Konkurencyjność gospodarcza krajów. Propozycja alternatywnego pomiaru w kontekście dyskusji o konkurencyjności polskiej gospodarki

• Authors: Witold M. Orłowski

Title variants

EN

The economic competitiveness of countries. An alternative proposal of its measurement in the context of the competitiveness of Polish economy

Abstracts

EN

This article looks at the problem of measuring economic competitiveness of countries. It begins with describing various definitions of this phenomenon which are sometimes quite vague and close to tautology. The indicators of competitiveness which are most commonly used lack theoretical background, while the results depend on arbitrary choice of variables used for their construction. The author makes a proposal of an alternative way of measuring the competitiveness which is simple and well rooted in the theory. However, given the complexity of the problem, the proposed measurement does not solve all the problems. Its results allow for making the assessment of the development model of Poland and, in particular, formulating a hypothesis that Poland is underperforming in the field of the competitiveness given its level of economic and institutional development.

Keywords

EN

competitiveness of national economy; international competitiveness; measurement of competitiveness; economic competitiveness of Poland

• Publisher: Kancelaria Sejmu / Chancellery of the Sejm
• Journal: Studia BAS
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 3(55)
• Pages: 9-28

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Witold M. Orłowski

• Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula

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Identifiers

DOI

10.31268/StudiaBAS.2018.15

Biblioteka Nauki

11347139