Citation
(2009), "Should we protect?", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 58 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2009.07958fab.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2009, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Should we protect?
Article Type: News From: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 58, Issue 6
Protectionism has been a contentious issues over the last several months – should we or should we not ask many nations. Well, in productivity terms protectionism is almost always bad … and therefore it is in economic terms. Another example came recently from Australia which bans the import of overseas books. The Productivity commission has recently pointed out that, as a result, Australians pay far more for books than those living elsewhere.