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Yet even developed countries have relied on industrial policy to achieve national economic and competitive objectives.
Still, an open competitive process, even with all the inevitable political horse-trading and compromise that this entails, will most likely result in better Executive Board members than under the current system.
Some Central Asian leaders have been in power for many years, and only Kyrgyzstan, the most impoverished of the five, has developed a competitive multi-party political system.
They would reject the current painful unraveling, which will neither jump-start growth nor enable Europe to remain competitive and influential on the world stage.
A competitive edge based on past reputation, brand loyalty, or advertising footprints will fade away.
Being competitive, especially being competitive on external markets, was not something which was taken into account in the territorial distribution of productive forces, the designing of principles for migration and social policies, the economic structure and management forms.
As with any of its for-profit peers, the management and scientific talent to undertake this effort would have to be the best available, and attracting it would require competitive compensation.
One reason is that the EU farmers’ lobby has ensured that these countries’ access to European markets for competitive exports like agricultural produce remains limited.
It is relatively easy to manage a structural shift out of manufacturing during a real-estate boom, but it is much more difficult to re-establish a competitive manufacturing sector once it has been lost.
The International Monetary Fund’s role as independent arbiter of sound macroeconomic policy and guardian against competitive currency devaluation ought to be strengthened.
Globalization has strengthened the ability of capital to flow to wherever investment promises the highest returns; likewise, competitive manufactured products from low-wage economies will flow in the other direction.
After all, China is not alone: India and other competitive developing countries pose a similar challenge to the US.
Nevertheless, given the large size of China’s armed forces, which currently stands at 2.3 million, a rough calculation would indicate that monthly spending per soldier is at most 2,500 yuan on average – too low to recruit and retain competitive staff.
As English-language empirical-research journals consolidate their hold on the channels that determine whether or not a scientist will have a successful career, developing countries will have to invest heavily in their own data infrastructure to place domestic researchers on a more competitive footing.
In short, the euro exchange rate is too weak for equilibrium in Germany and too strong for equilibrium in France and the other less competitive eurozone economies.
The euro has also caused Germany’s business cycle to diverge from those of the less competitive economies, while prohibiting customized monetary policies.
Imports inspire a more competitive domestic business environment.
Competitive pressure from such investment, like import competition, will improve productivity.
As Chinese firms have become more competitive, wages and environmental standards in China have risen.
When properly integrated into a student’s education, externships can provide the competitive edge on college application essays and at campus or alumni interviews, which admissions committees increasingly use to distinguish twenty-first century leaders from the competing hordes of top-scoring test-takers.
Parallel with these changes, European leaders must publicly acknowledge that if the euro collapses, Europe will quickly revert to competitive devaluations, intra-EU protection, and “beggar-thy-neighbor” policies, all of which were evident in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Back then, “Japan bashing” came to mean the threat of US trade sanctions unless Japan softened competitive pressure on American industries.
China’s currency policy gives it a competitive advantage relative to other countries, allowing it to displace their exports to the US.
With the currency at a level that makes Argentina competitive again, reconstruction can begin.
Research has shown that such teams outperform others, which means that this approach can lead to a tremendous competitive advantage.
One recent book, by the Harvard political scientist Graham Allison, focuses on the so-called “Thucydides Trap,” named for the ancient Greek historian who chronicled the competitive relationship that ultimately produced the Peloponnesian War between a rising Athens and Sparta, the superpower of its day.
In short, how competitive is Europe in the summer of 2012?
High-wage workers in rich countries can expect to see their competitive advantage steadily eroded by competition from capable and fiercely hard-working competitors in Asia, Latin America, and maybe even some day Africa.
Startups such as Acorns – an app that automatically allocates a proportion of everyday purchases to a pre-selected investment portfolio – are making rapid inroads into a very competitive marketplace.
Many upstarts in the sector have carved out a competitive advantage by avoiding thresholds beyond which they would face substantial regulatory scrutiny and requirements.
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