2012 Awards for Excellence

Citation

(2013), "2012 Awards for Excellence", Competitiveness Review, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/cr.2013.34723aaa.002

2012 Awards for Excellence

Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1

The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal

“Greenhouse vegetable production in The Netherlands and Switzerland: a grounded look at sector competitiveness”

Stefan MannResearch Station Agroscope Reckenholz Tänikon, Ettenhausen, Switzerland

Annemarie BreukersLEI Wageningen UR, Den Haag, The Netherlands

Jennifer Schweiger and Gabriele MackResearch Station Agroscope Reckenholz Tänikon, Ettenhausen, Switzerland

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a theory that is sufficiently adapted to sector competitiveness. The case of greenhouse vegetable production in The Netherlands and Switzerland is used to explain differences in sector competitiveness.

Design/methodology/approach – Interviews focusing on the fields of spatial planning, labor, energy supply, and market organization were carried out with stakeholders and producers in both countries and evaluated by Grounded Theory.

Findings – The work shows that the flexibility not only of producers, but also of the whole institutional framework in The Netherlands exceeds the flexibility on the Swiss side by far, which may be an important factor for explaining differences in competitiveness.

Research limitations/implications – The result that it is a basic difference in flexibility and adaptability that determines sector competitiveness is valid for the vegetable sector. It should be examined whether similar patterns can be found in other sectors.

Originality/value – The competitiveness discussion is transferred to a new economic level, namely the economic sector. Likewise, new answers are found in looking for explanations for differences in competitiveness.

Keywords Greenhouse vegetable production, Horticulture, Sector competitiveness, Switzerland, The Netherlands

www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/10595421111152147

This article originally appeared in Volume 21 Number 4, 2011, pp. 339-51 Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal

The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award

“Technology foresight in Korea: a review of recent government exercises”

JiHo Hwang, YoungJun Kim, Soekho Son and Jongmin Han

This article originally appeared in Volume 21 Number 5, Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal

“The early and rapid internationalization of Asian emerging MNEs”

Juichuan Chang

This article originally appeared in Volume 21 Number 2, Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal

“Composite competitiveness indicators with endogenous versus predetermined weights: An application to the World Economic Forum's global competitiveness index”

Harry P. Bowen and Wim Moesen

This article originally appeared in Volume 21 Number 2, Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal

Outstanding Reviewers

Dr Masoud HemmasiIllinois State University, USA

Robert StoneTalladega College, USA