| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-9页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第9-13页 |
| 摘要 | 第13-23页 |
| Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION | 第23-36页 |
| ·Selected topic research background | 第23-26页 |
| ·Definition of concepts and Research Significance | 第26-36页 |
| ·Country's Competitive Advantage | 第26-28页 |
| ·What is Standard of Living | 第28-29页 |
| ·What is Productivity? | 第29-31页 |
| ·Economic Growth | 第31页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第31-34页 |
| ·Purpose of the study and research questions | 第34页 |
| ·Organization of this dissertation | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 2. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE STUDY | 第36-77页 |
| ·The Global Economy | 第36-42页 |
| ·Global Connections | 第36-37页 |
| ·Major Policy Tools | 第37-39页 |
| ·Classical Rational Theories of International trade | 第39-42页 |
| ·Competitive Advantage of nation Theory | 第42-62页 |
| ·The Diamond of National Advantage | 第43-49页 |
| ·Diamond as a System | 第49-51页 |
| ·Technological Innovation and Change | 第51-53页 |
| ·The Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity | 第53-62页 |
| ·Overview of Econometrics | 第62-74页 |
| ·Regression and Projection | 第62-69页 |
| ·Least Squares Estimation | 第69-74页 |
| ·Research design and Methodology | 第74-77页 |
| ·Research Design | 第74-75页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第75页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter 3. MADAGASCAR ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS | 第77-94页 |
| ·Economic analysis | 第77-87页 |
| ·Structure of the Economy | 第77-78页 |
| ·Economic Management | 第78-87页 |
| ·National Competitiveness | 第87-92页 |
| ·National Diamond | 第87页 |
| ·Cluster Analysis | 第87-89页 |
| ·Global Competitiveness | 第89-92页 |
| ·Summary | 第92-94页 |
| Chapter 4. ANALYSING MADAGASCAR ECONOMIC AND COMPETITIVENESS PROBLEMS | 第94-160页 |
| ·Analysing Enterprise Performance in Madagascar | 第94-109页 |
| ·Malagasy Labour Productivity | 第96-99页 |
| ·Productivity of Capital | 第99-102页 |
| ·Productivity Differentials within Madagascar | 第102-104页 |
| ·Total Factor Productivity Results | 第104-108页 |
| ·Total Factor Productivity of Madagascar vs. Others: Differences across Countries | 第108-109页 |
| ·Analyzing Business Environment | 第109-155页 |
| ·The Business Environment in International Perspective | 第111-129页 |
| ·Indirect Costs | 第129-133页 |
| ·Analyzing Factor Markets: The Financial Market and the Labour Market | 第133-155页 |
| ·Summary of Madagascar economic and competitiveness problems analysis results | 第155-160页 |
| ·Summary of Enterprise Performance Analysis results | 第155-157页 |
| ·Summary of Business Environment Analysis results | 第157-160页 |
| Chapter 5. STRATEGIES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVING MADAGASCAR'S COMPETITIVENESS | 第160-192页 |
| ·Improve the business environment | 第164-168页 |
| ·Policies regarding EPZ firms | 第166页 |
| ·Generalized tax cuts could be examined | 第166-167页 |
| ·Fight corruption through regulatory reform | 第167页 |
| ·Reduce high indirect costs due to inadequate infrastructure | 第167页 |
| ·Expand access and lower cost of finance for SMEs | 第167-168页 |
| ·Foster cluster development | 第168-179页 |
| ·Clusters and Competitive Advantage | 第169-175页 |
| ·Implications for companies | 第175-177页 |
| ·Government implications in cluster development | 第177-178页 |
| ·New Public-Private Responsibilities | 第178-179页 |
| ·Shift the roles of government and business in economic development | 第179-181页 |
| ·Integrate social and economic policies | 第181-183页 |
| ·Create economic strategies at the regional level | 第183-185页 |
| ·Lead a cross-national economic strategy for Madagascar | 第185-192页 |
| ·The concept of regional integration in international political economy | 第185-186页 |
| ·Regional integration and Madagascar | 第186-188页 |
| ·Lead a cross-national economic strategy for Madagascar | 第188-192页 |
| Chapter 6. CONCLUSION | 第192-196页 |
| REFERENCES | 第196-200页 |
