Top Class Competitors: How Nations, Firms, and Individuals Succeed in the New World of Competitiveness

Acknowledgements ix

Credits xi

Prologue xiii

1 Competitiveness: Changing the Mindset 1

2 The Long and Winding Road to Competitiveness 31

3 Working out National Competitiveness: The Cube Theory 61

4 The Extended Enterprise 117

5 Competitiveness and Work: A Love–Hate Relationship 153

6 Competitiveness and Value Systems 181

7 Competent People and Competitive People: They Are Not The Same . . . 217

Epilogue: A Beautiful, Competitive Mind 251

References 259

Index 265