Competitiveness Review: Volume 28 Issue 4

What does affect profitability of banks in Croatia?

Filip Fidanoski, Moorad Choudhry, Milivoje Davidović, Bruno S. Sergi

The paper aims to determine the impact of bank-specific, industry-specific and macro-specific determinants on the profitability indicators – return on assets (ROA) and ratio…

Entrepreneurial CSR, managerial role and firm resources: a case study approach

Abel Duarte Alonso, Ian Patrick Austin

The purpose of this study is to contribute to the extant body of the entrepreneurship and business management literature, investigating corporate social responsibility (CSR) and…

Labor congestion in the automotive cluster: the role of wages

Alfonso Mendoza-Velazquez, José Antonio Santillana, Viviana Elizabeth Zárate-Mirón, Martha Cabanas

The purpose of this study is to investigate labor congestion in the automotive industry in Mexico.

Assessing export competitiveness of food manufacturers in SIDS

Shellyanne Wilson

For Small Island Developing States (SIDS), achieving export manufacturing competitiveness is a major challenge. This paper aims to provide a framework that can be used to study…

Why has Japan’s economy been staggering? A competitiveness perspective

Jimmyn Parc

Once one of the most prominent economies in the world, Japan is currently suffering from economic stagnancy. To revitalize the economy effectively, the core problems of Japan and…

Linking innovation and entrepreneurship to economic growth

Luis Farinha, João J.M. Ferreira, Sara Nunes

The purpose of this paper is to study the linkage of innovation and entrepreneurship to economic growth in countries with different levels of development.