The Global Competitiveness Report, 2004 2005. Geneva.

European competitiveness does not have only a global dimension.

48 World Economic Forum, The Global Competitiveness Report, 2004 2005 (Geneva, 2004).

Public sector unions also can affect a nation s competitiveness in global markets, albeit indirectly.

Paraguay believes this to be a necessary prerequisite for the growth of global competitiveness.

Such policies contributed to improving developing countries' competitiveness in the global market and sustainable development.

Access to global container shipping networks is thus ever more crucial for the competitiveness of countries.

China s future competitiveness also depends on its integration into a new wave of global and regional regulatory regimes.

As China s global economic role increases, its labor costs will rise and its currency will appreciate, eroding its competitiveness.

If no adequate provisions are made to sustain global competitiveness, the economic, social, and political consequences could be dire.

Efficient transport and trade facilitation provided the background for increased competitiveness of developing countries and allowed access to global markets.

However, as Malaysia engages with the global economy, these privileges may eventually be removed in order to heighten the country s competitiveness.

Which measures can ensure the EU s global competitiveness? How can we narrow the existing differences in development and material welfare within Europe?

History has shown that a one dimensional development model cannot ensure sustainable competitiveness, just as no single market can sustain global demand.

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But a framework constructed to achieve what? The strengthening of Europe s position within an atmosphere of heightened global competitiveness remains at the forefront.

A self sustaining recovery is, of course, possible, but it presupposes a massive structural adjustment aimed at restoring US competitiveness in global markets.

Many sell raw materials or base products Ukrainian steel, for example where export competitiveness depends less on product quality than on global commodity prices.

America needs to expand its share in external global demand, which requires public sector investment, structural change, and improved competitiveness in the tradable sector.

Located in Smart Village, ITIDA is a government entity mandated to boost the development of the Egyptian IT sector and increase its global competitiveness.

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Europe s Competitiveness Obsession

Does OFDI increase competitiveness of firms and how could competitiveness from OFDI be measured?

Indeed, its ranking on the World Economic Forum s Global Competitiveness Index fell from 18th last year to 21st this year (Germany ranked sixth both years).

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Enhancing productivity and competitiveness

Enterprise competitiveness and development

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The economic transition would help maintain and strengthen Europe s competitiveness in a global economy that is increasingly competing on the basis of sustainability and resource efficiency.

Russia also fares poorly 63rd in the Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum, well behind all developed countries and even many developing countries.

The challenge for Russia s leaders is to use its oil wealth to educate Russia s people and rebuild Russia s infrastructure, thereby ensuring global competitiveness and employment growth.

In order to face up to these challenges, the OECD Bologna Process had the objective of fostering the entrepreneurial agenda and SME competitiveness at the global level.

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Given their global reputation as guarantors of quality, Europe s high environmental standards are crucial to its future competitiveness, and should therefore be actively promoted, particularly in trade agreements.

Recognizing also that information and communication technologies are among the critical determinants for creating a global knowledge based economy, accelerating growth, increasing competitiveness, promoting sustainable development, eradicating poverty and facilitating the effective integration of all countries into the global economy,

In 2004, a working paper was published under the title Inserting Local Industries into Global Value Chains and Global Production Networks Opportunities and Challenges for Upgrading, with a Focus on Asia, China's Rising Competitiveness and Phasing out of Multi Fibre Arrangements.

As a major player in the green technology market set to triple in value by 2020 Europe could regain competitiveness and secure its role in the future global economy.

Instead, Chen balked at further integration into the global economy, refusing to open all of Taiwan s economic sectors to foreign participation, which would have strengthened Taiwan s competitiveness and efficiency.

The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report currently ranks Switzerland's economy as the most competitive in the world, while ranked by the European Union as Europe's most innovative country.

Yet European competitiveness is in danger.

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Improvement of competitiveness of agricultural enterprises

Most are international relations experts who, viewing geopolitics through the lens of economic competitiveness, imagine the global order as a seesaw, in which one player s rise necessarily implies another s fall.

After all, for too many years leading up to the global financial crisis, America bought and borrowed its growth by leveraging balance sheets, rather than earning it through increased competitiveness.