Negotiating Competitiveness: Employment Relations and Organizational Innovation in Germany and the United States

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As the United States pursues more globally competitive labor relations strategies, it would do well to learn from Germany, whose employment system is characterized by high wages and high productivity, a negotiated rather than contentious approach to labor-management relations, and a powerful ability to diffuse workplace innovations. In turn as Germany confronts the challenges of integrating the East German economy as well as the competitive pressures of the 1990s, it would benefit from an examination of the U.S. system's flexibility and capability to generate high-performance innovations in employment relations. Drawing on the examples of innovative workplace practices in both countries, Negotiating Competitiveness suggests a mix of public and private sector strategies that can capitalize on the strengths of both systems.

Closing the Eu East-west Productivity Gap: Foreign Direct Investment, Competitiveness And Public Policy

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Closing the productivity gap

Closing the Eu East-west Productivity Gap: Foreign Direct Investment, Competitiveness And Public Policy
David A. Dyker
Manufacturer: Imperial College Press
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ASIN: 1860946291

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Closing the productivity gap.......2006-11-13

This book discusses and proposes how EU countries can close the productivity gaps among them. Chapter 1 of the book is the key chapter for it sets the stage. It argues that productivity gaps depend on efficiency. However, often equally efficient economies can also experience differential productivity. The reason is that the diffusion of productivity is a function of a nation's "social capability", "technological congruence", trade, and foreign direct investment.

Chapters 2-6 of the book examine the mechanisms through which " social capability", "technological congruence", trade, and foreign direct investment come to affect productivity growth. The chapters draw their examples mainly from Central-East Europe.

The seventh chapter adds policy dimensions to the productivity gaps within the EU. Chapter 8 briefly details the implications of the results to productivity catch-up and competitiveness internationally.

Again the first chapter carries the book; its excellent overview would benefit any reader. Policymakers would gain the most from other parts of the book.

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Modeling Income Determinants in Embedded Economies : Cross-section Applications to US Native American Economies
ISBN: 1600210465

Competitiveness, Social Responsibility And Economic Growth

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Competitiveness, Social Responsibility And Economic Growth

Manufacturer: Nova Science Publishers
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ASIN: 1594548110

Trade Specialization in the Enlarged European Union (Contributions to Economics)

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Trade Specialization in the Enlarged European Union (Contributions to Economics)
Dora Borbély
Manufacturer: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
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ASIN: 379081704X

Bargaining for Competitiveness: Law, Research, and Case Studies

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Bargaining for Competitiveness: Law, Research, and Case Studies

Manufacturer: W. E. Upjohn Institute
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This book offers an analysis of the relationship among collective bargaining, firm competitiveness, and employment protection/creation in the United States. The contributors offer an overview of the systemic perspectives of collective bargaining, then follow with four instructive case studies that provide insights into the process of collective bargaining and its current status in the evolving U.S. labor-management system.

Competitiveness and Cohesion in EU Policies

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Competitiveness and Cohesion in EU Policies

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0198295227

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Distribution of resources and opportunity has always been an important factor in European integration. As new and economically weaker join the EU in the future, this will become even more crucial. The reduction of inequalities occupies a prominent place on the European political agenda. iThis volume examines the cohesion impact of all of the main EU/i policies. Areas covered include the single market, external trade policy,/i competition and enterprise policies, research and technological development, the common/i agricultural policy, transport policy, telecommunications policy, social and/i employment policy, and structural policies. Two common themes emerge from the/i investigations. The first is the great complexity in the cause and effect /i relationships that exist between EU policy interventions and their final /i impact on the ground in different countries and regions, as well as on social /i groups. The second is the classical conflict that often exists between competitiveness and cohesion, or between efficiency and equity. This is the first comprehensive and thorough assessment of the cohesion impact of EU policies. It will be invaluable for policy advisers, academics and advanced students.

Competitiveness And Growth in Europe: Lessons And Policy Implications for the Lisbon Strategy (Infer Advances in Economic Research Series)

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Competitiveness And Growth in Europe: Lessons And Policy Implications for the Lisbon Strategy (Infer Advances in Economic Research Series)

Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
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ASIN: 1845426622

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This book contributes fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on competitiveness and growth in connection with the commitment made by European leaders at the Lisbon Summit in 2000 to `render the European Union the most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy in the world by 2010, capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion'.

Until now, there has been little in-depth economic analysis of the objectives and policy implementations of the Lisbon Strategy. Competitiveness and Growth in Europe aims to fill this gap by contributing to a better and deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities of the Lisbon Strategy. This book presents, in a coherent framework, policy relevant research on the main aspects of the Lisbon Agenda: the determinants of growth, cohesion strategies and the role of institutions, education, R&D and technological progress in economic performance.

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A new, positive perspective on the interrelationship between economic development and environmental protection, offering practical suggestions for reconciling the dichotomy to mutual advantage.
It contains detailed information and assessment of incentives and policy instruments available within Europe to encourage good practice, and offers practical step-by-step guidance on achieving environmental gain in regional economic programmes. The valuable insights are based on wide international comparative experience of programme evaluation.
The book illustrates how the scope for environmental integration is increasing in EU regional economic programmes. It describes in detail an appropriate methodology for securing improved environmental benefit and explores the potential for achieving regional environmental competitiveness.
Essential reading for researchers, academics and students in environmental management, economics, policy studies, political science, geography and European studies; for government policy-makers with responsibility for economic and environmental programmes/initiatives, especially in Central and Eastern Europe; and for pressure groups and consultants specializing in environmental issues.

