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Competitiveness of the B.C. food and beverage industry in the Pacific Rim: an empirical analysis of the influencing factors

Factors or characteristics which influence the export competitiveness of British
Columbia's food and beverage processing industries in the Pacific Rim markets (i.e.,
Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China: Mainland, Singapore and South Korea) are studied
using pooled time-series and cross-sectional data, for the years 1988 through 1992.
Changes in exports and in export market share are explained by changes in systematic
exogenous and endogenous differences amongst B.C. and competing provincial industries
over the five year period.
The results indicate that, converse to what is suggested in the literature, there is
no statistical consistency in the explanatory capability of comparative cost, industrial
organization, or firm strategy variables to explain competitiveness in Pacific Rim markets.
Rather, it appears export success is due to many unique factors at the firm or provincial
level. Hence, it is not possible to make generalizations about the competitiveness
determinants of these industries in the Pacific Rim markets.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/3722
Date05 1900
CreatorsCain, Laura Lea-Anne
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
RelationUBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/]

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