Habibah Suleiman and Mohammad Haji Alias (1996) The sources of export competitiveness: the case of Malaysia estate natural rubber sector, 1997-1990. Jurnal Kinabalu (eJK), 2 (1). pp. 44-54. ISSN 1394
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Abstract
The inherent limitation of the Constant Market Share (CMS) approach in analysing relative export competitiveness is recognised. This paper instead explains export competitiveness in terms of four industry characteristics namely, investment in R&D, and measures of labour, physical and human capital intensities. The analysis leads to two policy conclusions. First, the critical role of labour in Natural Rubber(NR) cultivation and extraction and the urgent need for the development of labour saving technologies. Second, the marginal return of R&D to a matured industry suggests great potential in the export of R&D stock to rapidly growing low cost NR producing countries.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Natural Rubber Competitiveness, Constant Market Share Factor Intensities and Extraction |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting |
| Depositing User: | Munira M |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2017 09:23 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2017 11:02 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/15664 |
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