About ACI |
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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About the Authors |
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List of Tables and Figures |
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Chapter 1 Organisation, Structure and Methodology |
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1.1 Why This Book and For Whom |
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1.2 Methodology and Data Sources |
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1.2.1 Literature Review on Competitiveness |
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1.2.2 Four Environments and 11 Sub-Environments |
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1.2.4 Data Sources and Aggregation of Economies Data for Indicators for Regions |
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1.2.6 What-if Competitiveness Simulation Analysis |
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Chapter 2 2015 Annual Update on Competitiveness Ranking and Simulation Studies for 34 Greater China Economies |
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2.1 Structural Change and Further Development: An Overview of Greater China |
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2.1.1 What Underpins "Excessive Capacity" |
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2.1.2 Productivity, Innovation and Human Capital: The Key Factors for Becoming a High-Income Country |
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2.2.1 ACI 2015 Overall Competitiveness Ranking and Score |
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2.2.2 ACI 2015 Macroeconomic Stability Ranking and Score |
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2.2.3 ACI 2015 Government and Institutional Setting Ranking and Score |
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2.2.4 ACI 2015 Financial, Businesses and Manpower Conditions Ranking and Score |
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2.2.5 ACI 2015 Quality of Life and Infrastructure Development Ranking and Score |
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2.2.6 ACI 2015 What-if Competitiveness Simulation Analysis for Overall Competitiveness |
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2.2.7 ACI 2015 What-if Competitiveness Simulation Analysis for Four Environments |
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2.3 Concluding Remarks and Policy Implications |
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Discussant Notes 1 Thought on Promoting and Upgrading the Trade and Economic Cooperation between Shandong and Singapore in the Context of One Belt, One Road |
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1 The Current Status of the Economic and Trade Cooperation between Shandong and Singapore |
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2 The Characteristics of the Cooperation between Shandong and Singapore |
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3 The New Space for the Trade and Economic Cooperation between Shandong and Singapore under the New Situation |
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4 Develop a New Space and Call for a New Model of Cooperation |
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5 Measures and Suggestions to Promote the Transformation and Upgrading of the Economic and Trade Cooperation between Shandong and Singapore |
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Discussant Notes 2 The "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan": Trends and Challenges in China's Economic Restructuring and Upgrading |
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1 Three Major Trends in China's Economic Transformation and Upgrading |
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2 Three Challenges for China's Economic Transformation and Upgrading |
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3 Three Major Relationships in China's Economic Transformation and Upgrading |
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Discussant Notes 3 New Thinking on China's Economic Restructuring: A People-Oriented Structure Theory |
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Chapter 3 2015 Regional Competitiveness Analysis for Greater China |
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3.1 Balancing Regional Growth and Facilitating Structural Change: An Overview |
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3.1.1 Regional Disparities: A Limiting Factor for Further Development |
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3.1.2 Rebalancing Regional Growth: A Bootstrap for Economic Restructuring |
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3.2.1 ACI 2015 Overall Competitiveness Rankings and Scores |
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3.2.2 ACI 2015 Macroeconomic Stability Rankings and Scores |
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3.2.3 ACI 2015 Government and Institutional Setting Rankings and Scores |
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3.2.4 ACI 2015 Financial, Businesses and Manpower Conditions Rankings and Scores |
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3.2.5 ACI 2015 Quality of Life and Infrastructure Development Rankings and Scores |
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Discussant Notes 1 A Review of the "2015 Annual Update on Competitiveness Ranking and Simulation Studies for 34 Greater China Economies" and "2015 Regional Competitiveness Analysis for Greater China" |
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2 Issues that Need Further Discussion |
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3 Inspirations and Suggestions for Research |
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4 Three Thoughts on the Main Themes |
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Discussant Notes 2 A Review of the "2015 Annual Update on Competitiveness Ranking and Simulation Studies for 34 Greater China Economies" and "2015 Regional Competitiveness Analysis for Greater China" |
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Discussant Notes 3 A Review of the "2015 Annual Update on Competitiveness Ranking and Simulation Studies for 34 Greater China Economies" and "2015 Regional Competitiveness Analysis for Greater China" |
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Chapter 4 Agricultural Productivity in Greater China Economies: Estimating Provincial Agricultural Total Factor Productivity in Mainland China |
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4.1 Motivation and Expected Contributions |
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4.3 Methodology and Data Sources |
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4.3.1 Growth Accounting Methodology |
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4.3.2 Malmquist Index Data Envelopment Analysis |
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4.4.1 Labour Productivity |
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4.4.2 Total Factor Productivity |
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4.5 Concluding Remarks and Policy Implications |
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Appendix: The Malmquist Index Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Methodology |
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Discussant Notes 1 A Review of the "Agricultural Productivity in Greater China Economies: Estimating Provincial Agricultural Total Factor Productivity in Mainland China" |
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Chapter 5 Conclusion and the Way Forward to an Innovation Driven Economy for Greater China |
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5.1 The Demand Side Challenges to the Chinese Economy |
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5.2 The Supply Side Solution to the Demand Side Challenges |
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5.3 Towards an Innovation Driven Economy based on Productivity and Human Capital |
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5.4 Future Research Agenda |
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References |
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Appendix 1 Provincial Level Economies Competitiveness Analysis --- List of Indicators |
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Appendix 2 Competitiveness Analysis --- The Algorithm |
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Appendix 3 Regional Competitiveness Analysis --- List of Indicators and Notes on Data Aggregation Method |
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