Measuring our competitiveness - A critical examination of the IMD and WEF competitiveness indicators for South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-88

  Kaplan, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037984179     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835032000065499     Document Type: Article

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