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Illusory competitiveness: the apparel assembly model of the Caribbean Basin
- Author(s):
- Mortimore, Michael
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 141
- Date Issued:
- 2003-08
- Physical Description
- 31 p. : diagrs., tabls.
- UN symbol:
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Abstract Exports of apparel represent the principal link of the Caribbean Basin to the international economy. These exports arise from a combination of factors, including low salaries, tax incentives, and preferential access to the North American market designed to assist US apparel firms compete ... -
From industrial economics to digital economics: an introduction to the transition
- Author(s):
- Hilbert, Martin R.
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 100
- Date Issued:
- 2001-02
- Physical Description
- 129 p. : diagrs., tabls.
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Abstract This paper focuses on creating a basic awareness of the new economic coherence, which has been provoked by the introduction of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). It is based on methods of traditional Industrial Economics (bricks-and-mortar economy). The paper shall en... -
The competitiveness of agrifoods in Central American and Caribbean countries in the context of trade liberalization
- Author(s):
- Rodrigues, Mônica dos Santos |
- Torres, Miguel
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 139
- Date Issued:
- 2003-07
- Physical Description
- 52 p. : diagrs., tabls.
- UN symbol:
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This study evaluates aspects of ex-post competitiveness, trade specialization, the dynamics of import markets, the main competitor countries, and trade protection in the six Central American and eight Caribbean countries and their main destination markets, the European Union (EU); and the United St... -
Korean OFDI: investment strategies and corporate motivations for investing abroad
- Author(s):
- Kwak, Jae Sung
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 182
- Date Issued:
- 2007-12
- Physical Description
- 56 p. : gráfs., tabls.
- UN symbol:
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International flows of capital in the form of foreign direct investment have become an important means of promoting economic development in many countries. The spread of globalization and the activity of transnational corporations have been driving forces behind these flows have already been adequa... -
Business development service centres in Italy. An empirical analysis of three regional experiences: Emilia Romagna, Lombardia y Veneto
- Author(s):
- Pietrobelli, Carlo |
- Rabellotti, Roberta
- Corporate Author(s):
- Italia. Gobierno |
- NU. CEPAL |
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 130
- Date Issued:
- 2002-09
- Physical Description
- 80 p. : gráfs., tabls.
- UN symbol:
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The notion of business development service (BDS) is quickly gaining popularity among policy makers and scholars of management, industrial organisation and development. Similarly, attention is increasingly paid on the institutions and centres offering BDS, as an essential part of the "local" or "reg... -
Export performance, technological upgrading and foreign direct investment strategies in the Asian newly industrializing economies: with special reference to Singapur
- Author(s):
- Lall, Sanjaya
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial
- Serie:
- No.
- 88
- Date Issued:
- 2000-10
- Physical Description
- 65 p. : tabls.
- UN symbol:
- handle
Abstract This paper analyses the competitiveness and technological structure of manufactured exports by leading Latin American and Asian economies for 1980-97. It explains East Asian performance with reference to the strategies adopted for technological development, focusing on foreign direct inves... -
Chinese Investments in Latin America: Opportunities for growth and diversification
- Author(s):
- Pérez Ludeña, Miguel
- Serie:
- No.
- 208
- Date Issued:
- 2017-04
- Physical Description
- 27 p.
- UN symbol:
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China has become the third largest source of FDI in the world, only behind the United States and Japan. Chinese outward FDI continues to grow every year, but inflows into Latin America have remained stagnant since the year 2010 when a large wave of acquisitions introduced many Chinese companies to ...
