Competitiveness Review: Volume 26 Issue 5

Enhancing national competitiveness through national cooperation: The case of South Korea and Dubai

Dong-Sung Cho, Hwy-Chang Moon, Wenyan Yin

The purpose of this paper is to explore how countries can make a more efficient and effective cooperation strategy, considering their competitive strengths and weaknesses.

From Marshall’s Triad to Porter’s Diamond: added value?

Stephen Brosnan, Eleanor Doyle, Sean O’Connor

The purpose of this paper is to offer clarity on a central concept introduced in Porter’s The Competitive Advantage of Nations, i.e. the cluster. The authors situate the concept…

Have we made it? Investigating value-creating strategies in early internationalizing ventures

Romeo V. Turcan, Anita Juho

The extant research on early internationalizing ventures focuses primarily on these ventures’ start-up phase or their initial internationalization. Scarce attention is paid to how…

Methodology research of competitiveness and sample application for Turkey’s defense industry

Hakki Ismail Bilgen, Abdulkadir Varoglu

The main purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology to analyze the competitiveness based on the diamond model and constructing a composite index; the secondary aim is to…

Market potential and determinants for eco-smart furniture attending consumers of the third age

Ioannis Papadopoulos, Marios Trigkas, Glykeria Karagouni, Aikaterini Papadopoulou, Vasiliki Moraiti, Aikaterini Tripolitsioti, Evanthia Platogianni

This paper aims to discuss some of the findings of an ongoing “Green & Smart Furniture” (GSF) research project. It actually focuses on third-age consumers’ behavior and interest…