Perception of competitiveness in the context of sustainable development: Facets of "sustainable competitiveness";Konkurencingumo suvokimas darnaus vystymosi kontekste: "Darnaus konkurencingumo" aspektai

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-365

  Balkyte, Audrone ^a   Tvaronavičiene, Manuela ^b  

^a Unit of Strategic Analysis and Long Term Planning of Strategic Coordination Department   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Competitiveness; Competitiveness models; Economic growth; Factors; Indicators; National competitiveness; Sustainable competitiveness; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956897667     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.17     Document Type: Article

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