Competitiveness

partisan control of redistricting is responsible for non-competitive election. The evidence I will use is Michael McDonald’s Drawing the Line on District Competition and Re-Drawing the Line on District Competition. Some other evidence will come from Competitiveness of Legislative Elections in the United States: Impact of Redistricting Reform and Nonpartisan Elections by NYC.gov. To begin lets explain what redistricting is. The placement of the district lines determines which voters vote for…

The success of the firm/organization can be attributed to several interdependent factors that is able to create value for its customers (Porter 1980, 1985) while its ability to supply the demand of its customers efficiently and effectively is tantamount to its survival and reaching its objectives (Peteraf and Barney 2003). This part will examine theories and models that seek to explain firm-related factors that lead to the firm’s success. 3.6.1. Product Theories Product Life Cycle Theory The…

results in rising demand pull inflation for non-tradable goods and services. This reduces international competitiveness and indirectly contributes to a rising CAD by increasing demand for cheaper tradable imports. Thus, reducing Australia’s CAD involves a contractionary fiscal policy stance to improve Australia’s international competitiveness. In addition, the government can improve competitiveness by reducing capacity constraints, alleviating skills shortages, removing protectionist barriers,…

tackling it. It is crucial to improve competitiveness with guarantee to support our nation’s young children getting the necessary education that they can realize their potential. If education system fails to equip large amount of graduates with transferable skills to pursue their careers, the consequence is many corporations have difficulty in matching adequately skilled employees to suitable jobs that in turn offer them a good living quality (HBS U.S Competitiveness Project, 2015). Good basic…

development directly assisting the forestry industry, through strengthening competitiveness, improving productivity and the development of higher quality products. Opening up the forestry industry to greater international competitiveness is vital for the industry to grow and become more profitable. New techniques of production and the addition of high value products will help the industry to achieve greater international competitiveness through lowering costs of production, therefore enabling…

Michael Porter supposes the competitiveness of a country as a equation of four major determinants: factor conditions; demand conditions; related and supporting industries; and, firm strategy, structure, and rivalry. Although these determinants impact the presence of competitive advantage of whole nation, their nature refers that they are more specific of a particular industry instead of typical of a country. The reason is that in Porter’s theory the basic unit of analysis for understanding…

physically, to a point which I chose how willing I was to overcome those obstacles. Organized basketball has been a part of my life beginning at age six, and has not left my side since. I have loved the game itself, and the actual competitiveness that is apart of it. Competitiveness is the overall intention for the game of basketball and would not and could not be enjoyed without such an element as it.…

using export competitiveness and revealed comparative advantage methodes. Lee et al (2004) conducted study regarding correlation between furniture product knowledge and consumers’ satisfaction by using fuzzy linguistic and they also studied to predict consumers’ satisfaction based on the features of furniture product design by using multiple linear regression. Moreover, Gusman et al (2012) measured the competitiveness level in furniture Smes of Spain by focussing on competitiveness, financial…

3. The role of standardization in the increase of international competitiveness of German automobile manufacturers 3.1 The position of BMW in the automotive industry The automotive industry plays a significant role in German economy. As of the end of 2013, German manufacturers produced 60 million automobiles annually, thus being the leading European country in automotive production (OICA, 2013). It should be observed that German automobile manufacturers are the leaders not only in terms of…

Porter’s Hypothesis The traditional view among economists and managers concerning environmental protection is that it comes at an additional cost imposed on firms, which may erode their global competitiveness. Environmental regulations (ER) such as technological standards, environmental taxes, or tradable emissions permits force firms to allocate some inputs (labor, capital) to pollution reduction, which is unproductive from a business perspective. Technological standards restrict the choice of…