Competitiveness
In economics, competition is a scenario where different economic firms are in contention to obtain goods that are limited by varying the elements of the marketing mix: price, product, promotion and place. In classical economic thought, competition causes commercial firms to develop new products, services and technologies, which would give consumers greater selection and better products. The greater the selection of a good is in the market, prices are typically lower for the products, compared to what the price would be if there was no competition (monopoly) or little competition (oligopoly). This is because there is now no rivalry between …
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 24 October 2024 English
This policy report addresses the critical issue of soil acidity in the East African Community (EAC) and provides actionable recommendations for EAC partner states, the EAC Secretariat, and other relevant …
the people of East Africa through increased competitiveness, value added production, trade and investments …
Fraser Institute · 16 October 2024 English
The annual index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which people in 165 jurisdictions around the globe are allowed to make their own economic choices. …
appears the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report and the Executive Opinion Survey upon …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 October 2024 English
Vancouver, British Columbia, now reports “no religion” as its leading religious identity, putting it in the vanguard of a trend happening across North America. What does this mean for the …
aggressiveness, what some might want to call ‘competitiveness’” and instead, from a Canadian cultural perspec- …
Fraser Institute · 10 October 2024 English
Canada has an opportunity to change the way it taxes businesses and in doing so, could vastly improve the country’s attractiveness for investment, improving economic growth and raising living standards …
org NOTES AND REFERENCES —BOOSTING CANADA'S COMPETITIVENESS BY REFORMING BUSINESS TAXATION Figure 1 Source … Bazel, Philip, and Jack Mintz (2016). 2015 Tax-Competitiveness Report: Canada Is Losing Its Attractiveness … policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tax-Competitiveness-Bazel-Mintz.pdf>, as of September 20, 2024 … org/research/all/ global/2023-international-tax-competitiveness-index/>, as of September 20, 2024. OECD. (2023) …
Fraser Institute · 10 October 2024 English
Canada has an opportunity to change the way it taxes businesses and in doing so, could vastly improve the country’s attractiveness for investment, improving economic growth and raising living standards …
Trevor Tombe, author of Boosting Canada’s Competitiveness by Reforming Business Taxation. The study … Canadians. It would also improve Canada’s tax competitiveness. Estonia, for example, only taxes business … of the Tax Foundation’s international tax competitiveness rankings, whereas Canada ranked 24th out of …
Fraser Institute · 10 October 2024 English
Canada has an opportunity to change the way it taxes businesses and in doing so, could vastly improve the country’s attractiveness for investment, improving economic growth and raising living standards …
lagging economy. Canada’s federal business tax competitiveness has notable shortcomings. This article explores … potential solutions. Canada’s International Tax Competitiveness Currently, Canada’s corporate tax rates are … rate is not the only aspect of business tax competitiveness that matters. Various credits, deductions … corporate taxes entirely. C BOOSTING CANADA'S COMPETITIVENESS BY REFORMING BUSINESS TAXATION BY TREVOR … of the Tax Foundation’s international tax competitiveness rankings, while Canada was ranked 24th in …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 September 2024 English
G20 governments provided at least USD 168 billion in public financial support for renewable power in 2023, less than one third of G20 fossil fuel subsidies that year. Advanced G20 …
generation subsidies is attributed to cost-competitiveness being reached in many countries. While we … burden, combined with the increasing cost-competitiveness of solar and onshore wind projects, led the …
Fraser Institute · 27 September 2024 English
Recently, many developed economies, including Canada and the US, have implemented major government programs to promote the growth of specific industries and sectors including electronic vehicles (EVs) and the critical …
past few years. The authors conclude that competitiveness was the objective for one-third of all industrial … program aimed to increase innovation and competitiveness in the region of Bavaria by stimulating co-operation … due consideration to the ongoing overall “competitiveness” of the private sector.27 In this regard, …
ASC: Alzheimer Society of Canada · 25 September 2024 English
Now is the time to make sure that the post-diagnostic care pathway is optimised to the person needs and that the healthcare systems in each country are properly harnessed and …
significant effects on productivity, regional competitiveness (Smith et al., 2021) and society at large towards … for public health and to increase regional competitiveness (Letta, 2024; European Central Bank, 2024) …
Fraser Institute · 24 September 2024 English
From 2000 to 2014, corporate investment as a share of the Canadian economy equaled or exceeded the share in the United States. The opposite was the case from 2015 to …
Performing on the Road to Re- covery. The Global Competitiveness Report, Special Edition 2020. World Economic …