Competitiveness Review: Volume 32 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Francisco Puig

Social learning in cluster initiatives

Malgorzata Rozkwitalska, Anna Lis

The purpose of this paper is to portray social learning in cluster initiatives (CIs), namely, to explore, with the lens of the communities of practice (CoPs) theory, in what ways…

The influence of clustering on HR practices and intrapreneurial behavior

María Teresa Canet-Giner, Ana Redondo-Cano, Francisco Balbastre-Benavent, Naiara Escriba-Carda, Lorenzo Revuelto-Taboada, María del Carmen Saorin-Iborra

This study aims to explore how the fact of belonging to clusters of dissimilar form or characteristics modify the application of human resource management (HRM) practices, as well…

The relational embeddedness as the differentiator of the cluster supply chain collaboration – a multidimensional comparative analysis

Marzena Frankowska, Katarzyna Cheba

The purpose of this paper is to fill the research and cognitive gap by comparative analyzing of the cluster supply chain (CSC) and supply chains not belonging to the clusters to…

Geographic market size and low bid competitiveness in construction companies

Koki Arai

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the geographic market size of businesses and the competitiveness of being able to bid at low prices.

Measuring regional competitiveness on the basis of entrepreneurship, technological readiness and quality of institutions

Nirmalkumar Singh Moirangthem, Barnali Nag

Developing composite index-regional entrepreneurship, technological readiness and institution quality index (RETRIQ) of regional entrepreneurship, technology readiness and quality…

Networks as a moderating factor of the effect of institutional distance on export performance

Manuel Chabier Escolá, Raul Serrano, Juan Ramón Ferrer

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating effect of business networks on the export performance of firms.

Location competitiveness in specific pioneering theories: a condensed overview

Damiano Lepori

The purpose of this study is to provide with a condensed overview of location competitiveness from the perspectives of specific pioneering theories to highlight the main factors…

Regional economic growth in India: convergence or divergence?

Suryakanta Nayak, Dukhabandhu Sahoo

This paper aims to examine the convergence in per-capita income (measured as per-capita net state domestic product) of regions in India during the period 1990–1991 to 2017–2018…