Developing country policy makers worry about national competitiveness and closely watch indices ranking international competitive performance. This paper analyzes from the development economics perspective if competitiveness is a legitimate policy concern, and if the leading indices deserve the attention they get. It assesses the best known index, from the World Economic Forum, and finds grave ...

This paper attempts to identify key determinants of competitiveness in SME clusters, with especial reference to Latin America. It takes the debate forward as its extended framework adds countryand firm-level determinants to the existing cluster-level factors of the “collective efficiency” approach. Based on an enlarged analytical framework, policies recommendations to foster clusters’ competiti...

the implementation of economic projects by targeting the subsidies can have a great effect on the costcompetitiveness of the industries and their products. the global steel industry has been considered as a basickey industry in the industrialized countries. it is also among the industries that may be seriously affected by theenforcement of subsidies. this industry, requiring energy and high-tec...

Around the world, policymakers are obsessed with the competitiveness of their domestic companies and domestically based multinational corporations (MNCs). Such concerns frequently influence policy, especially tax policy. In this paper, I develop a theory of how taxes affect the international competitiveness of businesses. I then use that theory to evaluate basic tax policy decisions, such as th...

Through this research, a categorization and analysis of resources and actions taken by each Mexican state that contribute towards tourism competitiveness is developed. Such competitiveness is evaluated through one hundred and twelve variables, which are grouped in ten categories defined as dimensions. An overall competitiveness index is developed for each state, as well as complementary indexes...

Competitive intelligence analysis based on user generated contents (UGCs) shows advantages on possessing the benefit of the wisdom of crowds, evading cognitive biases and timely updating. This paper investigates and constructs a bipartite graph model by extracting joint co-occurrence of competitors from query logs, i.e., an important type of UGCs. The model represents the inherent competitivene...

Assessment of IT/IS Adoption and market competitiveness is a crucial endeavor for today’s competing SMEs. There has been an increasing value for enhancements among the business effectiveness as well as increasing the profitability consequently in order to enhance business venture, competitiveness. Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) has evolved as a means to analyze the relational aspects of...

Fast development of technologies, economic globalization and many other external circumstances stimulate company’s competitiveness. One of the major trends in today’s business is the shift to the exploitation of the Internet and electronic environment for entrepreneurial needs. Latest researches confirm that e-environment provides a range of possibilities and opportunities for companies, especi...

An interrelationship between introduced and indigenous rhizobia focused on their competitiveness in nodulation was evaluated in a soil pot experiment. Clover seeds were inoculated by six different gradual concentrations of inoculum of two effective Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii isolates (inoculation strains 1/2 and 14/2). At the beginning of flowering, clover plants were removed from the...