scholarly journals Competitiveness and Its Impact on Sustainability, Business Environment, and Human Development of EU (28) Countries in terms of Global Multi-Criteria Indices

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Kiseľáková ◽  
Beáta Šofranková ◽  
Miroslav Gombár ◽  
Veronika Čabinová ◽  
Erika Onuferová
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

In this paper, the following research problem was addressed: Is there a significant economic impact of multidimensional specified competitiveness within the EU (28) countries on the competitive business environment, human development, and sustainable growth? Based on the mentioned research problem, we formulated the aim of paper: To detect the significant interrelations among the assessment of global competitiveness, business environment as well as human development in the EU (28) countries for the period of 2006–2017. To address these problems, the methodology of global multi-criteria indices, namely the global competitiveness index (GCI), doing business index (DBI), and human development index (HDI), as well as panel analysis and non-linear regression analyses with ANOVA, were applied. The panel analysis results suggest that there is a direct linear relationship between the GCI and HDI. Moreover, the impact of the DBI on the change in the GCI score was not confirmed. We identified the main areas of countries’ interest, and important economic and statistical significant relations of competitiveness by creating three models: The GD model (constructed by GCI and DBI scores), GH model (GCI and HDI scores), and GDH model (GCI, DBI and HDI scores). Based on the results, all interrelations were confirmed. However, the highest extent of variability for the explanation of the selected data was recorded in the case of the GDH model (87.12%). We detected the impact of the business environment and human resources as competitive advantages on global macroeconomic competitiveness. As the business sector in EU (28) countries is represented mainly by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), enterprise activities play a key role in the process of sustainable competitive economic development. Moreover, human resources are considered to be another important driver of the internationalization of European SMEs.

scholarly journals Is Global Competitiveness Speeding Up the Growth in the EU? A Panel Data Analyis

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olimpia Neagu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Central European ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The paper documents the impact of global competitiveness on economic growth in the EU Member States. In a panel data approach, for a time span of 10 years (2008- 2017), a validated influence of Global Competitiveness Index on annual rate of GDP in the EU countries was found. The impact is higher in the group of Eastern and Central European countries (ECE) than in the Western European (well developed) countries, as well as at European economy level.

Modernisation of Higher Education – Willful Action or Wishful Thinking? The Case of Bulgaria

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-17
Author(s):  
Elena Blagoeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The impact of the last global economic crisis (2008) on the European economy put a strain on higher education (HE), yet it also pushed the sector towards intensive reforms and improvements. This paper focuses on the “Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in the Republic of Bulgaria 2014-2020”. With a case study methodology, we explore the strategic endeavours of the Bulgarian government to comply with the European directions and to secure sustainable growth for the HE sector. Our research question is ‘How capable is the Bulgarian HE Strategy to overcome the economic and systemic restraints of Bulgarian higher education?’. Because the development of strategies for HE within the EU is highly contextual, a single qualitative case study was chosen as the research approach. HE institutions are not ivory towers, but subjects to a variety of external and internal forces. Within the EU, this is obviated by the fact that Universities obtain their funds from institutions such as governments, students and their families, donors, as well as EU-level programmes. Therefore, to explore how these pressures interact to affect strategic action on national level, the case method is well suited as it enabled us to study the phenomena thoroughly and deeply. The paper suggests the actions proposed within the Strategy have the potential to overcome the delay, the regional isolation and the negative impact of the economic crisis on the country. Nevertheless, the key elements on which the success or failure of this Strategy hinges are the control mechanisms and the approach to implementation. Shortcomings in these two aspects of strategic actions in HE seem to mark the difference between gaining long-term benefits and merely saving face in front of international institutions.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Impact of Macroeconomic Stability on the Level of Global Competitiveness of Western Balkan Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Nikola Milović ◽  
Mijat Jocović ◽  
Nikola Martinović
Keyword(s):  
Strong Impact ◽  
Group Company ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
National Economies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Macroeconomic Stability

Abstract Competitiveness, as a complex concept, can be observed in different ways, from the perspective of an individual, group, company and/or state. The subject of this paper deals with competitiveness of national economies observed through factor analysis, with a particular focus on the level of macroeconomic stability. Through the application of the Analytical-Hierarchical Process (AHP) method, special attention has been paid to the comparative ranking of Western Balkan countries. The ranking has been made in relation to macroeconomic stability and the positions of countries in the ranking of the World Economic Forum, based on the Global Competitiveness Index, for three defined periods of time. The paper identifies key factors that affect the competitiveness of Western Balkan countries. Research findings show that macroeconomic stability has a strong impact on the level of global competitiveness of national economies.

