The sports industry competitiveness is systemly analyzed international competitiveness theory. The research on the principal influencing factors as well as evaluation principles of present regional sports industry competitiveness is mainly discussed and the comprehensive evaluation model of regional sports industry competitiveness is set up in this paper. With the combination of logic analysis ...

The Internationalization of Engineering by propaedeutic cycles is a new method to increase both quality and competitiveness of the engineering fields in tertiary education. Recently the IEEE Region 9 has shown an special interest in developing a task force to support global accreditation inside its member countries. To face the many challenges that international accreditation presents we propos...

As traditional competition becomes global, businesses fail to take, on their own, the measures that are required to become more competitive. Hence, in a globally competitive environment, national improvement and competitiveness have also become vital. Businesses must utilize and be supported by the international competitiveness of their nations. This study aims to analyze the competitiveness of...

Developing country policy makers worry about national competitiveness and closely watch indices ranking international competitive performance. This paper analyzes from the development economics perspective if competitiveness is a legitimate policy concern, and if the leading indices deserve the attention they get. It assesses the best known index, from the World Economic Forum, and finds grave ...

What determines a country’s ability to compete in international markets? What fosters the global competitiveness of its firms? And in the European context, have key elements of the EU strategy such as EMU and enlargement helped or hindered domestic firms’ competitiveness in local and global markets? We address these questions by calibrating and simulating a conceptual framework that merges the ...