Comparative Advantage In Terms Research Articles

Game Analysis on Energy Enterprises’ Digital Transformation—Strategic Simulation for Guiding Role, Leading Role and Following Role

The aim of this study is to explore the dynamics and impediments in exploring the digital transformation process of energy enterprises, considering industry competition and government involvement. Compared with other industries, energy enterprises have both economic tasks and social responsibilities at the same time, while their business modes have certain “inertia”. Therefore, the process of their digital transformation cannot avoid the balance of interests between the different agents. From the perspective of competition and cooperation in the sector, this study constructs a tripartite evolutionary game model among the government and energy enterprises, analyzes the evolutionary stable strategies of the game system, and simulates different initial intentions and key parameters for all roles. The results show that in the process of digital transformation, the symbiotic relationship between energy enterprises and the cooperative relationship between enterprises and government can be embodied, and the effective game process has sufficient economic guidance. The government plays the guiding role in the digital transformation of energy enterprises, and its initial intention has a significantly stronger impact than the energy enterprise’s intentions. The effective strategy reflects the principle of “waiting for an opportunity to act, giving priority to efficiency, and giving consideration to justice”. Under the given policy environment, energy enterprises with comparative advantages in terms of transformation costs, direct benefits and synergy will become the leading role that is more sensitive to the opportunities of digital transformation, and the following energy enterprise will adjust its own strategies in time according to the effect of the leading role’s digital transformation so as to achieve the stability of the system. Accordingly, this study can provide reference support for energy enterprises to develop digital transformation strategies and for governments to formulate reasonable and effective policies.

Outsourcing horizontally differentiated tasks under asymmetric information

We explore how asymmetric information affects task assignment between a manufacturer and its supplier when tasks are horizontally differentiated, and when the comparative advantage in terms of marginal costs differs during the production process. We show that the manufacturer over-outsources to a generalist supplier and under-outsources to a specialist supplier depending on its level of efficiency. The presence of countervailing incentives drives these results. When the manufacturer’s internal costs are sufficiently low, it can externalize some of its best tasks and internalize its worst tasks. These two distortions simultaneously affect the contract offered to the generalist supplier.

Multifunctional Evolution and Allocation Optimization of Rural Residential Land in China

The rural residential land functions are the comprehensive embodiment of the storage quantity and structural organization of the rural man–land system. Mastering the evolution rule and allocation situation is the basis of effective rural land management and targeted poverty alleviation activities. Based on the theoretical understanding of rural residential multifunction, this paper identifies five functional types and characteristic elements uses a variety of methods to calculate to reveal the spatio-temporal differentiation and allocation and discusses the process mechanism and spatial pattern of function optimization. According to the results, during the sample period, the multifunctional index of rural residential land in China was ranked from large to small as residential function (RF), living function (LF), service function (SF), production function (PF) and ecological function (EF), and the growth rate was ranked from large to small as ecological function (EF), production function (PF), residential function (RF), living function (LF) and service function (SF), and the comprehensive function index increased by more than 50%. The distribution characteristics of all the functional indexes were basically the same. The regional performance was east > central > northeast > west, and the range of each functional index in terms of the interprovincial performance decreased; however, the convergence degree increased, and the number of provinces with comparative advantages in terms of the various functions expanded to more than 50%. The living, ecological, and comprehensive functions increased, while the residential, production, and service functions decreased. The continuous deprivation of the functions and their deprivation in many provinces are problems. This study can provide decision support for promoting the normalization and standardization of superior rural functions.

Family capital, social stratification, and access to higher education: An empirical study in mainland China.

