Competitiveness of the selected Balkan countries in the period 2006-2015
The paper considers the level of competitiveness of two groups of Balkan countries. The first group consists of neighboring countries of the Republic of Serbia that are not members of the EU (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), while the second group consists of five mem...
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| author | Nedić Vladimir Lepojević Vinko Despotović Danijela Cvetanović Dušan |
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| description | The paper considers the level of competitiveness of two groups of Balkan countries. The first group consists of neighboring countries of the Republic of Serbia that are not members of the EU (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), while the second group consists of five member states of the EU (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary and Romania). Research refers to a time period from 2006 to 2015. The level of competitiveness of countries is analyzed through the value of the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum. Special focus is on Basic & Efficiency factors based competitiveness, on the one hand, and Innovation & Sophistication factors based competitiveness, on the other. The conclusion is that Serbia and the selected non-EU countries are lagging behind the group of EU countries, by all indicators. However, data for the observed period reveal trend of convergence of these groups' competitiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7df181b688ab450aad17500c0cd6f4f42022-12-21T23:23:45ZengSrpsko udruženje za marketingMarketing (Beograd. 1991)0354-34712334-83642016-01-0147427829210.5937/markt1604278N0354-34711604278NCompetitiveness of the selected Balkan countries in the period 2006-2015Nedić Vladimir0Lepojević Vinko1Despotović Danijela2Cvetanović Dušan3School of Applied Engineering Studies, KragujevacUniveristy of Niš, Faculty of Economy, Niš, SerbiaUniversity of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economy, Kragujevac, SerbiaUniveristy of Niš, Faculty of Economy, Niš, SerbiaThe paper considers the level of competitiveness of two groups of Balkan countries. The first group consists of neighboring countries of the Republic of Serbia that are not members of the EU (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), while the second group consists of five member states of the EU (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary and Romania). Research refers to a time period from 2006 to 2015. The level of competitiveness of countries is analyzed through the value of the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum. Special focus is on Basic & Efficiency factors based competitiveness, on the one hand, and Innovation & Sophistication factors based competitiveness, on the other. The conclusion is that Serbia and the selected non-EU countries are lagging behind the group of EU countries, by all indicators. However, data for the observed period reveal trend of convergence of these groups' competitiveness.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-3471/2016/0354-34711604278N.pdfcountry's competitivenessGDP per capitaBasic requirementsEfficiency enhancersInnovation and sophistication factors |
| spellingShingle | Nedić Vladimir Lepojević Vinko Despotović Danijela Cvetanović Dušan Competitiveness of the selected Balkan countries in the period 2006-2015 Marketing (Beograd. 1991) country's competitiveness GDP per capita Basic requirements Efficiency enhancers Innovation and sophistication factors |
| title | Competitiveness of the selected Balkan countries in the period 2006-2015 |
| title_full | Competitiveness of the selected Balkan countries in the period 2006-2015 |
| title_fullStr | Competitiveness of the selected Balkan countries in the period 2006-2015 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competitiveness of the selected Balkan countries in the period 2006-2015 |
| title_short | Competitiveness of the selected Balkan countries in the period 2006-2015 |
| title_sort | competitiveness of the selected balkan countries in the period 2006 2015 |
| topic | country's competitiveness GDP per capita Basic requirements Efficiency enhancers Innovation and sophistication factors |
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