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European Competitiveness Index: Measuring the Performance and Capacity of Europe's Nations and Regions

European Competitiveness Index: Measuring the Performance and Capacity of Europe's Nations and Regions


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This report, and its accompanying searchable benchmarking CD-ROM, represents the inaugural annual edition of the European Competitiveness Index. This 2004 edition of the European Competitiveness Index is the most up-to-date measure of the competitiveness and economic development taking place across Europe's nations and regions. It includes an integrated and overall benchmark of the competitiveness capacity, capability and sustainability of each European Union nation and region, as well as Switzerland and Norway. This report, and its accompanying searchable benchmarking CD-ROM, represents the inaugural annual edition of the European Competitiveness Index. This 2004 edition of the European Competitiveness Index is the most up-to-date measure of the competitiveness and economic development taking place across Europe's nations and regions. It includes an integrated and overall benchmark of the competitiveness capacity, capability and sustainability of each European Union nation and region, as well as Switzerland and Norway, and the extent to which this is translated into economic value. Furthermore, the benchmarking CD-ROM allows users to compare regions against other areas of their choice or those generated for economically or demographically comparable areas. The geographic parameters of the report consists of the EU-15 member states and their so-called NUTS I regions, as well as the inclusion of Norway and Switzerland (both as nations and 'region-states'). The focus on both regions and nations reflects the growing consensus that it is regions that are the primary spatial unit that not only compete to attract investment, as well as being where knowledge is circulated and transferred, resulting in industrial and service sector agglomerations. The Variables Include: - R&D Employment in the Business Sector - R&D Employment in the Government Sector - R&D Employment in the Higher Education Sector - R&D Expenditure in the Business Sector - R&D Expenditure in the Government Sector - R&D Expenditure in the Higher Education Sector - Number of Patent Applications - Employment in ICT Services - Employment in Biotechnology and Chemicals - Number of Biotechnology and Chemicals Business Units - Employment in ICT Services - Number of High-Tech Services Business Units - Employment in Research and Development - Number of Research and Development Business Units - Employment in IT and Computer Manufacturing - Number of IT and Computer Manufacturing Business Units - Employment in Telecommunications - Number of Telecommunications Business Units - Employment in Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing - Number of Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Business units - Employment in Instrumentation and Machinery - Number of Instrumentation and Electrical Machinery Business Units - Employment in Automotive and Mechanical Engineering - Number of Students in General and Pre-vocational Upper Secondary - Education - Number of Students in Vocational Upper Secondary Education - Number of Students in Academic Tertiary Education - Number of Students in Vocational Tertiary Education - Sectoral Productivity Performance - Public Sector Productivity - Business and Property Sector Productivity - Financial Sector Productivity - Transportation and Communication Productivity - Service Sector Productivity - Construction Sector Productivity - Utility Sector Productivity - Primary Sector Output Productivity - Agricultural Sector Productivity - Manufacturing Sector Productivity - Economic Performance - GDP per Capita - Labour Productivity - Unemployment Rate - Long-Term Unemployment Rate - Mean Gross Monthly Earnings - Activity Rate - Infrastructure and Accessibility - Motorway Length - Motorway Length - Length of Railway - Air Freight Disembarked - Air Passengers Disembarked - Number of Vehicle

Table of Contents:
Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Rankings: The European Competitiveness Index Chapter 3: The Creative Economy Chapter 4: The Knowledge Economy Chapter 5: Sector Productivity Performance Chapter 6: Economic Performance Chapter 7: Infrastructure and Accessibility Chapter 8: Analysing the European Competitiveness Index References and Data Sources

About the Author :
Robert Huggins Associates are one of the world's leading research houses in the field of analysing economic change. We provide an interface between academic expertise and commercial research consulting, within the fields of economic and business analysis and development, operating in an international environment. Through us, clients are given access to the latest thinking, research, best practice, benchmarking and analysis of economic and business development issues.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781902829098
  • Publisher: Robert Huggins Business & Economic Policy Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Robert Huggins Business & Economic Policy Press
  • Sub Title: Measuring the Performance and Capacity of Europe's Nations and Regions
  • ISBN-10: 1902829093
  • Publisher Date: 23 Mar 2004
  • Binding: SA


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