Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

EU Competitiveness

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	120-0412/01
Abbreviation	KONEU
Course title	EU Competitiveness
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:

Theme I: Perspectives and objectives of EU development
• Lecture 1: The development objectives of EU
• Lecture 2: The Lisbon Strategy
• Lecture 3: The territorial dimension in EU development

Theme II: Competitiveness and its growth factors
• Lecture 4: Territorial Competitiveness
• Lecture 5: Evaluation of competitiveness of countries
• Lecture 6: Regional Competitiveness

Theme III: Clusters and innovation
• Lecture 7: Innovations in Economic Development
• Lecture 8: Sectoral clusters in economic development
• Lecture 9: Cluster initiatives

Theme IV: Knowledge Economy
• Lecture 10: The knowledge-based
• Lecture 11: Information society
• Lecture 12: Modern approaches to regional development
• Lecture 13: Current Issues

Seminars:
1st Preliminary exercises
2nd Evaluation objectives and prospects for the EU in the globalized world
3rd Evaluation of competitiveness States
4th Encouraging innovation, innovation strategy and innovative regions.
5th Clusters and cluster initiatives, science parks and innovation
center.
6th Knowledge and Information Society.
7th Written test. Granting of credit.

E-learning

Course in LMS Moodle

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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