去年夏天,总部设在瑞士的国际管理研究院和世界经济论坛在其1994年度《世界竞争力报告》中将美国名列榜首,而此前连续八年蝉联冠军的日本却落到第三位,统一后名声大噪的德国只获得第五名。报告指出:“世界竞争力就是一个国家或一家公司按比例计算,在世界市场上比它的对手生产出更多财富的能力。”去年10月,英国《经济学家》又就“谁最有能力应付由国际分工带来的新挑战”这一问题对西方六国进行了评比。结果是,美国得10分,英国和日本各获6 Last summer, the International Institute for Management Research and the World Economic Forum, headquartered in Switzerland, ranked the United States in the 1994 World Competitiveness Report, while Japan, which won the championship for eight consecutive years, fell to third place. After the big-name Germany only won the fifth place. The report states: “World competitiveness is the ability of a country or a company to scale and produce more wealth in the world market than its adversary.” “Last October, the British” economists “ Who is best equipped to deal with the new challenges brought about by the international division of labor? ”This issue ranks the six West countries. As a result, the United States scored 10 points, each won 6 in Britain and Japan