during the past decade, the world economic forum has published its annual reports in which the global competitiveness index is included. this paper aims to investigate the key factors for achieving an innovation-driven economy. in this paper, we used partial canonical correlation analysis (pcca) to examine the relationships between key pillars in “efficiency enhancers” and “business sophisticat...

In the discussions of trading, unemployment and income distribution inequality, this question is raised by economists that in economic development of developing and developed countries, which policy is necessary in the first stage. Is trading liberalization the pre-requirement of transfer from a close economy to a relative open economy and is it necessary for the developed economy compared to o...

â â â â â  â  in this paper, we address the question that does fdi alone affect economic growth or interaction of fdi and human capital is required to boost economic growth. we develop the model with an expanding variety of products. we estimate the model using some advanced tests utilizing data on fdi flows from developed countries. we find stronger complementary effects between fdi and human ...

Firms from emerging economies are rapidly becoming formidable competitors to established industry leaders from developed economies. Aside from anecdotal reports, there is little scholarly evidence concerning the operational details of how emerging economy firms are becoming competitive with developed economy firms. This article addresses the gap by building on the International Business, Strate...