Motivating nonexporters to go abroad: Investigating the role of government using evidence from a developing country

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Government export promotion programs enhance export intention of small and medium enterprises through boosting their managerial and relational resources. In Algeria, managerial and relational resources are the main drivers of export intention, whereas organizational capabilities have a limited influence. Export promotion programs increase firms’ managerial, organizational and relational resources. At the pre-export stage, informational programs are more likely to enhance SMEs’ export initiation than experiential ones

The SPCK introduction to Karl Barth

Densil Morgan membuat pemikiran Barth yang seringkali kompleks, kaya, dan provokatif dapat diakses oleh khalayak luas. Dia memberikan pengantar tentang 'The Church Dogmatics' yang menakutkan dan multi-volume, membuat sketsa tema sentral dari karya Barth dan membiasakan pembaca dengan cara Barth mendekati masalah-masalah teologis.Londonxii, 116 hlm.: bibli., index; 22x15c

Benchmarking for International Competitiveness: Lessons for Public Policy

This paper presents the findings from a benchmarking study of Jamaica's competitiveness position viz-a-viz other similar small economies in the Caribbean. Using the Dual Double Diamond model and the Rank Xerox Benchmarking methodology as its guiding frameworks, the paper analyzed Jamaica's international competitiveness position in relation to Singapore, the most competitive small, open economy in the world. Comparisons were also made with three other small, open economies in the Caribbean and Central America, namely Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Costa Rica. The findings revealed that Jamaica's weak competitiveness position relative to its benchmark country, Singapore, results from a number of factors, including but not limited to an unstable macro-economic environment, weak institutions, distrust for public officials, and poor factor conditions. These competitiveness drivers were present in Singapore in a positive way, thus leading to the economy being able to upgrade its diamond of national competitiveness. The lessons learned from the Singaporean story have implications for Jamaica and other similar small, open economies that are experiencing a decline in their levels of international competitiveness

Evaluación comparativa para la competitividad internacional: Lecciones para la política pública

This paper presents the findings from a benchmarking study of Jamaica’s competitiveness position viz-a-viz other similar small economies in the Caribbean. Using the Dual Double Diamond model and the Rank Xerox Benchmarking methodology as its guiding frameworks, the paper analyzed Jamaica’s international competitiveness position in relation to Singapore, the most competitive small, open economy in the world.Comparisons were also made with three other small, open economies in the Caribbean and Central America, namely Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Costa Rica. The findings revealed that Jamaica’s weak competitiveness position relative to its benchmark country, Singapore, results from a number of factors, including but not limited to an unstable macro-economic environment, weak institutions, distrust for public officials, and poor factor conditions. These competitiveness drivers were present in Singapore in a positive way, thus leading to the economy being able to upgrade its diamond of national competitiveness. The lessons learned from the Singaporean story have implications for Jamaica and other similar small, open economies that are experiencing a decline in their levels of international competitiveness.Este artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio de “benchmarking” sobre la posición de competitividad de Jamaica en relación con otras economías pequeñas similares en el Caribe. Enmarcado en el modelo “Dual Double Diamond” y la metodología de “Rank Xerox Benchmarking”, el trabajo analiza la posición competitiva de Jamaica a nivel internacional con Singapur, la economía pequeña abierta más competitiva en el mundo. También se compara la relación con tres economías en el Caribe y la América Central: Barbados, Trinidad y Tobago y Costa Rica. Los resultados revelaron la débil posición de Jamaica relativa a Singapur, el país “benchmark”. Algunos factores que inciden en estos resultados son un ambiente macroeconómico inestable, instituciones débiles, desconfianza hacia los funcionarios públicos y condiciones de los factores pobres. Estos conductores de la competitividad estaban presentes en Singapur de una manera positiva, lo que permitió a la economía mejorar su diamante de competitividad nacional. Las lecciones aprendidas de la historia de Singapur tienen implicaciones para Jamaica y otras economías pequeñas abiertas similares que están experimentando un declive en sus niveles de competitividad internacional