Utjecaj necjenovnih čimbenika na konkurentnost posttranzicijskih zemalja Europske unije

doctoral thesis

• Title (english): The Impact of Non-price Factors on the Competitiveness of Post-transition Countries of the European Union
• Author: Borna Vidović
• Mentor: Lucija Rogić Dumančić (mentor)
• Committee member: Željko Bogdan (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Lucija Rogić Dumančić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Paško Burnać (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Economics and Business; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-06-12, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics
• Universal decimal classification (UDC): 330 - Economics. Economic science

Abstract

U doktorskoj disertaciji analizira se utjecaj necjenovnih čimbenika na konkurentnost jedanaest posttranzicijskih zemalja članica Europske unije (Poljska, Rumunjska, Bugarska, Hrvatska, Slovenija, Češka, Slovačka, Litva, Latvija, Estonija i Mađarska) u razdoblju od 4. tromjesečja 2000. do 2. tromjesečja 2020. godine. Teorijski dio rada prikazuje osnovne teorije konkurentnosti s posebnim naglaskom na diferenciranje cjenovne i necjenovne konkurentnosti. U empirijskom dijelu istraživanja, na uzorku posttranzicijskih zemalja članica EU, pokazano je kako je necjenovna konkurentnost poprilično varirala u pojedinim razdobljima; tako su od 2000. do 2004. i od 2008. do 2011. godine posttranzicijske zemlje rasle znatno većom stopom gospodarskog rasta od ostatka svijeta, a posljednjih deset godina bitno sporije. Prilikom testiranja hipoteza o necjenovnim čimbenicima korištena metodologija obuhvaća kombinaciju Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) i Weighted-Average Least Square (WALS) analize. Dobiveni nalazi istraživanja pokazuju da je sektorska struktura gospodarstva s naglaskom na ICT važna pokretačka snaga necjenovne konkurentnosti u dugom roku. Suprotno tome, pokazao se negativan utjecaj starenja stanovništva i smanjenja sigurnosti na necjenovnu konkurentnost posttranzicijskih zemalja Europske unije. Također, rezultati analize djelomično potvrđuju pozitivan utjecaj imidža zemlje na necjenovnu konkurentnost, dok je hipoteza o utjecaju čimbenika unutar zemalja odbačena.

Abstract (english)

The doctoral dissertation analyzes the impact of non - price factors on the competitiveness of eleven post - transition EU member states (Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Hungary) in the period from 4th quarter 2000 to the 2nd quarter 2020. The theoretical part of the paper presents the basic theories of competitiveness with special emphasis on the differentiation of price and non-price competitiveness. In the empirical part of the research, the sample of post-transition EU, member states showed that non-price competitiveness varied considerably in certain periods; so from 2000 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2011 post-transition countries grew at, a much faster of economic growth than the rest of the world and significantly slower in the last ten years. When testing the hypothesis of non-price factors, the methodology used includes, a combination of the Bayesian Model Average (BMA) and Weighted-Average Least Square (WALS) techniques. The research findings show that the sectoral structure of the economy with an emphasis on ICT is the most important driving force of non-price competitiveness in the long term. On the contrary, research findings show the negative influence of the aging of the population and the reduction of security on the non-price competitiveness of the post-transition countries of the European Union. Also, the results of the analysis partially confirm the positive influence of the country's image on non-price competitiveness, while the hypothesis about the influence of factors within countries was not confirmed.

• Keywords: konkurentnost; necjenovni faktori konkurentnosti; posttranzicijske zemlje; EU; Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA); Weighted-Average Least Square (WALS)
• Keywords (english): competitiveness; non-price competitiveness factors; post-transition countries; EU; Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA); Weighted-Average Least Square (WALS)
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:148:905062
• Promotion: 2023
• Study programme: Title: /; Study programme type: university; Study level: postgraduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica znanosti u području društvenih znanosti (doktor/doktorica znanosti u području društvenih znanosti)
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