Competitiveness is divided into two broad categories named as macroeconomic and microeconomic competitiveness. Microeconomic competitiveness indicators have a direct impact on company productivity within which sate of cluster development is the most important pillar of microeconomic competitiveness that are introduced by Michael Porter and it's framework as Diamond Model. The Diamond reveals al...

An evolutionary psycho-biological perspective on competitiveness dynamics is presented, focusing on continuous behavioral co-adaptations to constraints that arise in performance environments. We suggest that an athlete's behavioral dynamics are constrained by circumstances of competing for the availability of resources, which once obtained offer possibilities for performance success. This defin...

Women are widely under-represented in top-level social positions. While several potential reasons may explain this fact (Goldin and Rouse, 2000, Altonji and Blank, 1999), recent findings have emphasised one specific cause as particularly relevant: women are less likely to self-select into competitions (Gupta et al., 2005, Niederle and Vesterlund, 2007, Niederle et al., 2008). Dargnies (2009) sh...

Competition is of interest to both policy makers and managers. A nation’s competitiveness is of utmost importance to policymakers especially in terms of attracting investments. The purpose of this paper is to analyze a report by the World Economic Forum which presents the position of each nation in terms of its Global Competitiveness Rank and a score. The score is derived at by analyzing severa...

Over the last 15 to 20 years, cluster analysis has emerged as a new way of looking at economic development, integrating regional differences in development and economic specialization (Porter 1990, 2003; Sweeney and Feser 1998; Feser 2004, Cortright 2006). An increasing number of states and regions in the United States and overseas have modified their economic development strategies to focus an...

This paper seeks to address the research question of what factors make a destination competitive for the accessible tourism market. The research design is based on destination competitiveness theories. The objective is to formulate a ranking that can compare the competitiveness factors between two countries, with historical and appropriate data sets, in order to examine destination competitiven...

This paper presents a model-based approach for competitive analysis of manufacturing plants in the U. S. food processing industry. As part of this approach, plant competitiveness is measured using Operational Competitiveness Ratings Analysis (OCRA) -a new non-parametric method of computing relative inefficiency. Drivers of competitiveness are identified in terms of policies related to plant str...