Evaluation of Competitiveness in the European Union: Alternative Perspectives

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00381-5" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00381-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00381-5" target="_blank" >10.1016/S2212-5671(14)00381-5</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Evaluation of Competitiveness in the European Union: Alternative Perspectives
Original language description
The paper deals with different approaches to evaluation of competitiveness of the EU countries. Alternative measures of competitiveness indicators are applied and compared in the paper. The traditional approach of cost-based productivity measures is applied in the analysis. In addition, the set of infrastructure and human capital quality indices reflecting the country's potential to attract firms to establish and conduct competitive high-tech business is suggested to examine competiveness from the firm-level perspective. Internally homogenous clusters of EU countries with similar competitiveness characteristics are identified using the Ward agglomerative method in the analysis. Also, the dynamics and convergence processes of the EU core, periphery andCEE countries are examined using the measure of average distances within clusters. The results of countries' competitiveness evaluation show differences using both alternative approaches. Whereas the division between core, periphery and C
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
<a href="/en/project/7E12049" target="_blank" >7E12049: Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
17th International Conference Enterprise And Competitive Environment 2014
ISBN
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ISSN
2212-5671
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
575-581
Publisher name
Elsevier Science Bv
Place of publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Event location
Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC
Event date
Mar 6, 2014
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
345439100068

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