Over the last decade, promotion of competitiveness represents one of the central goals of economic policy of most of the countries. Moreover, in recent years, the promotion of competitiveness has ...been seen as a way of achieving desirable changes in economy and society. While there is no unity of views in the theory regarding the conceptual definition of the phenomenon of competitiveness, it is becoming less arguable that in strictly economic terms, competitiveness is a synonym for productivity. However, it should be noted that productivity growth that is accompanied by increasing social imbalance (for example, inequality in income distribution), on the one hand, and environmental pollution, on the other hand, cannot be a guarantee of improving the competitiveness of countries in the long run. Acknowledging precisely this fact and using the data from World Economic Forum on Global Competitiveness 2013, this paper elaborates on the phenomenon of sustainable competitiveness and tests the hypothesis about the positive impact of its social and environmental dimension on the economic dimension of sustainable competitiveness that is represented by the value of the Global Competitiveness Index. The survey of 34 countries confirmed the indisputable positive impact of the social dimension of sustainability, but also variable direction of the impact of the environmental dimension of sustainability (depending on the level of GDP per capita) on the economic dimension of sustainable competitiveness of European countries in 2013.
Public and private stakeholders increasingly rely on digital technologies to foster entrepreneurial ecosystems while pursuing the goal of sustainable competitiveness, which entails ensuring economic, ...environmental, and social development. Recently, the emergence of the twin transitions concept portraying an incontestable complementarity between digital and green transitions has led to calls for further research. Few studies have however investigated the antecedents of nations’ sustainable competitiveness. The present study fills this gap in the literature and quantitatively evaluates the effect of digitalization on entrepreneurial activity and sustainable competitiveness. It uses annual secondary data for an unbalanced panel of 34 countries from 2015 to 2018. Incorporating digitalization as a major disruptive factor that shapes our current lives, the results show that it positively affects entrepreneurial activity and sustainable competitiveness and that entrepreneurial activities drive sustainable competitiveness. The facets of digitalization influence sustainable competitiveness to various degrees; where connectivity, Internet use, and digital integration appear to be the main components affecting it. Whereas digital skills and digital public services are less significant. The results offer theoretical and practical implications for governments and policymakers, who are encouraged to nurture the creation of new ventures, ensure widespread and reliable connectivity, increase Internet use, and push for greater digital integration.
•Sustainable competitiveness includes social, economic and environmental development.•Total entrepreneurial activity is a driver for sustainable competitiveness.•Connectivity, internet use and digital integration enhance sustainable competitiveness.•Digitalization increases entrepreneurial activity by boosting necessity entrepreneurship.•Governments should encourage new venture creation and increase digitalization.
The paper examines the impact of the social dimension of sustainable competitiveness on the economic dimension, where the social dimension is represented by Indicators of social sustainability, and ...economic dimension by the Global competitiveness index, GCI. This allows for the identification of various Indicators of social sustainability and their individual and aggregate impact on GCI, which allows for identifying strengths and weaknesses in building competitiveness (from social aspect) and gives recommendations for strengthening and improving competitiveness of the observed group of countries. In this regard, impact model of indicators of social sustainability on GCI is defined, and examined based on a sample of 30 European countries. Data in WEF Global Competitiveness Report for for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 was used. Analysis included two sets of countries with data on: 17 old free market economy countries in Europe (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK) and 13 post transition free market economy countries in Europe on the basis of the economic historical background (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Rep., Slovenia).
Sustainable competitiveness represents a multifaceted phenomenon encompassing economic, environmental, and social dimensions. Macro-level competitiveness strategies are formulated based on the ...diverse capitals possessed by individual countries, thereby giving rise to variations in the sustainable competitiveness strategies of each country. This research introduces a novel hybrid method called the method based on the removal effects of criteria (MEREC)−alternative ranking order method accounting for two-step normalization (AROMAN) for determining sustainable competitiveness levels. This study aims to assess Turkey's sustainable competitiveness position vis-à-vis its border neighbors. Natural capital, resource efficiency and intensity, social capital, intellectual capital and innovation, economic sustainability, and governance efficiency are the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index (GSCI) indicators. The GSCI indicators are employed as criteria for determining the sustainable competitiveness scores of countries. The findings show that the “resource efficiency and intensity” criterion has the highest level of significance. The sustainable competitiveness level of Turkey to its neighboring countries is elucidated based on the results. Recommendations are formulated for the development of strategies aimed at determining Turkey's position in the race for sustainable competitiveness. The introduced MEREC-AROMAN can be utilized to provide rules of thumb for other countries to improve their sustainable competitiveness. This research offers decision support for the formulation of countries' sustainable competitiveness strategies and policies, fostering awareness in the planning and establishment of regional collaborations among nations.
•A new hybrid MEREC-AROMAN model is introduced for government authorities.•The GSCI indicators are used for evaluating the sustainable competitiveness scores.•The sustainable competitiveness level of Turkey and neighboring countries is defined.•Resource efficiency and intensity indicator has the highest level of significance.•The model can assess the levels of sustainable competitiveness at the country level.
