Competitiveness Review: Volume 32 Issue 7

Evaluating farm and export competitiveness of the Irish dairy industry: post-quota analysis

Lungelo Prince Cele, Thia Hennessy, Fiona Thorne

This paper aims to examine the competitiveness trends and rankings of the Irish dairy sector at the farm and trade levels, relative to selected European Union (EU) Member States…

Corporate social responsibility, green innovation and competitiveness – causality in manufacturing

Carmen Paola Padilla-Lozano, Pablo Collazzo

The purpose of this paper is to explore the interplay of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and green innovation in boosting competitiveness in manufacturing in an emerging…

Opening up to startup collaborations: open business models and value co-creation in SMEs

Antonio Ghezzi, Angelo Cavallo, Silvia Sanasi, Andrea Rangone

This study aims at exploring how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can implement a more open and co-creational business model by actively collaborating with startups.

Determinants of the exit value in European venture capital-backed technology startups

Benedetta Montanaro, Angelo Cavallo, Giancarlo Giudici, Antonio Ghezzi

This study aims to analyze the impact of different exit alternatives, investor presence and founders’ human capital on the exit value of European venture capital (VC)-backed high…

Greenfield FDI attractiveness index: a machine learning approach

Ilan Alon, Vanessa P.G. Bretas, Alex Sclip, Andrea Paltrinieri

This study aims to propose a comprehensive greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) attractiveness index using exploratory factor analysis and automated machine learning (AML)…