... service investments and enhancing Spain’s competitiveness within the global services landscape. Design/methodology/approach The analysis uses a new quarterly data set (1996–2023) combining firm-level FDI declarations with macroeconomic indicators. A ridge-regularized log–log regression framework...

...Esteban Lafuente; Yancy Vaillant Purpose This study aims to contrast the disparities in optimal competitiveness configurations across international economies. Additionally, we analyse the competitive efficiency across firms of different performance endowments to identify distinctions and determine...

... not considered sufficiently in the concept, the article closes this gap. Environmental impact Competitiveness Emerging economies Transport operations The formation of transportation systems in Eurasia are stimulated by the development of production, world trade of the goods and related services...

...Miroslav Koncõina Forecast of opportunities at the beginning of transition period © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Organizational restructuring Privatization Business strategy Competitiveness Investment The relation between strategic orientations and real...

.... Consequently, as Figure1 highlights, policy needs to have both a demand and supply side focus while also recognising the interdependencies between these drivers. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Competitiveness Information Information technology Business European Union The eEurope initiative...

... in Europe, SIMAP, is discussed and compared to similar systems in the USA. The paper suggests that a new legislative framework is required for public procurement and electronic commerce in Europe to ensure that governments and businesses do not suffer a competitive disadvantage in the electronic future...

... the role of governments and other bodies in relation to encouraging a proactive environmental approach among SMEs. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Competitiveness Environmental management strategy Europe Quality Small to medium‐sized enterprises The contribution of small and medium‐sized...

... and company wide. The tools and infrastructure of quality management have to be supported by strategy, culture and process in a way that allows the organization to learn and, hence, improve itself. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Competitiveness Continuous improvement Cost reduction France Germany...

... and Transport Issues Marie McHugh, Eddie McAleer, Kate Greenan and Patrick McNamee INTRODUCTION The completion of the Single European Market together with the opening of the Channel Tunnel potentially represents a major change in the competitive environment facing industries in the United Kingdom and Northern...

...Heinz Weihrich Reviews the strategic position of Daimler‐Benz in the light of its move from automotive to integrated transporting company, defence contractor and consumer appliances manufacturer. Focuses particularly on the Mercedes‐Benz arm, now facing fierce competition from Japanese carmakers...

... application if we are to compete on equal terms. This gauntlet is thrown down in a recent ministerial speech. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Competitiveness European Union Politics VOLUME 90 NUMBER 1 1990 ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL - IN 1992 Lynda Chalker INTRODUCTION I am delighted to have...

... manufacturers in Europe can reorganise themselves to optimise competitiveness. EBR Volume '89 Number 2 EUROPEAN OPERATIONS STRATEGIES FOR THE 1990s by Keith Oliver Only recently, and not without pain, has top management thought strategically about operations and manufacturing. Ideas like "manufacturing...