The successful completion of the GATT negotiations and the North American Free Trade Agreement and the completion of the EC Internal Market mean that food and agricultural sectors must become internationally competitive.

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