1st Edition
The Competitiveness of European Industry
List of tables List of figures List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Arthur Francis 1. The concept of competitiveness Arthur Francis 2. International competitiveness: alternative macroeconomic strategies and changing perceptions in recent years Hans-Peter Frohlich 3. Comparative advantage and competitiveness in a small, ‘open’ economy P. K. M. Tharakan, J. Waelbroeck, D. Verstralen, A. Sendhaji 4. Competitiveness and internationalization of industry: the case of Switzerland Silvio Borner 5. Hindering and supporting factors in the start-up of new, small, technology-based firms Christer Karlsson 6. Competitiveness and the management of strategic change processes Andrew Pettigrew, Richard Whipp, Robert Rosenfield 7. Social approaches to the competitive process L. Araujo, G. Burrell, G. Easton, R. Rothschild, S. Rothschild, C. Shearman 8. Competition and the momentum of technical change Tim Ray, Janet Evans, Mark Boden, J. Stanley Metcalfe, Michael Gibbons Index
Biography
Arthur Francis and P. K. M. Tharakan
