Showing papers on "Competitive advantage published in 1971"
TL;DR: In the context of trade relations between the developed and less developed countries, the most important issue facing the world as we enter the second Development Decade is: to what extent will the possible policy changes which were discussed at great length in the last decade become implemented? A great many policy changes were mooted, largely in the forum provided by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Many were quickly forgotten when it became clear that the political or technical obstacles to their being accepted in meaningful form were insuperable as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: JN the context of trade relations between the developed and less developed countries the most important issue facing the world as we enter the second Development Decade is: to what extent will the possible policy changes which were discussed at great length in the last decade become implemented? A great many policy changes were mooted, largely in the forum provided by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Many were quickly forgotten when it became clear that the political or technical obstacles to their being accepted in meaningful form were insuperable. Others have reached a stage of discussion where it seems likely that they will be implemented in some form, and so come to be part of the institutional environment in which the trade between developed countries and less developed countries is conducted. One of the stronger candidates for implementation is the proposed general system of tariff preferences for imports into developed countries of semi-manufactured and manufactured goods from less developed countries. Considerable attention has been given to this proposal by the world community because it seems to hold out hope for helping the less developed countries to overcome one of their most pressing problems, a shortage of foreign exchange, while assisting them in their attempts to achieve one of their main objectives-a rapid rate of industrialisation. Increased foreign exchange eamings would, it has been claimed, result from the opening up of new markets for the products of less developed countries, and as the new markets would be for manufactured goods industrialisation would be encouraged. The basic'mechanism of such a scheme would be quite simple: participating developed countries 1 would remove, or lower, their tariffs on imports of semi-manufactured and manufactured goods from less developed countries, thus giving them a competitive advantage in the market of each participating developed country vis-a4vis imports from other developed 2 and non-participating less developed countries. This 'preference' for imports from less developed countries would (where
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TL;DR: In this article, a model for adapting successful bidding strategies, placing it in the context of a company's overall structure and competitive strategy, is described, revealing it to be a useful tool in a management information and control system.
Abstract: Describes a model for adapting successful bidding strategies, placing it in the context of a company's overall structure and competitive strategy. Lists the benefits of the decision system approach, revealing it to be a useful tool in a management information and control system.
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TL;DR: This article investigated the extent to which French business executives are familiar with their country's national planning system and found that there is some justification in the assertion that the French Plan is made by large companies for the large companies, and thus gives them an undue competitive advantage over smaller enterprises.