Contents -- Preface -- 1 Building Competitiveness: A Roadmap and Policy Guide -- 2 Foreign Direct Investment and Competitiveness -- 3 Corporate Governance, Corporate Performance, and Investor Confidence in East Asia -- 4 Competition Policy, Economic Adjustment, and Competitiveness -- 5 Supporting Technology Generation and Diffusion at the Firm Level -- 6 Upgrading Work Force Skills to Create High- Performing Firms -- 7 Reaping Efficiency Gains through E- Commerce -- 8 Value Creation through Supply Chain Management -- 9 Protecting Intellectual Property: Why, How Much, How? -- Author Biographies -- Index.