...Md Rokibul Hasan; Debanjan Das Purpose This study aims to analyze the export competitiveness of Bangladesh's apparel industry by identifying the specific product categories that help sustain its export comparative advantage. Design/methodology/approach Compound annual growth rate (CAGR...

...Kashif Munir; Maryam Sultan Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the export competitiveness of Pakistan with border-sharing countries, i.e. Afghanistan, China, India and Iran for the year 2014. Design/methodology/approach The study uses revealed symmetric comparative advantage (RSCA...

...Pornlapas Suwannarat Purpose This study aims to fundamentally focus on the comparative advantage measurement and the trend of change in the international competitiveness of five Thai economic products exporting to the People’s Republic of China during the first half of the 2010s via the analysis...

... of comparative advantage which comes from the differences in technology advances and factor proportions (Heckscher, 1949 ; Marshall, 1890 ; Ohlin, 1933 ; Ricardo, 1871 ; Smith, 1776). It highlights the importance of specialization and trade by increasing productivity. As Seyoum (1990) argues, the various...