Competitiveness in International Food Markets

by Bredahl, Maury E.; Abbott, Philip C.; Reed, Michael R.

• ISBN13: 9780813317366
• ISBN10: 0813317363
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-10-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Author Biography

Maury E. Bredahl is professor of agricultural economics and director of the Center for International Trade Expansion at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Nicole Ballenger is an economist with the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. John C. Dunmore is deputy director, Commercial Agriculture Division, ERS. Terry L. Roe is professor of applied economics, adjunct member of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, and codirector of the Economic Development Center at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Notes	p. 7
Conceptual Foundations and Assessments from Business Strategies	p. 9
Competitiveness: Definitions, Useful Concepts, and Issues	p. 11
References	p. 34
A Framework for Assessing National Competitiveness and the Role of Private Strategy and Public Policy	p. 37
Notes	p. 56
References	p. 57
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Non-Price Factors: Implications for Competitiveness in International Trade	p. 61
References	p. 81
Importance of Non-Price Factors to Competitiveness in International Food Trade	p. 83
Notes	p. 101
References	p. 102
Conceptual Foundations and Assessments from Trade and Macroeconomic Theory	p. 103
Conceptual Foundations from Trade, Multinational Firms, and Foreign Direct Investment Theory	p. 105
Notes	p. 126
References	p. 127
International Competitiveness: Implications of New International Economics	p. 129
References	p. 142
Notes	p. 142
Technical Progress, Capital Formation, and Growth of Productivity	p. 145
Notes	p. 164
References	p. 165
Competitive Pressure, Productivity Growth, and Competitiveness	p. 169
Notes	p. 184
References	p. 185
Assessments of the Competitiveness of National Food Sectors	p. 189
References	p. 202
Assessing the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Food Manufacturing Industry	p. 203
References	p. 229
Assessing the Competitiveness of the Canadian Food Sector	p. 231
References	p. 239
Market Mass Competitiveness in the Canadian Food Industry	p. 241
Notes	p. 257
References	p. 258
Appendix: Variable Definitions	p. 259
Assessing the Role of Competitiveness in Shaping Policy Choices: a Canadian Perspective	p. 261
Notes	p. 277
References	p. 277
Assessing the International Competitiveness of the New Zealand Food Sector	p. 279
References	p. 293
Assessing the International Competitiveness of the Danish Food Sector	p. 295
References	p. 306
Notes	p. 306
Commentary and Implications	p. 307
Commentary and Implications	p. 309
About the Contributors	p. 323
Bout the Book and Editors	p. 325
Index	p. 327
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