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1、外文翻译原文UKCompetitivenessIndex2010MaterialSource:CentreforInternationalCompetitivenessAuthor:RobertHugginsandPiersThompsonChapter1–IntroductionThisreportrepresentsthe2010editionoftheUKCompetitivenessIndex(UKCI),whichwasfirstintroducedandpublishedin2000.Itrepresentsabenchmarki
2、ngofthecompetitivenessoftheUK’sregionsandlocalities.TheUKCompetitivenessIndexhasbeendesignedasanintegratedmeasureofcompetitivenessfocusingonboththedevelopmentandsustainabilityofbusinessesandtheeconomicwelfareofindividuals.Inthisrespect,weconsidercompetitivenesstoconsistofth
3、ecapabilityofaneconomytoattractandmaintainfirmswithstableorrisingmarketsharesinanactivity,whilemaintainingstableorincreasingstandardsoflivingforthosewhoparticipateinit.Thismakesclearthatcompetitivenessisnotazero-sumgame,anddoesnotrelyontheshiftingofafiniteamountofresourcesf
4、romoneplacetoanother.Competitivenessinvolvestheupgradingandeconomicdevelopmentofallplacestogether,ratherthantheimprovementofoneplaceattheexpenseofanother.However,competitivenessdoesinvolvebalancingthedifferenttypesofadvantagesthatoneplacemayholdoveranother,i.e.therangeofdif
5、feringstrengthsthatthesocio-economicenvironmentaffordstoaparticularplacecomparedtoelsewhere.SincetheUKCompetitivenessIndexwasfirstintroduced,thenumberofindicatorsandvariablesconstitutingtheRegionalandLocalUKCompetitivenessIndiceshasexpanded.However,thefundamentalmethodology
6、underlyingthemhasremainedthesame.Inthisreport,wepublishindicesfor2010(incorporatingthemostup-to-datedataavailable),aswellasthosepresentedinthe2008report(wherecomparable)asameansofcomparisonandexaminingtheUK’schangingcompetitivenesslandscape.Inthiselectionyear,comparisonsare
7、alsomadewiththe231997versionoftheUKCompetitivenessIndex.Duetospaceconstraintsithasprovedimpossibletolistinfullalltheregionalandlocalindicatorspreparedwithinthereport.Therefore,aspreadsheetofthecompletedatasetsisavailableinconjunctionwiththisreportforthoseinterestedinobtaini
8、ngmoredetailedbenchmarkingorcarryingoutfurtheranalysisoftheirown.Thestructureofthe
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