While the acknowledged significance of pillars such as economic sustainability, intellectual capital, resource efficiency, natural capital, social capital, and governance in contributing to a ...nation’s long-term economic and social prosperity forms the basis of this research, our primary aim is to undertake a more nuanced exploration. Instead of reiterating their broad contributions, we seek to investigate the specific and individual roles of these pillars and the intricate interdependencies among them. To accomplish this, a Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) model was developed using a dataset by SolAbility covering sustainable competitiveness scores for 180 countries, which demonstrated a predictive accuracy of 88.9%. Sensitivity analysis uncovered the critical role played by ‘governance’, ‘social capital’, ‘economic sustainability’, and ‘intellectual capital’ in influencing overall sustainable competitiveness. Notably, ‘governance’ and ‘intellectual capital’ were found to have a far-reaching impact on multiple competitiveness pillars within the BBN model. Highly competitive countries consistently demonstrated strong performance in the ‘governance’, ‘social capital’, and ‘economic sustainability’ pillars, whereas low competitiveness was associated with a deficiency in ‘intellectual capital’. Notably, ‘governance’, ‘social capital’, ‘intellectual capital’, and ‘economic sustainability’ emerged as the most informative factors concerning the sustainable competitiveness variable. ‘Natural capital’ and ‘resource intensity’ were relatively less critical factors. This is the first study to quantify the relative significance of individual sustainable competitiveness pillars within a probabilistic network model, thus providing valuable insights for policymakers regarding resource allocation. Researchers can also leverage these findings to delve deeper into the importance of sub-pillars associated with the critical pillars identified in this research.
•BBN model predicts sustainable competitiveness with 88.9% accuracy.•Broad impact of governance and intellectual capital across competitiveness pillars.•High competitiveness is tied to strong governance and social capital.•Low competitiveness is tied to a scarcity of intellectual capital.•Governance is the most informative pillar in predicting competitiveness.
Unprecedentedly impacted by COVID-19, tourism enterprises are pushed to adopt new strategic management to cope with the changes in tourists' consumer perception for sustainable development, such as ...corporate and compete simultaneously with their competitors. Our study aims to investigate the intermediate role of coopetition, including the three dimensions of resource similarity, market commonality, and willingness to cooperate in the marketing and performance relationships. Primary data on 360 observers were collected via questionnaire distribution to theme park managers in China with 85.3% accuracy in response rate. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to verify the intermediate effect of coopetition on marketing performance in tourism enterprises. The results of SEM indicate (1) the intermediate role of tourism coopetition, including the three dimensions existing in the relationship between tourism marketing and performance, (2) more significant positive impact on non-financial performance than that on financial performance, and (3) the mechanism of implementing coopetition. This study gives supportive evidence for tourism enterprises to implement coopetition and highlights the implications for appropriately developing coopetition strategies and tactics to achieve the synergy effect for the individual enterprises and the spillover effect for the destination regarding policy-making, mindset, and partner selection.
The emphasis on learning and adaptation among different actors at various political administrative levels and on various geographic scales has become a precondition for the emergence of sustainable ...development. It is possible to find the essential form of collaborative management by using a Strategic Plan, designed to determine a local model of sustainable competitiveness in economic, social and environmental terms. The adoption of a Strategic Plan stimulates a process of shared knowledge, through which it is possible to generate a new environmental governance (EG) that is truly representative of a local system. This paper presents, as a case study representative of the Italian context, the Strategic Plan of the Nebrodi area (SP), and assesses the structure of a new form of public and private environmental governance focused on sustainable concern. Finally, the SP could be considered a guideline for managing the local territorial and environmental system from a long-term perspective.
Numerous interpretations of the competitiveness of regional agri-food system in the scientific literature are predominantly fragmentary depending in specific goals of research. This creates problems ...for universalizing approaches, identifying areas of their complementarity, and integrating new definitions. To systematize existing interpretations of the competitiveness of regional agri-food systems and identify new areas of research, we carried out a structured review of the scientific publication from peer-reviewed academic journals indexed in international and Russian databases. We applied the method of content analysis to identify the definitions of the “competitiveness”, “sustainable competitiveness”, “regional agri-food systems”. Moreover, we calculated the average percentage of journal articles mentioning these categories per year. Cluster analysis of journal articles allowed identifying general concepts of the competitiveness of regional agri-food. As a result we systematized the definitions of the concept of «competitiveness of regional agri-food systems» depending on research area, actors and the level of sustainability of competitiveness. The systematization and classification of research investigating the competitiveness of regional agri-food systems enabled determining new areas of future research. Firstly, a more detailed analysis of the factors of the sustainable competitiveness of regional agri-food systems, particularly in pandemic and post-pandemic periods is of critical importance. Secondly, searching for a comprehensive toolkit for ensuring sustainable competitiveness of regional agri-food systems, as well as cooperation and competition among the agri-food companies in the Internet can be a focus for future research.
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