Naslov
Competitiveness Today: Is Croatia Addressing Ongoing Global Challenges?

Autori
Bajakić, Ivana ; Šimić Banović, Ružica ; Savić, Zvonimir

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, ostalo, ostalo

Skup
Sixth Bosnian Herzegovinian, Croatian and Turkish Jurist Days: The Legal Framework for Economic Competitiveness

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 19.04.2017. - 23.04.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
competitiveness ; global challenges ; Croatia

Sažetak
Competitiveness has been a key term for decision makers around the globe for achieving economic growth and prosperity since the 1990s and Porter’s pioneering work “The Competitive Advantage of Nations”. Although criticized for being flashy synonym for productivity and other methodological shortcomings, Porter’s theoretical framework became a base for competitiveness projects and reform implementation in many countries. Croatia joined the Competitiveness Initiative at the beginning of the new millennium, establishing the National Competitiveness Council and incorporating Croatia in the global competitiveness benchmarks of both IMD World Competitiveness Centre and WEF Global Competitiveness Programme. Among other relevant issues, this paper explores the rule of law as one of the basic competitiveness pillars and as such one of the keys for factor-driven economies, whereas other efficiency, innovation and sophistication enhancing factors should be improved for an economy to reach more advanced stages of development. Based on the analysis of secondary data and a case study, this work aims to serve two purposes. First, it is to disentangle the effects of the Croatian competitiveness project and second, to research the extent to which Croatia is addressing contemporary global competitiveness agenda.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Pravo

POVEZANOST RADA