Competitiveness Review: Volume 30 Issue 5

Exploring smart economic development and competitiveness in Central and Eastern European countries

Lina Dagilienė, Jurgita Bruneckienė, Robertas Jucevičius, Mantas Lukauskas

This paper aims to investigate theoretically and empirically the interactions between smart economic development (SED) and competitiveness in Central and Eastern European (CEE…

Rethinking corruption on fiscal decentralization and global competitiveness Nexus

Tengku Munawar Chalil

This study investigates the effects of fiscal decentralization on global competitiveness through the level of corruption. This study aims to clarify the causal impacts of fiscal…

Exploring key variables of port competitiveness: evidence from Indonesian ports

Sari Wahyuni, Alif Azadi Taufik, Felix Kin Peng Hui

This study aims to understand the factors and problems that relate to Indonesian port competitiveness and the problems that need to be addressed by major actors such as the…

A new conceptual framework for identifying the factors influencing the effectiveness of competitive intelligence

Somayeh Asghari, Sahar Targholi, Ali Kazemi, Saeed Shahriyari, Lila Rajabion

Competitive intelligence (CI) collects data through the distribution of knowledge to make decisions in a competitive environment. To better comprehend the concept of CI, the…

Does BRICS partnership really matter in price competitiveness and external sector growth?

Saji Thazhugal Govindan Nair

This paper aims to identify the impact of economic integration on trade competitiveness and demonstrate its effects on trade and investment performance of member nations.

Exploring sustainable competitive advantage of multispecialty hospitals in dynamic environment

Harbir Singh, Ajoy Kumar Dey, Arunaditya Sahay

A multispecialty hospital possesses sustainable competitive advantage if it continuously improves performance, repeatedly delivers quality service and unique value to the patients…

Assessment and improvement of competitiveness of industrial complex

Vadim Krivorotov, Alexey Kalina, Vasiliy Tretyakov, Sergey Yerypalov, Anna Oykher

The purpose of this study is to develop a model for the selection of optimal development projects for an industrial complex (IC), aimed at improving its competitiveness.

Internationalization and performance of small and medium-sized enterprises from emerging economies: Using hazards methodology for competitiveness study

Eva Cristina Manotas, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez

This paper aims to introduce the use of hazards functions for studying the relationship between internationalization and performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs…

Success factors influencing the selection of the location of international firms

Marwan Al Qur’an

This study aims to explore critical success factors contributing to the selection of beneficial foreign markets by Arabian international firms.

Innovation and entrepreneurship as drivers of economic development: Differences in European economies based on quadruple helix model

Vitor Medeiros, Carla Marques, Anderson Rei Galvão, Vitor Braga

The aim of this study is to explore which factors of entrepreneurship and innovation influence economic development under the quadruple helix model, contrasting Southern and…