This paper employs Bourdieu's theory of capital-focusing on family cultural, social, and economic capital-to research the early-stage mechanism through which access to higher education is formed. While all three types of capital play a significant role in acquiring higher education, most studies tend to focus on just one type of capital. In recent years, domestic scholars have also analyzed in detail the family factors affecting children's access to higher education (CAHE); however, they have not yet explained the mechanism by which these factors influence CAHE, and authentic tests are rare. Therefore, based on existing research, this paper uses the theoretical concept of family capital to reveal how contemporary Chinese families affect their CAHE. This paper analyzes the relationship between family capital, social stratification, and access to higher education opportunities using an econometric model based on baseline data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2020, with 10,318 participants, including 4,419 females and 5,899 males. The results of a binary logistic regression analysis show that the possession of family cultural and economic capital has a direct positive influence on CAHE. Children from the elite stratum often benefit more from the accumulation of family cultural capital. Moreover, although it does not form a distinct stratum, the possession of family social capital also significantly influences children's access to higher education. Driven by China's political, economic, and social environment, some children from the blue-collar stratum have a comparative advantage in terms of access to higher education. The possession of family capital is an important factor in the stratification of CAHE, and cultural capital is the most influential type of capital. Parents with a low level of education should be encouraged to become engaged in schools and communities to take professional courses in assisted learning, emotional counseling, decision-making, and voluntary service.

Investments of countries in renewable energy sources in Latin America and the Caribbean: State and prospects

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean has identified the energy transition period as one of the strategic areas of action to accelerate the recovery of the region. Renewable energy can become a comparative advantage in terms of attracting investments in other sectors of energy-intensive industries, for example, those related to green hydrogen and the development of carbon-neutral technologies. The dynamic international market and the countries of the Latin American region have the opportunity to solve the tasks strategically with the help of investments. The goal is to conduct a quantitative analysis and directions of FDI to Latin America and the Caribbean based on statistical data. Investment cooperation is analysed within the framework of the theory of structural functionalism (Parsons) using macroeconomic indicators of foreign trade cooperation based on UNCTAD statistics on world investment, data from the central banks of Bolivia, Brazil, CEPAL statistical agencies and the Bank of Russia.

내향성 학습자 특성에 부합하는 토론수업 체제에 관한 탐색 연구

The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of introverted students represented in discussion-based instruction and to suggest a conformable model for discussion-based instruction, making it possible for all the learners to be reciprocal. Based on the extensive literature review for the purpose, this study describes specifically that the introversion is not an recessive trait, but an estimable personality contrary to the extroversion in classroom discussion. Furthermore, it ascertains that introverted learners possess comparative advantages in terms of intelligences, capabilities, thinking modalities, and learning behaviors than the extroverted. In accordance with the introverted personality and competencies manifested in discussion-based instruction, a framework of the instructional strategies is prescribed in detail as follows; 1) diversification of the expression, 2) individualization of the participation, 3) activation of online discussion, and 4) adaptive evaluation. In addition, it proposes the actionable methods for each phase of the instructional strategies. The researcher cordially expects that the result of this study could become a fruitful contribution for proper understanding of the introverted students and designing the commensurate instruction strategies which would facilitate the potentials of the introverted and confer a benefit on the extroverted concurrently in discussion-based instruction. Finally, limitations of the research are identified. According to the constraints, it brings up the necessities of follow-up research.

DETERMINANTS OF WASTE IMPORT IN TURKEY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: ANALYSIS OF THE GRAVITY MODEL

Sanayileşme ve küreselleşmenin etkisi ile birlikte tüketim ve üretimdeki artış eğilimi, açığa çıkan atık miktarında da artış yaşanmasına neden olmaktadır. Son yıllarda giderek artan ve çevre ve sağlık açısından ciddi olumsuz etkileri bulunan atıkların, ekonomik yarar sağlayacak kanallara yönlendirilmesi gerektiği görüşü ön plana çıkmaktadır. Böylece doğrusal ekonomideki al-yap-kullan-at görüşünün yerini döngüsel ekonomi çerçevesinde al-yap-yeniden yap görüşü almaya başlamıştır. Atıkların azaltılması, geri dönüşümü ve yeniden kullanımı stratejilerinin benimsendiği döngüsel ekonomi çerçevesinde atıkların potansiyel bir ikincil hammadde olması, enerjiye dönüştürülebilmesi ve ikinci el mal ticareti yoluyla ekonomik yararlar sağlayabileceği düşünülmektedir. Küresel boyutta döngüsel ekonominin stratejilerinin sürdürülebilirliği ülkelerin tek başına uyguladıkları politikalarla yeterli olmayacağı için ülkeler arası atık ticaretini gerektirmektedir. Bu kapsamda ülkeler arası atık ticareti ile atıkların, sınıflandırma ve işleme süreçleri açısından karşılaştırmalı üstünlüğe sahip olan ülkelere yönlendirilmesi ve böylece küresel boyutta ekonomik kazanımlar sağlanması amaçlanmaktadır. Çalışmada dünya atık ithalatında önemli rol oynayan Türkiye’nin atık ithalatını etkileyen faktörlerin çekim modelinden hareketle belirlenmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Bu bağlamda Türkiye’nin atık ithalatının belirleyicileri 2006-2020 dönemi verileri kullanılarak, ticaret ortağı olan 63 ülke için çekim modelinden hareketle Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) yöntemi ile analiz edilmiştir. Analiz sonucunda ihracatçı ülkenin gelir düzeyinin ve nüfusunun artmasının Türkiye’nin atık ithalatını arttırıcı yönde etkilediği, ülkeler arası uzaklığın artmasının, atık ihracatçısı olan ülkelerin karalarla çevrili olmasının ve atık ihracatçısı ülkenin çevresel performansındaki ve yolsuzluğun kontrolündeki iyileşmelerin Türkiye’nin atık ithalatını sınırlandırıcı etkide bulunduğu tespit edilmiştir.

A study on the agglomeration characteristics of the scallop aquaculture industry in China

Scallops are economically important shellfish widely cultured in China. In this study, the agglomeration characteristics of the scallop aquaculture industry in Chinese coastal provinces were explored based on data from the China Fishery Statistical Yearbook from 2012 to 2020 and the comparative advantage and concentration level of the scallop breeding industry. The data were analyzed using the comprehensive relative advantage index, location entropy, and industrial concentration degree method. Two main results revealed that Hebei Province had the highest comparative advantage in terms of efficiency, followed by Fujian, Guangdong, Shandong, Guangxi, Liaoning, and Zhejiang Provinces. Hebei Province had the highest comparative advantage in scale, followed by Liaoning, Shandong, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang Provinces. Additionally, the scallop cultivation industry in Hebei, Shandong, and Liaoning Provinces showed a high concentration, and the proportion of scallop production in the national production (CR4) in the three provinces, as well as in Guangdong, accounted for more than 99% year-round. Overall, Hebei, Shandong, and Liaoning Provinces had a comparative advantage in scale, comprehensive comparative advantage, and industrial agglomeration.

Evaluation of the competitiveness of fresh tomato

The existence of international trade and related trade theory are closely related to competitiveness. The following study focuses on the competitiveness of Hungary, which studies the development of comparative advantage in terms of tomato for fresh consumption among horticultural products. As a consequence, the main objective is whether Hungary has comparative advantage over EU-28 countries in case of fresh market tomato. Data in the study were provided by FAOSTAT database. The study period focuses on results from 2004 to 2019, breaking them down into 5-year (average) cycles. The method chosen was the RCA index group, the most widely recognized and applied index group for calculating comparative advantage. Although Hungary is not a significant vegetable-producing country in Europe, the fruit and vegetable sector accounts for 10-13% of the production value of agriculture. Regarding the results, it can be stated that Hungary does not have comparative advantage in case of tomato products. With respect to values of the tomato sector, the RCA index is in the range of 0<RCA≤1, therefore we have no comparative advantage. Spain and the Netherlands have stable competitive advantage. These countries show weak comparative advantage in each period studied, as the indicator values exceed 1 but do not reach 2.

Examining export advantages in Indian horticulture: an approach based on product mapping and seasonality

PurposeThe present study provides evidence on export advantages of horticultural commodities based on competitiveness, trade balance and seasonality dimensions.Design/methodology/approachThe study delineated horticultural commodities in terms of comparative advantage, examined temporal shifts in export advantages (mapping) and estimated seasonality. Product mapping was carried out using the Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA) and Trade Balance Index (TBI). Seasonal advantages were examined through a graphical approach along with the objective tests, namely, modified QS-test (QS), Friedman-test (FT) and using a seasonal dummy.FindingsCucumbers/gherkins, onions, preserved vegetables, fresh grapes, shelled cashew nuts, guavas, mangoes, and spices emerged as the most favorable horticultural products. India has a strong seasonal advantage in dried onions, cucumber/gherkins, shelled cashew nut, dried capsicum, coriander, cumin, and turmeric. The untapped potential in horticulture can be addressed by handling the trade barriers effectively, particularly the sanitary and phytosanitary issues, affecting the exports. Proper policies must be enacted to facilitate the investment in advanced agricultural technologies and logistics to ensure the desired quality and cost effectiveness.Research limitations/implicationsCommodity-specific studies on value chain analysis would provide valuable insights into the issues hindering exports and realizing the untapped export potential.Originality/valueThere is no holistic and recent study illustrating the horticulture export advantages covering a large number of commodities in the Indian context. The study would be helpful to the stakeholders for drawing useful policy implications.

