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Presence of high quality specialised inputs available to

firms:

human resources,capital resources, natural

resources, physical infrastructure, administrative

infrastructure, information infrastructure, scientific

infrastructure

Firm strategy, structure, and rivalry refer to the basic fact that competition leads to businesses finding ways to increase production and to the development of technological innovations.

Japan has high-priced land and so its factory space is at a premium price. This leads to just-intime

inventory techniques

Italian tile industry: Low entry barriers to market in the tile industry. Rivalry became very intense.

Breakthroughs in both product and process technologies

Sophisticated and demanding local customer(s)

German people have a high sophisticate in Cars

Japan‘s knowledgeable buyers of cameras made that industry to innovate and growth tremendously

French/Italian wine industry: The French and Italians are sophisticated wine consumers. These consumers force and help French and Italian wineries to produce high quality wines

Access to regional based supliers and related firms. Presence of Clusters not isolated industries.

Example automotive industrie =

Bosch, Sheffer , Continental

China with Tv Panel

It is also important that the goverment plays it apart. A result of this the country has no chance to grow.

Example=

IRAN

Expertise is concentrated in one area.

Regional clusters are important for national competitiveness because they can drive innovation and economic growth. The close proximity of businesses within a cluster allows for the exchange of ideas, the sharing of resources, and the creation of a skilled labor pool. This can lead to increased productivity and competitiveness within the industry, which can in turn drive economic growth.

Example=

Silicon Valley / USA (Computer),

Bangalore / Indien (Software-Outsourcing),

Hollywood / USA (Film- und Medienindustrie)

Toulouse / Frankreich (Raumfahrt).

National prosperity (Nationaler Wohlstand) is the result of t positive balance of trade . max. Export min. Import

Example=

Germany and China

Absolute advantage principle:

a country should produce only those products in which it has absolute advantage or can produce using fewer resources than another country

Comparative advantage principle:

it is beneficial for two countries to trade even if one has absolute advantage

in the production of all products; what matters is not the absolute cost of

production but the relative efficiency with which it can produce the product

1. Saudi Arabia with Oil

2. Gas Russia

3. Columbia with coffee

reduce productions cost through higher production volume. Fix cost divided on the products. Increasing the experience throught higher production

One Nation is more efficient in producing Cars and the other Nation is more efficient in producing Machines, it still make sense to trade because each of the Nation is concentraded on a product

The technology gap theory is a theory that explains how countries that are behind in terms of technological development can catch up with countries that are more technologically advanced. According to the theory, countries that are behind in terms of technology can narrow the gap by adopting and adapting existing technologies from more advanced countries, rather than trying to develop new technologies from scratch.

The imitation gap refers to the difference between a country's technological capabilities and those of the most technologically advanced countries. The imitation gap can be narrowed through efforts to adopt and adapt existing technologies from more advanced countries, rather than trying to develop new technologies from scratch.

The demand gap is the time elapsing between the introduction of the new good in the innovating country and the appearance of a demand for it in other countries (some time elapses before the other countries' consumers come to know of the new good and acquire a taste for it.

The product life cycle theory is a model that explains the stages of a product's development and the changes that occur in the marketing and business strategies required to sell the product. According to the theory, a product's life cycle consists of four stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline.