( 1990 ) " Trade Policy and Productivity Gains in Developing Countries : A Survey of the Literature " , The World Bank Research ... Porter , M. ( 1980 ) Competitive Strategy : Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors .

Internationally , competition is influenced by the actions of many companies and countries as well as by the agreements ... that is , an original way of combining the different factors of competition to gain a competitive advantage .

... the adverse impact of import competition were highlighted to draw attention to the need for protection to the Caribbean dairy industry , which is consistent with protection used by developed countries , such as , Canada and the EU .

As for the actions and changes needed to successfully implement this strategy , it is recognized that both external and ... If the developed countries let down their protective barriers against agricultural products and greater flows of ...

... appropriate strategies and the necessary measures to enhance the country's competitive advantages , to deal with the ... cannot be successfully pursued if detached from the general macroeconomic policy context in which it operates .

To be competitive is to be able to respond to the changing conditions of the world and of individual nations . Therefore , competitiveness requires generating economic advantages where they did not exist , or conserving those that ...

On the other hand , the unstable monetary policies , the high rates of interest , and -in some casesunrealistic rates of exchange are a disincentive for those products which have a comparative and competitive advantage on the ...

Porter , Michael , Competitive Advantage : Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance , Nueva York , The Free Press , 1985. ... A Conceptual Framework " , Economic Development Institute Seminar , Barbados , World Bank , Catalog No.

Thus , despite production advantages of many years of research , existence of elite varieties with high quality ... competition from Cuban and probably Brazilian counterparts , based on their comparative advantage of economies of scale ...

countries gradually open up their agricultural borders , hermetically sealed for many years on the grounds of food ... exploitation of comparative natural advantages , enhance utilization of economies of scale and foster competition in ...