Drivers of competitiveness
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Globalization -- Case synopses and assignment questions -- Singapore's "mid-life crisis" -- China "unbalanced" -- Malaysia, people first? -- Malaysia (B), the economic transformation program -- Central Europe after the crash : between Europe and the euro -- Institutions -- Case synopses and assignment questions -- South Africa (A), stuck in the middle -- South Africa (B) -- Egypt: turbulence and transition? -- Peru: family groups and competitiveness -- Spain, can the house resist the storm? -- Innovation and technology diffusion -- Case synopses and assignment questions -- Inkaterra -- ABB: "In China, for China" -- Low carbon, indigenous innovations in China -- COET: innovation in Africa -- Malaysia: standing on a single leaf -- Fraunhofer: innovation in Germany -- Fraunhofer: five significant innovations -- The great moderation, dead or alive? -- The US current account deficit -- Epilogue
