Competitiveness, Productivity and Externalization: Food versus Autos in Catalonia

E-Business Implications for Productivity and Competitiveness

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) affects to a great extent the output and productivity growth. Evidence suggests that investment growth in ICT has rapidly accelerated the TFP (total factor productivity) growth within the European Union. Such progress is particularly essential for the sectors which themselves produce new technology, but it is dispersing to other sectors, as well. N...

Eyes, brains, and autos.

V ision disorders pose a driving safety risk and commonly arise at the level of the eye in cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy and at the level of the brain in advancing age, stroke, and Alzheimer disease and related conditions. These disorders can increase driver safety errors because of reduced visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and visual fields. Aging and br...

Competitiveness, Innovation and Productivity: Clearing Up The Confusion

Brand effect versus competitiveness in hypernetworks

A few of evolving models in hypernetworks have been proposed based on uniform growth. In order to better depict the growth mechanism and competitive aspect of real hypernetworks, we propose a model in term of the non-uniform growth. Besides hyperdegrees, the other two important factors are introduced to underlie preferential attachment. One dimension is the brand effect and the other is the com...

Revealed Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness in Hungarian Agri-food Sectors

This paper investigates the competitiveness of Hungarian agriculture in relation to that of the EU employing four indices of revealed comparative advantage, for the period 1992 to 1998. Consistency tests implies that the indices are less satisfactory as cardinal measures, but are useful in identifying whether or not Hungary has a comparative advantage in a particular product group. The results ...