国家的国际竞争力：概念的探讨外文翻译.docVIP

外文翻译 原文 The Global Competitiveness Of The Nation: A Conceptual Discussion Material Source: /PDFs/200751.pdf Author: Alain Nurbel ABSTRACT The recurrent use of the concept of international competitiveness in order to explain differences in performances between firms and between countries induces to wonder about the content at which it refers. The plurality of the involved economic levels is certainly not irrelevant to the vagueness in which the concept is rooted. The subject of this article consists in contributing to break up the vagueness surrounding the concept by showing its richness within the framework of a presentation of the foundations of the nation’s global competitiveness in terms of factors and results. INTRODUCTION When performances of firms and nations are analyzed, people often place international competitiveness at the heart of the debate. If firms lose markets shares abroad, it is because of a lack of international competitiveness. If the current account balance of an economy shows a deficit, weak international competitiveness of the country is put forward. However, although international competitiveness is often referred to in discussion on firms’ and nations’ performances, we are to state that this concept is not clearly defined. In reality, the diversity of the definitions which are given according to the ends which one intends to reach results in the suspicion that not enough attention has been paid to what the concept of international competitiveness really means. According to us, it is interesting to emphasis how much the concept of international competitiveness is rich, by relying on the framework of “the global competitiveness of the nation”. The point of departure of our proposition is our thorough conviction that international competitiveness can been seen both as a “result” and a “determining factor”. It is that way we choose to follow in order to clear up the vagueness in which the concept of international competitiveness is rooted. Our