Measuring competitiveness and its sources: The case of Mali's manufacturing sector

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 491-519

  Cockburn, John ^a   Siggel, Eckhard ^b,c   Coulibaly, Massa ^d   Vézina, Sylvain ^e  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^e INDUSTRY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

MALI;

EID: 0033509672     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.1999.9669852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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