...Hichem Dkhili Purpose This study aims to investigate the link between climate risk disclosure, corporate resilience and competitiveness among European firms. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on stakeholder theory, the resource-based view, institutional theory and the dynamic capabilities...

...Claudio Roberto Silva Junior; Julio Cezar Mairesse Siluk; Alvaro Luiz Neuenfeldt Júnior; Lucas Veiga Ávila; Rosley Anholon Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the competitiveness of startup ecosystems in emerging countries using a multi-criteria decision-making approach. Design/methodology...

...Andrea Mara Pimenta-Alonso; Alejandro de Vega de Unceta; Luca Delbello; Maria Raquel Lucas Purpose This study aims to verify whether the participation of agricultural companies in associative agro-industrial clusters increases and improves their competitiveness, productive effectiveness...

...Lucie Plzáková; Egon Smeral Purpose This study aims to examine the recovery patterns and competitive performance of city tourism between 2019 and 2023, with a focus on the role of resilience factors in supporting competitiveness during the post-crisis recovery process. Design/methodology...

...András Takács; László Szerb; András Rideg Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how small- and mediumsized enterprises’ competitiveness and its components influence their equity value. While business valuation methods provide a framework for evaluating businesses based on financial data...

...Mohammed El-Khodary; Karima Amraoui; Amine El Kadri; Hicham Sbai Purpose This study aims to investigate how US dollar volatility and inflation affect national competitiveness in the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ) region. Design/methodology/approach A global competitiveness index ( GCI...

...Amr S. Abdallah; Hala M.G. Amin; Mohammed Abdelghany; Ahmed A. Elamer Purpose The purpose of this study is to undertake a systematic literature review (SLR) on intellectual capital disclosure (ICD), focusing on its role in fostering competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach Following...

...Ranjan Chaudhuri; Sheshadri Chatterjee; Demetris Vrontis Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of dynamic capabilities for improvement of competitiveness of the organizations through enhancement of internationalization performance. The study would also try to assess...

...Ejikeme Emmanuel Isichei; Maria Onyejeche Isichei; Robert Kemepade Moruku Purpose This paper aims to investigate the mediating effect of employee engagement on the relationship between generic business strategies and the competitiveness of Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the Federal...

... policymakers can develop effective and easy to communicate strategies for science, technology and economic development. Design/methodology/approach By integrating insights from economic complexity, competitiveness and foresight literature, a replicable research framework for analysing the opportunities...

...Gustavo Silva; Leandro F. Pereira; José Crespo Carvalho; Rui Vinhas da Silva; Ana Simoes Purpose This study aims to conduct a pertinent assessment of the concept of business competitiveness and how Portugal can progress in that field, for the sake of becoming a more sustainable and wealth-creator...

...Jorge Bacca-Acosta; Melva Inés Gómez-Caicedo; Mercedes Gaitán-Angulo; Paula Robayo-Acuña; Janitza Ariza-Salazar; Álvaro Luis Mercado Suárez; Nelson Orlando Alarcón Villamil Purpose This study aims to examine how the adoption of digital technologies affects the business competitiveness of countries...

...Ashpreet Sharma; Lalit Mohan Kathuria; Tanveen Kaur Purpose Given the dominant share of India in global production of fruits and vegetables, this paper intends to analyze the export competitiveness of India and other major food exporters in the world trade. The purpose of this study is to examine...

...Hart Hodges; Brady Flynn Anderson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine whether the way competitiveness is measured matters, as well as to analyze the relationship between tax burden and economic competitiveness using a variety of model specifications. Design/methodology/approach...

...Hung Son Tran; Thanh Dat Nguyen; Thanh Liem Nguyen Purpose The purpose of this study is to carry out an empirical investigation about how the level of market concentration or competitiveness of the banking system and institutional quality are associated with bank’s financial stability. Design...

...Ricardo E. Buitrago R.; Daniel Ricardo Torralba Barreto; Giovanni E. Reyes Purpose Based on the rankings of the global competitiveness index and the fragile states index, this paper aims to suggest alternative approaches to shed some light on the effectiveness of rankings in helping emerging...

...Pragya Bhawsar Purpose The paper aims to relook at the notion of competitiveness in the challenging times of pandemic. The failure of global value chains caused many nations despite their state of economic development to struggle for necessary items. The goal of achieving profitability abated...

...Nur Shahirah Mior Shariffuddin; Muaz Azinuddin; Mohd Hafiz Hanafiah; Wan Mohd Adzim Wan Mohd Zain Purpose This study aims to provide current and organised insights into past published studies on tourism destination competitiveness (TDC) in the past decade through systematic literature analysis...

...Maria Papadopoulou; Ioanna Papasolomou; Alkis Thrassou Purpose Adding to competitive dynamics and sustainability literature, this paper aims to examine the implementation of environmental protection and sustainability initiatives within the European fast-fashion clothing industry from...

...Jurgita Bruneckienė; Jonas Rapsikevičius; Mantas Lukauskas; Ineta Zykienė; Robertas Jucevičius Purpose This paper aims to investigate the smart economic development (SED) patterns in Europe in relation to competitiveness. Motivational focus corresponds to global events: the fourth industrial...