The phrase "gain comparative advantage" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used in business and economics contexts to describe a situation in which one company or country has a competitive edge over another. Example: "Through strategic partnerships and investments in technology, our company was able to gain a comparative advantage over our competitors in the global market."
The idea is that with time and protection from the global market (through subisdies and tariffs) the domestic country will gain a comparative advantage in that field.
Bringing together both literatures, the paper proposes that institutions have an impact on the direction of the diversification process, in particular on whether countries gain a comparative advantage in new sectors that are close or far from what is already part of their existing industrial structure.
Since the MRO departments are responsible for maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircrafts and engines under very strict standards, a smooth, clean-cut supply chain does not only provide a solid technical ground for daily operations but also it helps to gain a comparative advantage in cost leadership which, in turn, results with high customer satisfaction.
Some low-income countries are also feeling disappointed with jobs lost to a process called "the race to the bottom," where many poor countries deliberately decrease their labor standards to gain a comparative advantage in the global market.
As a result, the defence gains an overall comparative advantage over the offence among all rationally calculated security strategies, which solves the problem caused by otherwise offensive security doctrines.
This hurts farmers who stand to gain from the shift of comparative advantage in rice-growing towards India and Bangladesh thanks to the second green revolution.
Baulch (1997, p. 477) gives the importance of assessing market integration by linking spatial integration of markets, transmission of price signals from urban food deficit to rural food surplus areas, price volatility, specialization of agricultural producers according to long-term comparative advantage, and gains from trade.
A central principle of mainstream economics is that trade can make everyone better off through comparative advantage and efficiency gains from specialization and greater efficiency.
The concern is that companies might not be able to cost-effectively repair, reuse and remanufacture products, and uncertainty about future resource prices mean that the comparative advantage circular companies would gain by buying fewer raw materials is difficult to estimate.
