Japan’s competitiveness: trends and challenges
Japan’s competitiveness: trends and challenges
Author(s): Josef Bič, Zuzana StuchlíkováSubject(s): National Economy, Governance, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Economic development
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: competitiveness; Japan; innovation; debt; ageing; trade;
Summary/Abstract: There are many definitions and concepts of competitiveness in the literature. This article focuses on multilevel concepts of a country’s competitiveness, especially the broad concept of the World Economic Forum (WEF). This concept is explained through the example of Japan. The objective of the article is to discuss various concepts of a country’s international competitiveness, as well as to describe and analyse the competitiveness level of the current Japanese economy. The authors try to identify key competitiveness-related issues in the context of the country’s macroeconomic development in the last decade.
Journal: Society and Economy. In Central and Eastern Europe ǀ Journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest
- Issue Year: 35/2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 471-492
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English