scholarly journals Cultural Access to the Educational system in Iraq and its Impact on Human Development: Cultural Anthropology Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (126) ◽  
pp. 232-263
Author(s):  
Thakra Abd Manaam Ibraheem
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Descriptive Method

This paper concern with the cultural access to the educational system as a base for human development within Iraqi society. Students of Anthropology understand that culture would always shape the components of the society according to the cultural perspective, including educational system who reflects the cultural heritage in some way. This study is an attempt to study the impact of Iraqi culture as a base to rehabilitate and rebuild educational system to bring about and contribute to the continues development in relation to human resources recruitment in order to run the socio-economic aspects of the comprehensive development in the country depending on the educational system who play essential role in every society’s development; technically, scientifically and socially. The researcher adopted the descriptive method of data collection, including participant observation, semi-structured and structured interviews on a random sample of 160 respondents on Alsuha District of Alshaab City in Baghdad and Alshammasia district in Aladhamyah city. This is the only available way to collect data.

scholarly journals Formation of the EU Development Index

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Vladislavs Vesperis
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
Member States ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract In the context of the global financial-economic crisis it becomes important to find a stronger base for assessment of the socio-economic development and, in particular, search for better indicators. Therefore, the hypothesis is set that it is necessary to develop the EU Development Index, which will provide better assessment of an on-going socio-economic change. The objective of the article is to describe the EU Development Index calculation results and compare them with the Human Development Index values for each Member state of the EU. Ranking list of the EU Member States according to the Human Development Index values did not change substantially, suggesting that the Human Development Index inadequately responds to key socioenvironmental changes that occurred during the global financial economic crisis. At the same time, a number of countries show a sharp decline of the EU development index values, reflecting the impact of global economic crisis, while some countries with a high level of public debt and low confidence of the financial markets have remained in their positions by the both indexes in the year 2009. However, these countries most probably will be forced to make the considerable fiscal discipline measures, which inevitably will have an impact on GDP and income indicators in these countries, therefore their rankings in the coming years will deteriorate. Completely impartial assessment will be possible when countries with high debt levels will have balanced their budgets and economic growth will be based mostly on their own income and production instead of external cash flows and investment entering the country. It can be concluded that EU Development Index allows, in a more equitable fashion, to assess disparities of the EU Member States by development level and more rapidly reflect the rapid socio-economic change.

Competitiveness and Economic Growth in the European Union

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2408
Author(s):  
Natália ZAGORŠEKOVÁ ◽  
Michaela ČIEFOVÁ ◽  
Andrea ČAMBALÍKOVÁ
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Union Member ◽  
National Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
The Impact ◽  
European Union Member States

The paper focuses on competitiveness at the national level and on the impact of competitiveness on economic growth. We look at the relationship between competitiveness and economic growth based on the data from the European Union member states. The competitiveness of the economies is measured by the Global Competitiveness Index, which is published by the World Economic Forum. The European Union member states show significant differences in competitiveness. In the sample examined, the positive relationship between the level of competitiveness and economic growth was not confirmed.

scholarly journals Inovacijų vystymo prioritetai Ukrainos įmonėse

2014 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 7-22
Author(s):  
Olga Miroshnychenko
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
The Eu

Straipsnyje pateikiama kategorijos „inovacija“ traktuotė ir apibūdinami inovacijų tipai. Inovacijos yra esminis veiksnys, lemiantis nacionalinės ekonomikos konkurencingumą, šiuolaikinių įmonių konkurencinį pranašumą. Straipsnis apima Ukrainos įmonių inovacinio potencialo tyrimo rezultatus, inovatyvios veiklos Ukrainoje rodiklius ir jų lyginamąją analizę su Europos Sąjungos šalimis; aptariama inovatyvių įmonių dalis, inovatyvių įmonių santykis pagal inovacijų tipus, inovacinės veiklos išlaidų struktūra. Pateikiamas Ukrainos reitingas pagal globalaus konkurencingumo indekso ir inovacijų indekso dedamąsias. Aptariami esminiai Ukrainos įmonių inovacijų vystymo aspektai. Priorities for innovation development of Ukrainian enterprisesOlga Miroshnychenko SummaryThe definitions of the category “innovation” and types of innovation are being considered in the article. Innovations are crucial for the competiveness of a national economy. Today, they are the main competitive advantage of modern enterprises. A research of the innovation potential of Ukrainian enterprises has been done. The paper includes indicators of innovation activity in Ukraine and their comparison with those of the EU member states: proportion of innovative enterprises, share of enterprises with adopted innovations by the type of innovation, expenditures on research and development. The international position of Ukraine by elements of the Global Competitiveness Index, the sub-index of innovation and its elements has been considered. The paper answers the question of the key aspects of innovation development of Ukrainian enterprises.Key words: innovations, innovation activity, innovation potential, enterprise, Ukraine

scholarly journals The Impact of Internal Marketing for Human Resources on Strategic Flexibility An Analytical Descriptive Research in the Iraqi Ministry of Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5045-5056
Author(s):  
Ruaa Abdel Moeen Hassan Al-Khateeb ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Yassin Rahim Al-Hashmawi
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Internal Marketing ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Strategic Flexibility ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
The Impact

