Definitions - Productivity and International competitiveness

Productivity - http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/productivity.html

Competitiveness - http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/competitiveness.html

International competitiveness mindmap

http://mindomo.com/view.htm?m=1a58e972fffe4cb2bebc5692cd8a8147

World Economic Forum competitiveness league table

The United States tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009. Switzerland is in second position followed by Denmark, Sweden and Singapore. European economies continue to prevail in the top 10 with Finland, Germany and the Netherlands following suit. The United Kingdom, while remaining very competitive, has dropped by three places and out of the top 10, mainly attributable to a weakening of its financial markets.
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm

IMD international competitiveness league table

The results of the 2007 edition of IMD’s World Competitiveness Yearbook highlight a big shake-up in economic and business power. Emerging nations are quickly catching up in competitiveness. New companies and new brands are appearing all over the world. They now contest the long-standing competitive supremacy of industrialized nations.
http://www.imd.ch/about/pressroom/pressreleases/IMD-World-Competitiveness-Yearbook-2007.cfm?

http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/upload/scoreboard.pdf