Introduction: Competitiveness Matters

Competitiveness Matters: Industry and Economic Performance in the U.S.

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-28

  Howes, Candace ^a   Singh, Ajit ^b  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b QUEENS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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