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Executive Forum 2002
Papers

Papers are being contributed by Executive Forum network members to support this year's debate.

These cover analyses, views and opinions on each of the "best practice" propositions being debated in Montreux.

(Available in Pdf format - if you do not have the Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you can download a free version from the Adobe Web site).

Session 1:  Creating Value: Moving from Comparative to Competitive Advantage
ITC Proposition
Creating Value:  Moving from Comparative to Competitive Advantage
Issue Papers
Some Conceptual Issues
Competitiveness Strategy in Developing Countries
National Team Papers
Bangladesh:  Creating Value:  Moving from Comparative to Competitive
Advantage
Bulgaria:  Creating Value:  Moving from Comparative to Competitive
Advantage
China:  Creating Value:  Moving from Comparative to Competitive
Advantage - To Energically Develop Export
Guatemala:  Creating Value:  Moving from Comparative to Competitive
Advantage
Sri Lanka:  Creating Value:  Moving from Comparative to Competitive
Advantage
Session 2Capturing Value: A Value Chain Approach to National Export Strategy Development
ITC Proposition
Capturing Value: A Value Chain Approach to National Export Strategy
Development
ITC Proposition Paper
The Value Chain Approach - Linking National Producers to International
Buyers and Markets
Issue Papers
The Usefulness of Value Chain Analysis as a Policy Intervention Tool for Developing Countries
The Value Chain Approach - Organising Cluster Cooperation
National Team Papers
Cambodia:  A Value Chain Approach to National Export Strategy
Development
South Africa: A Value Chain Approach to National Export Strategy
Development
Session 3:  Adding Value: Building Value-Addition Alliances - What Works?
ITC Proposition
  Adding Value: Building Value-Addition Alliances - What Works?
Issue Papers
  Contract Farming: Adding Value
  The Malaysian Rubberwood Furniture Industry:  A Critical Evaluation  
  The Leather Sector: A Private-Public Sector Alliance
  The Place of Free Zones in National Export Strategy
  Value-Addition and Export Promotion In The Wood Sector:  A Short
Analysis of Developments in Brazil
  Backward Linkages In The Textile And Clothing Sector of Bangladesh
  Backward Linkages In The Textile And Clothing Sector – Pakistan
  Backward Linkages In The Textile And Clothing Sector – Sri Lanka
  In-Country Strategic Alliances: A Public-Private Sector, Success Story
  Short Discussion Paper - Some Views on Public-Private-Partnerships
  Evolution of the Export Production Villages (EPV) Alliance
  Value-Added Chains as a Mechanism for Sustainable Development – the
POEMA Daimler Chrysler Partnership in the Brazilian Amazon
  Clusters and Network Development:  examples and lessons from
experience
  Inter-firm Strategic Alliances in the Textiles and Clothing Industry
Examples from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
National Team Papers
  Bolivia:  Bolivian System of Productivity and Competitiveness (SBPC)
  Gambia:  Adding Value:  Building Value-Addition Alliances What Works?
  Kenya:  Adding Value: The National Value Chain Approach to
Export Strategy Development
  Uganda:  Adding Value: The National Value Chain Approach to
Export Strategy Development
Session 4:  Projecting Value: Is there a Case for National Branding?
ITC Proposition
  Projecting Value:  Is there a Case for National Branding?
ITC Proposition Paper >>>   Coming later
Issue Papers
  Developing a National Brand:  A Suggested Approach
  Scotland The Brand – A Case Study
  New Zealand's Experience with National Branding
National Team Papers
  Kyrgystan:  Is there a case for National Branding?
  Status on the development of our National Brand - Ecuador
Support Papers
  Cosmopolite Branding Newsletter - April 2002
  Cosmopolite Branding Newsletter - August 2002
  Journal of Brand Management:  What Should a Successful National
Brand be Based On?
  Journal of Brand Management:  Who Should Consider Nation Branding?
  Journal of Brand Management:  Why Nation Branding is Important
  Journal of Brand Management:  How to Create a Nation Brand
  The Branding of Nations:  Excerpt from a forthcoming book on national
branding, by Stardust New Ventures
Session 5:  Confirming Value: Export Strategy Performance Measurement
ITC Proposition
Confirming Value: Export Strategy Performance Measurement
ITC Proposition Paper
Confirming Value:  Export Strategy Performance Measurement
Issue Papers
Export Strategy Performance Management
Some Comments and Perspectives on the Assessment Process leading
to the Restructuring of Malta’s Business Support Infrastructure
Measuring FINPRO's  Performance and the Value of it's Public Service
Role: the Balanced Score Card System and the Contingent Valuation
Method
National Team Papers
Colombia:  Confirming Value:  Export Strategy Performance Measurement
Ghana: Confirming Value:  Export Strategy Performance Measurement
The Philippines Experience
Confirming Value: Export Strategy Performance Measurement - The Case of
Vietnam
Session 6:  Strategy, Networking and What’s Happening with “e”
"What happened to e?" E-commerce for developing countries:
Building an evidence base for impact assessment