00762nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000180001710000180003524500600005326000250011330000100013852004730014858300190062120260716043224.0  a08.01.02 R175  aRamos, Joseph  aIndustrial policy and competitiveness in open economies  bUNaSantiagoCLc1997  a48 p.  aExamines two major features of the region's economies: first, the process of liberalization and restructuring, which has been moving forward since the mid-198os and, second, the huge productivity gap between the region's firms and those enterprises operating in accordance with international standards of best practice in the developed world.  The implications of these two features can serve as guidelines for the design of an ' industrial policy' for open economies.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR