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The annual Global Competitiveness Report provides comprehensive information about the comparative strengths and weaknesses of national economies throughout the world. Based on the findings of the latest report, this article evaluates the current competitiveness and medium-term growth prospects of European countries relative both to the rest of the world and to each other.
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The Global Competitiveness Report 2002–2003, New York 2002, Oxford University Press.
For example, in Germany the WHU Koblenz, Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, is the cooperation partner of the World Economic Forum.
A detailed description of the GCI can be found in J. W. McArthur, J. D. Sachs: The Growth Competitiveness Index: Measuring Technological Advancement and the Stages of Development, in: The Global Competitiveness Report 2001–2002, New York 2002, Oxford University Press.
See M. E. Porter: Building the Microeconomic Foundation of Prosperity: Findings from the Microeconomic Competitiveness Index, Chapter 1.2 of the Global Competitiveness Report 2002–2003, op. cit. New York 2002, Oxford University Press.
See M. E. Porter: The Competitive Advantage of Nations, New York 1990, Free Press.
See M. E. Porter: Building the Microeconomic Foundation of Prosperity: Findings from the Microeconomic Competitiveness Index, op. cit.; Chapter 1.2 of the Global Competitiveness Report 2002–2003, P. K. Cornelius, J. Blanke, F. Paua: The Growth Competitiveness Index: Recent Economic Developments and the Prospects for a Sustained Recovery, Chapter 1.1. of the Global Competitiveness Report 2002–2003; and M. E. Porter, J. D. Sachs, J. W. McArthur: Competitiveness and Stages of Economic Development, Executive Summary of the Global Competitiveness Report 2001–2002, New York 2002, Oxford University Press.
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Frenkel, M., Koske, I. & Swonke, C. How competitive are Europe’s economies?. Intereconomics 38, 31–37 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03031836
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