Yet for those who believe that excessive risk of being sued is one of the biggest drags on the competitiveness of American business, it is all rather encouraging.
The majority of studies focus on the competitiveness of neighboring hub ports while analyzing competition in general despite the various liner network types.
Finally, the policymaker's focus on institutional competition was able to draw on the competitiveness of academics and institutions on both sides of the Atlantic, encouraging individuals and institutions to increase their involvement.
The measure captures the effect of currency changes on the competitiveness of a country's exports the higher the rate, the less competitive they are.
This research, motivated by a real-life case study in a highly competitive automobile supply chain, experimentally studies the impact of disruption on the competitiveness of supply chains.
"On the competitiveness initiative," Mr. Schwarzenegger said, referring to it later as "brilliant".
There are no statewide elections this year, and turnout is expected to be generally low and widely varied, depending on the competitiveness of local races.
The measure captures the effect of currency changes on the competitiveness of a country's exports the higher the rate, the costlier they are.
"Britain will suffer, but I'm sure it will focus even more now on the competitiveness of its economy vis-a-vis the EU and the world at large.
Idealistic social entrepreneurs will be taken more seriously, such as Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organisation, who argued in Dubai that in future the focus should be on the "competitiveness of virtues".
Britain, for example, has a very successful F.T.T. on shares — known as the stamp duty — which raises more than $6 billion a year and has not had a significant impact on the competitiveness of London's finance sector.
