Preface -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Conceptual Foundations and Assessments from Business Strategies -- Competitiveness: Definitions, Useful Concepts, and Issues -- A Framework for Assessing National Competitiveness and the Role of Private Strategy and Public Policy -- Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Non-price Factors: Implications for Competitiveness in International Trade -- Importance of Non-price Factors to Competitiveness in International Food Trade -- Conceptual Foundations and Assessments from Trade and Macroeconomic Theory -- Conceptual Foundations from Trade, Multinational Firms, and Foreign Direct Investment Theory -- International Competitiveness: Implications of New International Economics -- Technical Progress, Capital Formation, and Growth of Productivity -- Competitive Pressure, Productivity Growth, and Competitiveness -- Assessments of the Competitiveness of National Food Sectors -- Assessing the International Competitiveness of the United States Food Sector -- Assessing the Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Food Manufacturing Industry -- Assessing the Competitiveness of the Canadian Food Sector -- Market Mass Competitiveness in the Canadian Food Industry -- Assessing the Role of Competitiveness in Shaping Policy Choices: A Canadian Perspective -- Assessing the International Competitiveness of the New Zealand Food Sector -- Assessing the International Competitiveness of the Danish Food Sector -- Commentary and Implications -- Commentary and Implications