Economics Of Enlarging European Union (Transition, Competitiveness and Economic Growth)

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Economics Of Enlarging European Union (Transition, Competitiveness and Economic Growth)
Tibor Palankai
Manufacturer: Akademiai Kiado
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ASIN: 9630580713

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Electronic commerce offers unprecedented opportunities to both developing and developed countries. This paper notes that in the long run, developing countries have more to benefit from electronic commerce. The publication discusses the policy issues e-commerce raises for the World Trade Organization (WTO) and developing countries, and looks at possible policy measures that might maximize the benefits developing countries derive from it. It also offers an analytical discussion regarding which multilateral rules should be applied to commerce via the Internet.

Global Trade and Poor Nations: The Poverty Impacts and Policy Implications of Liberalization

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Global Trade and Poor Nations: The Poverty Impacts and Policy Implications of Liberalization

Manufacturer: Brookings Institution Press, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, and Groupe d'Economie Mondiale
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Reducing Global Poverty: The Case for Asset Accumulation

ASIN: 0815736711

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This thoughtful volume assesses the likely impact of reformed trade policies on the poorest of the poor--those on the bottom economic rungs in developing nations. The focus on a spectrum of poor nations across different regions provides some helpful and hopeful guidelines regarding the likely impacts of a global trade reform, agreed upon under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, as well as the impact of such reforms on economic development. In order to facilitate lesson-drawing across different regions, each country study utilizes a similar methodology. They combine information on trade policy at the product level with income and consumption data at the household level, thus capturing effects both on the macro level and in individual households where development policies ideally should improve day-to-day life. This uniformity of research approach across the country studies allows for a deeper and more robust comparison of results.

Globalization: The United Nations Development Dialogue ; Finance, Trade, Poverty, Peace-Building (UNU Policy Perspectives)

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Globalization: The United Nations Development Dialogue ; Finance, Trade, Poverty, Peace-Building (UNU Policy Perspectives)

Manufacturer: United Nations University Press
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This publication contains statements and other materials from the past two years, 1998-1999, of debate and dialogue in the Economic and Social Council. The aim is to bring the Organization's work to a wider audience. The book covers key issues such as: finance, trade, poverty and peace-building. It shows a United Nations seeking greater understanding about globalization and exploring ways to reconcile the imperatives of global markets with the socio-ecomonic needs of the world's people.

International Investment Agreements: Flexibility for Development (Issues in International Investment Agreements)

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International Investment Agreements: Flexibility for Development (Issues in International Investment Agreements)
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development , Development , and United Nations Conference for Trade
Manufacturer: United Nations Pubns
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ASIN: 9211124735

International Monetary and Financial Issues for the 1990s (International Monetary & Financial Issues for the 1990s)

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International Monetary and Financial Issues for the 1990s (International Monetary & Financial Issues for the 1990s)
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development
Manufacturer: United Nations
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This publication presents an extended collection of analytical papers which offer a frank discussion on a spectrum of related issues such as: the IMF and the World Bank in the New Financial Architecture; the BIS and its Role in International Financial Governance; Adequacy of International Liquidity in the Current Financial Environment; Orderly Workouts for Cross-Border Private Debt; and Standards for Transparency and Banking Regulation and Supervision.

New Technologies and Technological Capability-building at the Enterprise Level (Science & Technology Issues)

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New Technologies and Technological Capability-building at the Enterprise Level (Science & Technology Issues)
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development
Manufacturer: United Nations
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ASIN: 9211123925

Reconciling Trade and the Environment: Lessons from Case Studies in Developing (In Association with UNCTAD)

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Reconciling Trade and the Environment: Lessons from Case Studies in Developing (In Association with UNCTAD)
Veena Jha , Anil Markandya , and Rene Vossenaar
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Pub
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1840640723

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The link between trade and the environment has focused on two broad issues: how changing trade regimes have affected the environment and how stricter environmental regulations have affected trade. The answers are of particular importance to developing and transition countries where the relationship between trade and the environment has a major impact.

This unique book, based on eleven case studies undertaken by research institutes in developing countries with the support of UNCTAD and UNDP, provides detailed empirical evidence from Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Malaysia, The Philippines, Poland, Thailand, Turkey and Zimbabwe. The central questions addressed are:

Has the international program of trade liberalization affected the environment negatively?

Are stricter environmental regulations in both developed and developing countries having an effect on exports and imports and how can these effects be addressed?

What impacts, if any, result from differences in environmental standards between richer and poorer countries?

What impacts have multilateral environmental agreements had on trade flows between developed and developing countries

What impacts are firms' voluntary measures to protect the environment having on the export flows from developing and transition countries?

The book provides a wealth of information and shows a wide difference of outcomes from country to country, allowing the authors to draw an interesting set of conclusions. It will be useful for students and researchers in environmental and international economics and will be essential reading for policymakers in government and non-governmental organizations.

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Science and Technology in a Changing International Order (Westview Special Studies in Social, Political, and Economic Development)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development , and Volker Rittberger
Manufacturer: Westview Pr (Short Disc)
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Services and the Development Process
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development
Manufacturer: United Nations
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ASIN: 9211122007

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