Patterns of specialisation by country and sector in olive applications

Natural resource endowments can determine a country's specialisation and provide it with an advantaged position in international networks, but they can also lock it into low value-added activities in global value chains. Favourable weather and soil conditions have made olive trees one of the most recognisable characteristics of the Mediterranean landscape for thousands of years. Olive oil and foods using olive related products are traditionally associated with the Mediterranean lifestyle and healthy nutrition habits, but are Mediterranean countries using their natural advantage for upgrading in global value chains? Are there other uses of olives outside the agrofood sector offering new opportunities in other sectors for countries with olive hectares? The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of country specialisation patterns across different sectors using olive applications. We compare the number of planted hectares of olive crops across countries with their revealed comparative advantages in terms of olive products exports and with their revealed technological advantages in terms of olive related patent applications. Our analysis shows that there is great heterogeneity across olive producing countries. We observe that the top countries, Spain and Italy, have both commercial and technological advantages for all the olive uses considered (food, health, cosmetic and waste applications), but only find a statistical association between natural, commercial, and technological advantages across for agrofood uses. We also observe that, regardless of the existence or not of natural advantages, demand opportunities associated to healthier lifestyles are leading some countries to specialise in health, nutrition, and cosmetic uses of olives. Moreover, circular economy and climate change policies are also fostering new uses of by-products of waste applications from olive oil production.

Does foreign banks entry influence domestic banks' efficiency? Evidence from Ghana

The study investigates the effect of foreign bank entry on the efficiency of domestic banks in Ghana. The study applies the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) technique and the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator on bank specific level data, spanning the period 2000 to 2015. The results show that foreign banks with an average profit efficiency of 74.7% are more profit efficient than domestic banks with a score of 71% which conforms to the global advantage hypothesis. This suggests that foreign banks are able to maximize revenue through the generation of interest income on loans and investments better than domestic banks due to the foreign banks' comparative advantage in terms of international expertise. Further, the system GMM results indicate that the entry of foreign banks has contributed to the profit efficiency of domestic banks in Ghana. This positive spillover effect of foreign banks is manifested in their transfer of international expertise, technological knowledge, quality banking services and competitive pressure to domestic banks. In addition, bank size and liquidity are essential determinants of the profit efficiency of domestic banks in Ghana. The findings of the study imply that bank regulators in developing countries should push for reforms that eliminate implicit and explicit barriers that may hinder the entry of foreign or new banks.

Coupling carbon capture and utilization with the construction industry: Opportunities in Western Germany

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) is an essential method to sequester unavoidable CO2 emissions in regions with insufficient geological storage capacities. Nonetheless, there are several uncertainties and knowledge gaps in terms of the future value chains of some CCU technologies (e.g. carbonation). This paper analyzes the potentials of coupling CCU with the supply chains of the construction industry by means of carbonating the concrete products and waste concrete in the German federal state of North Rhine–Westphalia. Based on extensive data and statistical analyses, the locations and outputs of the concrete and recycling plants have been determined in order to quantify their CO2 sequestration capacities. Location-allocation models have been applied to allocate the carbon sources to the potential carbon sinks and calculate the minimum transportation costs.The analysis shows that the total annual sequestration capacity is up to 1 Mt CO2 with an average transportation distance of 37.4 km (8.3 EUR/ton). Nonetheless, some emission sources have a clear comparative advantage in terms of their proximity to the carbon sinks as the distance ranges between 0.7 km and 99.7 km. Also, some carbon sinks have a comparative advantage in terms of capacities and technology readiness levels. Therefore, the paper also presents models for the different products in order to display the potentials of each category separately and offer more flexibility to the stakeholders.

