EU Competitiveness

Summary

The explanation of national and regional competitiveness of EU memeber states.
Theoretical background of territorial competitiveness, its determinants and
driving forces. Assessment of national competitiveness by WEF, IMD and other
institutions. Innovation capacity, Innovation systems and regional clusters in
economic development. Knowledge-based society and eEurope initiatives. Lisbon
process in EU and Annual competitiveness reports. Strategies and policies for
raising country and regional competitiveness.

Literature

1. Porter, M. On Competition. Boston: Harvard Business Schoul Press, 1998
2. European Commission: A Study on the Factors of Regional Competitiveness,
2003.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/sources/docgener/studies/study_en.htm
3. EU Lisbon strategy. Available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/growthandjobs/index_en.htm

Advised literature

4.Regional Clusters in Europe. Observatory of European SMEs, No. 3/2002.
European Communities.
5.World Economic Forum. Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009. WEF, 2008.
Available at: http://www.weforum.org.
6.Institute for Management Development. World Competitveness Yearbook 2008
(2007). IMD, 2007.Available at:
http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/index.cfm.
7. European Commission. Growing Regions, growing Europe. Fourth report on
economic and social cohesion. Luxembourg: European Communities, 2007. ISBN 92- 79-05704-5.

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Language of instruction	čeština
Code	120-0412
Abbreviation	KONEU
Course title	EU Competitiveness
Coordinating department	Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.