254 (20) 310900 Mobile: +254 723854796 Nairobi. Email: Vincent.ongore@kra.go.ke Abstract Research on corporate governance is very thin on the role of owners on corporate performance‚ especially how risk-taking orientation of owners comes to bear on decision making processes of
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THE ACCESSIBILTY OF MICROFINANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN MOGADISHU BY ABDIGANI ABDIJALIL ABDIGANI ABDIMAJID OMAR ABU-HADI SU’AD HASSAN ABDIRAHMAN A GRADUTION PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENTS OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE IN BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTANCY SIMAD UNIVERSITY JUNE‚ 2012 ABSTRACT This study investigated the accessibility of microfinance for small businesses in Mogadishu. Since‚ the accessibility of microfinance for
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