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Pretace w hy do some social groups, economic institutions, and nations advance and prosper? This subject has fascinated and consumed the attention of wnters, companies, and govemments for as long as there have been social, economic, and political units. In fields as diverse as anthropology, history, sociology, economics, and political science, there have been persis- tent efforts to understand the forces that explain the questions presented by the progress of some entities and the decline of others. In recent years, much of the work on this subject has been concemed with nations, examined under the standard of what is commonly called "competitiveness." The striking intemationalization of competition in the decades after Worid War 11 has been accompanied by major shifts in the economic fortunes of nations and their firms. Govemments and finns have inevitably been drawn into a heated debate a..
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Contents
Preface
l The Need for a New Paradigm
Conflicting Explanations Asking the Right Question
Classical Rationales for Industry Success The Need
for a New Paradigm Toward a New Theory of National
Competitive Advantage The Study A Broader
Concept of Competitive Advantage
PARTl
FOUNDATlONS
2 The Competitive Advantage of Finns in Global Industries
Competitive Strategy Competing Intemationally The
Role of National Circumstances in Competitive
Success
3 Determinants of National Competitive Advantage
Detenninants of National Advantage Factor Conditions
Demand Conditions Related and Supporting
Industries Firm Strategy, Structure, and
Rivalry The Role of Chance The
Role of Govemment The Detenninants in
Perspective
4 The Dynamics of National Advantage
Relationships Among the Determinants The Detenninants
as a System Clustering of Competitive Industries
The Role of Geographic Concentration The Genesis
and Evolution ..