Sentence examples for affects competitiveness from inspiring English sources

This additional cost entering production prices in a twofold manner directly affects competitiveness of companies located in Japan compared to companies located in areas with lower feedstock prices, such as those in the United States.

The fact that this has not happened reinforces the argument that it is total labour costs, of which social security contributions are only a part, that affect competitiveness.

Companies said the strength of the pound against the euro was affecting competitiveness in the eurozone.

Energy taxes can thus be harmful and negatively affect competitiveness and overall economic performance.

Using a large-scale computable general equilibrium model we quantify how these protective measures affect competitiveness of US EITE industries.

Therefore, the desire to undertake large-scale IT projects for smart manufacturing adoption may remain weak until such time lost opportunities affect competitiveness.

This paper uses firm survey data from the manufacturing and mining sectors in Indonesia, and investigates the extent to which energy prices affect competitiveness (proxied by profitability).

In practice, too, no empirical evidence or model-based results demonstrate that an uncoordinated European trading scheme would adversely affect competitiveness to any significant extent or substantially increase industrial relocations.

If the free allocation of allowances is tied to the company's production level, then it does affect marginal production costs, and therefore does affect competitiveness.

It affects the competitiveness of every business in the country; it is the invisible thread that ties our prosperity together.

Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association, has said removing the proposed cap on oil use reflects how the state's energy policy affects its competitiveness.