1st Edition
Competing in a Global Economy An Empirical Study on Trade and Specialization
240 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Global patterns of production and trade in manufactures have changed tremendously over the past two decades. The growth of world trade has been accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of products, suppliers and buyers involved in international markets. At the same time, the means by which manufacturers compete and collaborate have been changing. The great challenges that these developments... Read more
List of tables; list of figures; list of abbreviations Preface The transformation of world industry: an introduction and summary Inter-industrial trends in manufacturing production Inter-industry trade in a global system Two-way trade in similar products International patterns of factor endowments Factor requirements, output and trade Country differences, country similarities and the structure of trade Economies of scale and market structure Intra-industry trade revisited A retrospective view Appendix A (Technical); Appendix B (Statistical); Bibliography; Index
Biography
Robert Ballance, Helmut Forstner