Analisis Daya Saing Komparatif dan Kompetitif Ekspor Komoditas Batu Bara Tiga Negara Berkembang (Indonesia, Afrika Selatan dan Kolombia)

Coal is a fuel made from fossils, which hold an essential part of the energy for power plants and serves as a staple fuel for steel and cement production. Indonesia, South Africa, and Colombia are developing countries that took part in the largest coal exporters in the world. The purpose of this study is to analyze the three developing countries in coal exporting competitiveness, Indonesia, South Africa, and Colombia, in terms of comparative advantage or competitive advantage and times of the trade specialization index, as well as compare the exports and imports of coal from the three countries and export developments. This study will be using secondary data within a period of fifteen years (2004 – 2018). The data analysis methods used in this study are based on the Balassa Index of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and the Trade Specialization Index (TSI). The research from RCA showed that Indonesia doesn’t have a comparative advantage in contrast to South Africa, but Indonesia has a comparative advantage collated with Colombia. Based on the study held by TSI, the three developing countries are presumed to have strong competitiveness and tend to succeed in becoming coal exporting countries.

A simultaneous extraction/derivatization strategy coupled with liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of free catecholamines in biological fluids

The current study presents a convenient, rapid and effective simultaneous extraction/derivatization (SEDP) strategy for effective pretreatment of catecholamines (CAs). Commercial zirconium oxide (ZrO2) nanoparticles were employed for the selective capturing of cis-diol containing CAs to remove the biological interferences and phenyl isothiocyanate (PITC) was used for derivatization to improve the ionization and to improve the chromatographic separation. The extraction and derivatization procedures were integrated into one step to simplify the sample pretreatment. Excessive derivatization reagents were removed as well, reducing the degree of contaminations in mass spectrometry. The factors affecting the SEDP process were optimized and the results showed that the detection sensitivity and chromatographic separation of CAs greatly improved compared with underivatized CAs, during LC-MS/MS analysis. Combined with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), quantifying the concentration of norepinephrine (NE), epinephrine (E) and dopamine (DA) in biological fluids was validated in ranges of 1-200.0 ng/mL with a satisfactory correlation coefficient (R2 > 0.997). The obtained recoveries were in the range of 91.0-109.5% with RSDs less than 9.4%. Finally, significant changes in CAs levels in urine samples of healthy people and pheochromocytoma patients were detected. The developed method offers comparative advantages in terms of sensitivity, specificity and selectivity.

Biocompatibility of SU-8 and Its Biomedical Device Applications.

SU-8 is an epoxy-based, negative-tone photoresist that has been extensively utilized to fabricate myriads of devices including biomedical devices in the recent years. This paper first reviews the biocompatibility of SU-8 for in vitro and in vivo applications. Surface modification techniques as well as various biomedical applications based on SU-8 are also discussed. Although SU-8 might not be completely biocompatible, existing surface modification techniques, such as O2 plasma treatment or grafting of biocompatible polymers, might be sufficient to minimize biofouling caused by SU-8. As a result, a great deal of effort has been directed to the development of SU-8-based functional devices for biomedical applications. This review includes biomedical applications such as platforms for cell culture and cell encapsulation, immunosensing, neural probes, and implantable pressure sensors. Proper treatments of SU-8 and slight modification of surfaces have enabled the SU-8 as one of the unique choices of materials in the fabrication of biomedical devices. Due to the versatility of SU-8 and comparative advantages in terms of improved Young’s modulus and yield strength, we believe that SU-8-based biomedical devices would gain wider proliferation among the biomedical community in the future.

Comparative Advantage of Turkish Olive Oil in Global Markets: An Empirical Analysis

