Together we can strengthen our productivity and competitiveness in the global economy.

Its second objective was to identify policy options that would help developing countries strengthen their firms' competitiveness by investing abroad.

To foster an upgrading of domestic productive capacities, systematic policies and measures are required, including coherent efforts to strengthen enterprise competitiveness through internationalisation.

It is primordial to increase investments in LDCs, including investments to develop and strengthen trade infrastructure, which is a major determinant of international competitiveness.

There is a need to strengthen cultural institutions and industries in small island developing States for national and regional development and to achieve international competitiveness.

In particular, it is important to further analyse the impact of outward investment of developing country firms on their competitiveness and to understand what policy framework and options would help to strengthen enterprise competitiveness of developing countries, in particular LDCs, through outward investment.

Competitiveness Surveys

The increasingly fierce competition seems to make investment in foreign markets more and more of a necessity in order for companies to maintain or strengthen their competitiveness.

Climate and Competitiveness

Aggregate competitiveness indicatorb

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

Europe s Competitiveness Shell Game

OFDI and enterprise competitiveness

Enhancing productivity and competitiveness

Enterprise competitiveness and development

Enterprise competitiveness and development

Enterprise competitiveness and development

Investment and enterprise competitiveness

Policies that support capacity building in product development, preparing business and marketing plans, bookkeeping, financial management and developing marketing strategies could strengthen the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises.

Some developing country firms may seek ISO 14001 certification as a means to increase export competitiveness and strengthen market positions, even in the absence of explicit pressure from overseas customers.

Recently, it has been suggested that innovation based competitiveness, at the level of the enterprise, will yield more long term sustainable competitiveness than traditional cost based competitiveness.

Moreover, in an estimated 60 70 of cases, exploring the additional abatement opportunity would have no effect or would even strengthen the industry s competitiveness. This is because greater reliance on recycling, for example, reduces costs and thus enhances companies competitiveness while reducing emissions and driving new approaches like cross sector innovation.

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Indian OFDI and SME competitiveness

GLOBALIZATION, COMPETITION, COMPETITIVENESS AND DEVELOPMENT

In addition, the Government of Mexico intends to update labour legislation in order to consolidate rights, to foster employment, to promote training, productivity and competitiveness and thus to strengthen the country's capacities.

Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals should provide the basis for consolidating macroeconomic structures to strengthen employment and education policies to reinforce social and productive investments and the competitiveness of developing countries.

Programme Component F.2.2 Competitiveness Surveys

C Investment climate and international competitiveness

C. Investment climate and international competitiveness

C. Investment climate and international competitiveness

To increase businesses' competitiveness and innovation.

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1. Technological capacity building and competitiveness

33. We emphasize the need to address the impact of weak and volatile commodity prices and support the efforts of commodity dependent countries to restructure, diversify and strengthen the competitiveness of their commodity sectors.

(d) Evaluation and comparison of transport cost to determine system competitiveness and subsequent impact on traders competitiveness in foreign markets

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Service Module 3 Industrial competitiveness and trade

_______________ (2004d). Promoting the export competitiveness of SMEs.

Competitiveness enhancement through quality and productivity improvements.

Improving the competitiveness of SMEs through enhancing

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B. Competitiveness and the role of innovation

Impact of OFDI on competitiveness of Singapore enterprises

Item 4 Market access, market entry and competitiveness