期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：2
页码：581-598
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：This research paper seeks to establish how effective to measure manufacturing sector competitiveness from existing literature. The objective of this research study is premised on establishing cause and remedies to gain manufacturing competitiveness. Surveydata affecting manufacturing sector competiveness like crime, corruption, finance, technology, firm characteristics, workforce characteristics and trade openness was analysed. A regression of volume of manufacturing index (VMI) against imports, electricity usage, exports, GDP, proportion of GDP to electricity usage and FDI was done. It can be concluded that transaction costs need to be reduced and concentrate on improving exports, proportion of electricity per output and FDI.
关键词：Manufacturing sectorcompetitiveness; Volume of manufacturing index