The current research aims to show the impact of internal marketing on human resources in its dimensions (training and development, incentives and rewards, internal communication, and empowerment) (as an independent variable in strategic flexibility, production) with its dimensions (Ministry of Health, flexibility, flexibility, market flexibility) The center of the ministry, specifically the administrative, financial and legal department, to represent the research community and implement the practical aspect. Where the research community reached (180) employees, while the size of the researched sample was (120) employees of the research community. The research problem was the weakness of incentives, rewards, internal communication and empowerment in the researched ministry. The researcher relied on the descriptive approach and dimensional analysis in completing the current research. The researcher used the questionnaire as a main tool, in addition to conducting field visits and personal interviews and collecting a lot of data by diagnosing the actual reality of the ministry under study. The researcher sought to use a set of statistical methods and measures such as the arithmetic mean, relative importance, standard deviation, and coefficient of variance to describe the answers of the sample. Has been tested hypotheses and (relationship correlation and influence) and reached the researcher to the group of conclusions, most notably there is the impact of internal marketing in strategic flexibility, and that the administration ministry surveyed more focused suspicion on the training and development of staff and its keenness to establish training courses for all categories within the internal marketing process, either Incentives and rewards are the least in terms of the focus of the ministry’s management, and recommendations have been developed based on the conclusions, including that the ministry maintains its focus on training and development of employees and increases its focus on internal marketing procedures for human resources, especially incentives and empowering workers and relying on focus on.

scholarly journals Human Resources Practices in Effective Corporate Governance Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Murat Çolak ◽  
Melce Elegel
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Human Resource Management Practices ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Document Review ◽  
The Impact

Corporate governance is a concept that emphasizes sustainable growth and stability in order to successfully transfer businesses to future generations. It also allows businesses to be well managed under a professional, transparent, fair and accountable management approach. Corporate governance is closely related to the human resources practices carried out by the businesses and the institutionalization levels of the businesses. The lack of any initiative on human resources practices in enterprises or the lack of these practices constitutes the biggest obstacle to the institutionalization of businesses. The study created for this purpose is structured to examine the impact of human resources practices on corporate governance understanding. The study sample was prepared in a business in the food and beverage industry with 66 branches operating in Turkey. Qualitative research method based on the interview, document review and observation techniques was applied. According to the findings, successful human resource management practices were found to be closely related to the levels of corporate governance and institutionalization. It was determined that the deficiencies in human resources practices on the researched business prevented the formation of institutionalization and then prevented the corporate governance understanding.

scholarly journals Innovative development of Ukraine in the context of implementation of the association with EU

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Innovative Development ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Global Innovation ◽  
Global Competitiveness Index ◽  
Implementation Of Innovations ◽  
The Eu

The signing of the Association Agreement in 2014 provides for the development of innovation cooperation between Ukraine and the EU, so it is appropriate to analyze the development of innovation in Ukraine since the signing to assess the effectiveness of the agreement and identify weaknesses and strengths of Ukraine as an innovator and make appropriate recommendations. The object of the research of the article is the innovative development of country and accordingly the subject is the current state of the innovative development of Ukraine in the conditions of implementation of the Association agreement with Europen Union. The goal of the research is to determine the level of innovation development in Ukraine, highlight the main advantages and disadvantages and provide appropriate recommendations for improving the conditions of innovation development in the country in the framework of the Association Agreement. To achieve the goal of the the research analysis of the dynamics of indicators that characterize the level of innovation development in the country since the signing of the Agreement was conducted. The database is international rankings such as the Global Innovation Index, the Bloomberg Innovation Index, the Global Competitiveness Index and the EU Innovation Scoreboard. Results: based on the analysis of the dynamics of indicators of the level of innovation development in Ukraine, weaknesses that prevent Ukraine from realizing its innovation potential are identified and a correlation coefficient to assess the relationship between GDP per capita and the level of innovation development is calculated. Conclusions: despite the current Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, which should stimulate the development of technology in Ukraine, the level of innovative development in the country still remains low and lags far behind the level of EU states. Thus, Ukraine does not take full advantage of the Association Agreement. The given recommendations for increasing the level of innovation development in Ukraine based on european experience should help develop a strategy for the creation and implementation of innovations, find ways to increase the competitiveness of the Ukraine’s economy by implementation its innovation potential.

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