20.500.12556/DKUM-96713 Drivers of global competitiveness in the European Union countries in 2014 and 2017 Dejavniki globalne konkurenčnosti v državah Evropske unije v letih 2014 in 2017 Background and Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to find the key drivers of Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) in the European Union (EU-28) countries from the aspect of country’s global competitiveness: institutions, macroeconomic environment, infrastructure, higher education, market effectiveness, market size, technological readiness, innovation and business sophistication. Methodology: This paper investigates global competitiveness of the EU-28 countries with the use of GCI in the periods 2014-2015 and 2017-2018. The correlation analysis and regression analysis are applied for testing the set two hypotheses. Results: The empirical results confirmed our hypotheses that GCI is particularly significantly positively correlated with innovation and business sophistication, and universities-industry collaboration in researches, and clusters development. Conclusion: The paper contributes to the literature of global competitiveness, by examining the relationship of sub-indexes of competitiveness of the EU-28 countries, pointing out the influence of universities-industries collaboration in researches and cluster development with geographic concentration of companies. The results and findings can be relevant for science, economic and research policy, and managerial practices that enhance innovation and business sophistication for research in collaboration of companies, universities, higher education institutions, and decision makers. The implications of this study can be important for better understanding of drivers of the EU-28 countries global competitiveness. Ozadje in namen: Glavni namen raziskave je ugotoviti ključne dejavnike globalnega indeksa konkurenčnosti (GCI) v državah Evropske unije (EU-28) z vidika globalne konkurenčnosti države: institucije, makroekonomsko okolje, infrastruktura, visoko šolstvo, učinkovitost trga, velikost trga, tehnološka pripravljenost, inovacije in poslovna prefinjenost. Metodologija: Članek raziskuje globalno konkurenčnost držav EU-28 z uporabo GCI v obdobjih 2014–2015 in 20172018. Korelacijska analiza in regresijska analiza se uporabljata za testiranje postavljenih dveh hipotez. Rezultati: Empirični rezultati so potrdili postavljeni hipotezi, da je GCI zelo pomembno pozitivno povezan z inovacijami in poslovno sofisticiranostjo, sodelovanjem med univerzami in industrijo v raziskavah in z razvojem grozdov. Zaključek: Raziskava prispeva k literaturi o svetovni konkurenčnosti s preučevanjem razmerja podindeksov konkurenčnosti držav EU-28. Poudarja na vpliv sodelovanja univerz in industrije pri raziskavah in razvoju grozdov z geografsko koncentracijo podjetij. Rezultati in ugotovitve so lahko pomembni za znanost, ekonomsko in raziskovalno politiko ter vodstvene prakse, ki povečujejo inovativnost in poslovno prefinjenost raziskav v sodelovanju podjetij, univerz, visokošolskih zavodov in odločevalcev. Implikacije raziskave so lahko pomembne za boljše razumevanje dejavnikov globalne konkurenčnosti držav EU-28. competitiveness economic activities global competitiveness index innovation konkurenčnost gospodarske dejavnosti indeks globalne konkurenčnosti inovacije true true true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-01-26 09:14:28 2026-01-26 09:14:28 2026-01-27 03:23:17 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 str. 37-52 no. 1 Vol. 53 2020 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2020-01-01 339.137.2 1542011332 10.2478/orga-2020-0003 1318-5454 http://organizacija.fov.uni-mb.si/index.php/organizacija/article/view/1162/1289 1 0c9de909-fa8f-11f0-9b4e-00155d00018d https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=202529 RAZ_Marceta_Milja_2020.pdf RAZ_Marceta_Milja_2020.pdf 1 C2D95803DD5F78EB1D429C6F818534BB faaa0bdc6f0e4b83486a295472913aff3ab2f53b8d423de34aa403166a774ae1 3996e219-fa8f-11f0-9b4e-00155d00018d https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=202530 Fakulteta za organizacijske vede Organizacija 0 0 0