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| | | Foreword by John H. Dunning | | |
| | | Preface | | |
| Pt. 1 | | A Systemic Framework of Economic Competitiveness and Growth | | |
| 1 | | Introduction | | 3 |
| 2 | | Literature review | | 12 |
| 3 | | Analytical framework | | 23 |
| Pt. 2 | | Evolutionary and Revolutionary Change in Socio-Economic Systems | | |
| 4 | | Long waves of socio-economic development | | 36 |
| 5 | | Socio-institutional adjustment | | 58 |
| 6 | | Third industrial revolution | | 80 |
| Pt. 3 | | Determinants of Competitiveness and Growth in Modern Economies | | |
| 7 | | Productive resources | | 100 |
| 8 | | Technological innovation and diffusion | | 104 |
| 9 | | Organizational efficiency | | 113 |
| 10 | | Product market characteristics | | 126 |
| 11 | | International business activities | | 135 |
| 12 | | Institutional framework | | 153 |
| 13 | | Government role | | 161 |
| Pt. 4 | | Towards a Macro-Organizational Theory of Economic Organization | | |
| 14 | | Changing nature, extent and pervasiveness of market failures | | 175 |
| 15 | | Changing nature, extent and pervasiveness of government failures | | 195 |
| 16 | | Theoretical framework | | 207 |
| 17 | | Private, public and third sector organizational solutions for overcoming specific market failures | | 216 |
| 18 | | Long-term and more recent trends in economic organization | | 238 |
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