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Austria and the Competitive League: Exploring the Robustness of Country Classes Derived from the WEF Global Competitiveness Reports

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This is in honor of Professor Reinhard Moser’s 60th birthday. Among the numerous responsibilities of a department head it was one of Reinhard’s priority tasks to orchestrate the development of an integrated research strategy for the newly formed Department of Cross-Border Business at WU. After lively discussion of the pros and cons regarding the phrasing of the headline the faculty settled on what is now quoted in the title of the Department’s research strategy:

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    See the Department’s homepage at V:\Extranet\Josef\Publications\Moser\DPT_Forschung.mht, accessed 18 Sept., 2010.

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  1. Institute for Tourism and Leisure Studies, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Augasse 2–6, 1. Stock, Kern A, 1090, Wien, Austria

    Josef A. Mazanec

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    Christoph Leitl

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Mazanec, J.A. (2011). Austria and the Competitive League: Exploring the Robustness of Country Classes Derived from the WEF Global Competitiveness Reports. In: Puck, J., Leitl, C. (eds) Außenhandel im Wandel. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2728-6_3

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