three levels of competitiveness: the country, the region and the tourism destination. Consequently, it draws attention to …, highlighting the critical aspects that must be considered when policy tries to increase the competitiveness of a particular region …This paper reviews the most important theoretical foundations of the spatial competitiveness conception, dealing with …

competitiveness, industrial development, innovation and growth. But, although cluster policies have a potential for generating … adopting the cluster approach either with a view to accelerate the existing clusters or for providing the basis for the … innovation but also owing to a lot of other reasons, clusters are usually considered as key instruments for promoting …

industry with quite low level of labor skills and low level of the research-innovation-development triad. However, due to … the other hand, the creation of modern industrial entities similar to the economic clusters promoted in the European … economies. In this line of argument, the current paper attempts to answer questions such as: to what extent do clusters impact …

country competitiveness and, therefore, the quality of the investment environment. I applied the methodology used in the … Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, and the pillars for this analysis are: Basic Requirements (Institutions … Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, considering: the competitive advantage or disadvantage by comparing the Romanian …

This paper outlines elements of a conceptual framework that clarifies the role that clusters play relative to … European clusters. The data is used to analyze whether cluster presence is significantly correlated with higher wages, which as … Competitiveness Index and the European Cluster Observatory. We create indicators for New Growth Path performance and its main …

Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation …. The ultimate question is what kind of industrial policy development is required in the CEECs in the future that could … export competitiveness of CEECs, the concept of export competitiveness, and the role of exports in competitiveness …

concept of competitiveness in the context of the new growth path that WWWforEurope aims to outline. A first section discusses … summarizes key findings from the previous research papers on the role of clusters in the New Growth Path (MS47) and on a new … concept of competitiveness that embeds beyond-GDP objectives (MS46). It then extends this work by deriving an initial set of …

competitiveness. Innovative products and processes and competitive advantage can be gained by the creationand use of unique resources …

clusters in the region of Gorska Hrvatska and provides new data for an approach to sustainable rural tourism development. Using … selective forms of tourism. Most tourism clusters in Croatia have remained in the first phase of development for years, even …An approach to sustainable tourism through clusters is considered an appropriate strategy in less-developed rural areas …

clusters in a local economic development through contributions to the advancement of small and medium sized enterprises is not …Insufficient competitiveness of small and medium enterprises in Serbia can be significantly improved by a system of … business associations through clusters, business incubators and technology parks. This connection contributes to the growth and …