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080 _a08.01.02 R175
100 _aRamos, Joseph
245 _aIndustrial policy and competitiveness in open economies
260 _bUN
_aSantiagoCL
_c1997
300 _a48 p.
520 _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.
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