Canada's global and business competitiveness: competition policy reform in a changing world

Kiggundu, Moses N.; Uruthirapathy, Aareni

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“…The country’s economic status was assessed by measures like prosperity, productivity, internationalization, innovation and productivity growth. Kiggundu and Uruthirapathy (2010) compared Canada’s competitiveness with its two, strong traditional economic partners, the US and the UK, and two emerging nations, India and China. The comparison was based on three broad factors consisting of nine pillars of growth competitiveness index (later became GCI), on business competitiveness and on domestic competition and cluster development for the years 1998–2006.…”

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“…As competition lies at the heart of competitiveness, most of the research efforts have been on analyzing competitiveness with respect to competition. Assessment of competitiveness at national level (Adams et al, 2004; Amin and Hagen, 1998; Kiggundu and Uruthirapathy, 2010; Liu and Hsu, 2009; Porter and Ketels, 2003; Waheeduzzaman, 2011), at industry level (Alon et al, 2010; Momaya, 1998, 2008; Sardy and Fetscherin, 2009; Shafaei and Shahriari, 2010; Sun et al, 2010) and at firm level has been made with focus on competition. With the changing dynamics of global competition, competitive advantage can be short lived.…”

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Competitiveness: Review, Reflections and Directions

Bhawsar

Chattopadhyay

2015

Global Business Review

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Competitiveness has now become a buzzword like globalization. It has received attention from researchers, governments and business organizations because of its close association with the success of an entity. In the past decades, many works on competitiveness with different perspectives have been published. But competitiveness is yet an elusive concept, the relevance of which is changing with time. There is a need for a comprehensive review of extant literature on the subject. This review article presents the state-of-the-art development of competitiveness research. To begin with, the article lays the foundation for basic understanding on competitiveness at various levels, such as nation, industry and the firm. After elaborating on the theories of competitiveness that have evolved over the years, it gives insight on the measurement models. The plethora of studies that signify different approaches to measure competitiveness are discussed at length. The future direction of competitiveness research is also suggested.

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Competitiveness: Review, Reflections and Directions

Bhawsar

Chattopadhyay

2015

Global Business Review

122

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“…factor conditions, demand conditions, firm strategy, structure and rivalry, related and supporting industries) as compared to China. Kiggundu & Uruthirapathy (2010) linked the competitiveness of Canada with its two traditional economic partners, the UK and the US, and two emerging states, India and China. The evaluation was made based on three extensive factors comprising nine pillars of competitiveness index growth (later became GCI), on domestic competition, business competitiveness and on cluster development in the years 1998 to 2006.…”

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Diagnostics of the Challenges and Potential Solutions to Improve Export Competitiveness in International Markets: The Case of Pakistani Readymade Garments Industry

Safeer¹,

He²,

Abrar³

et al. 2019

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This research study has highlighted the key challenges of export competitiveness and puts forth viable solutions for improvements in the readymade garments (RMG) industry to improve market share internationally. Pakistan is a developing country, therefore, defining industry challenges and their possible resolutions have become a very important topic in the business environment of the nation. This article presents the results of a qualitative research study, with primary data collected through an open-ended questionnaire as well as with the interviews of 134 middle and senior marketing managers with 5 to 18 years' experience. The respondents come from readymade garments production units located in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Porter's Diamond theory was used with this research study to seek ways of gaining competitive advantages and improving export competitiveness in international markets. With focusing on the factor of conditions (basic and specialized resources), it is identified 100 percent of the responses highlighted the energy crisis as a severe challenge along with the other issues. As for demand conditions, 44 percent of responses highlighted the lack of their own brands. In firm strategy, structure and rivalry, 78 percent of responses identified that the international competition is a great challenge. In related and supporting industries, 70 percent of responses highlighted the lack of innovation, and 90 percent of responses agreed that government policies were key. This study has also sought to provide a number of resolutions to these issues, e.g. the government should develop employee training and development centres, research and development institutes, along with collaboration with financial institutions to obtain funding. This research study has important theoretical and practical implications for several types of industry managers, associations, as well as research and development institutions.

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An empirical study on the competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing Enterprises in China

Sang

Zhang

2011

2011 IEEE 18th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

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Canada's global and business competitiveness: competition policy reform in a changing world

Cited by 3 publications

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Competitiveness: Review, Reflections and Directions

Competitiveness: Review, Reflections and Directions

Diagnostics of the Challenges and Potential Solutions to Improve Export Competitiveness in International Markets: The Case of Pakistani Readymade Garments Industry

An empirical study on the competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing Enterprises in China

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