Purpose: This study aims to reveal the comparative advantage of the selected countries in olive oil industry. These selected countries are the main olive oil producers and mainly located in Mediterranean Seacoast. Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey will be the subject countries in this analysis and compared with each other in terms of their export performance and comparative advantage in olive oil industry globally. Olive oil industry has a volume of around 20 billion Euros every year. Design/methodology/approach: The data for the research was collected from mainly World Bank and trade ministries of subject countries. Revealed Comparative advantage Index (RCA) is used to compare the advantage of these countries in olive oil industry. These indexes found in this analysis will be added to the olive oil RCA indexes of these countries that are found in the previous researches. The obtained data were analyzed through RCA Index formula modeling. Findings:Consuming olive oil is increasing day by day over the world. The research results show that Turkey has comparative advantage in olive industry over Greece. Last few years, Turkey has improved its comparative advantage over Italy. Spain and Italy are the leading countries in olive oil industry in terms of comparative advantage. It has also been found that Turkey has consistently increase its advantage over the last decade. Practical implications: After the comparison of RCA indexes of Spain, Greece, Italy and Turkey, it is found that higher amount of production of olive oil is not enough itself to improve the competitiveness of a country in olive oil market. Branding, packaging and marketing activities that are supported by research and development expenditures are highly important factors for a consistent competitive advantage in olive oil industry. Olive oil consumers are highly motivated on the packaging and label of a product when it comes to olive oil. They usually trust Mediterranean brands comparing to others. Originality/value: The study answers the advantages of selected countries in terms of olive oil performance in global markets. Export performance of olive oil is much likely to improve the competitiveness of a country rather than a country that produces high volume of olive oil. Production itself is not enough to increase competitiveness of a country in olive oil market.

Honey production competitiveness between the Visegrad countries analysis based on the relative comparative advantages indices

Honey has beneficial physiological effects, it is a valuable agricultural export product and widely used worldwide as food and medicine also. The primary aim of this present study is to demonstrate the honey production and trade of the EU member states known as Visegrad Four between 2000 and 2018. Also an objective of this article is the calculation of the actual comparative advantages of the Visegrad Four in foreign trade in natural honey using the RCA (relative comparative advantages) indices. During the research and analysis, different international and EU Databases were used. Secondary data used in the analysis derive from the reports of National Apiculture Programmes, the European Commission and the European Committee and from the databases of Faostat, Trademap and the United Nations Comtrade Database. V4 countries account for about 25% of the total EU apiculture sector, and the cooperation of Visegrad Four countries in the field of beekeeping could make a major contribution to the competitiveness of the sector. Examining the import and export data, using RCA indices it was proved that Hungary has a comparative advantage in terms of natural honey, however the competitiveness of the beekeeping sector in the region depends on the common performance of all four countries. Due to the stability of the sector and the positive externalities, authors suggest the further support of the apiary in the region.

Pragmatic model for sustainable energy policy: Networking between the government and key players in Bahrain

To fill the current literature gap, this paper strives to empirically determine the networking process between the government of Bahrain and the key players in the formulation and implementation of sustainable energy policy. The literature review divulges that policy network approach represents a useful tool for the analysis of public policy, since this approach permits a thorough explanation of the interaction between the network’s members. A questionnaire was distributed to key decision-makers involved in the elaboration of sustainable energy policy in Bahrain. The results of this paper revealed that the government of Bahrain has adopted successful policies of sustainable energy in reaching the intended results. Nevertheless, the current structure of networking might be described as a “Clientelist Network”. This paper proposed a pragmatic model for sustainable energy policy to reinforce the networking process between the government and the key players into a rational approach of “Pluralistic networks”. In this network, formal associations have to be established to embrace the industry, energy and environmental sectors. Accordingly, this type of networking will ensure direct and strong frequent ties. Also, this pluralistic network will provide further comparative advantages in terms of the power of control over resources and the flow of information among all key actors.

Comparative advantage of groundnut export from India with other selected countries

The paper analyses the comparative advantage in the export of groundnut between some selected countries. Current global integration and changing export pattern has resulted in the reduction of trade barriers. Such increment in the international trade led the countries to get productive gains and enjoy the comparative advantage over other countries for which a measure of revealed comparative advantage (RCA Balassa index) is used. Groundnut exports share in India's total exports have shown a decreasing trend over the years and it was only 0.141 per cent in 2018. Although the Indian groundnut has wide scope for exports in the international market yet the groundnut farmers are suffering from many backlogs which hinder the actual growth of groundnut exports. Groundnut farmers of India have confronted with various challenges to survive in the international market. India has an increasing growth in terms of comparative advantage in groundnut export. It has maintained stability over the years which indicates that India's groundnut export has significant potential for growth. Country has the highest comparative advantage 13.69 in the exports of groundnut in comparison with other selected countries as it holds the potential of being the world's leading groundnut producer with the ongoing research to develop technologies for rainfed groundnut farming.