OPF:EKNPKGE Competitiveness in Globalized - Course Information

EKNPKGE Competitiveness in Globalized Economy

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Jan Nevima, Ph.D., MBA (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Jan Nevima, Ph.D., MBA (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Jan Nevima, Ph.D., MBA
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

To passing the subject basic knowledge of economics are required and students can enroll in the subject independently on other subjects.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Banking (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)
• Business Economics in Trade and Services (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN)
• European Integration (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)
• Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, N_SYSINF)
• Marketing and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN)
• Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The course introduces basic concepts to define, divide and measure competitiveness in contemporary economy. The objective of the subject is to inform about micro, mezzo and macroeconomic accesses toward competitiveness, mainly towards it evaluation. Simultaneously offers possibility to identify sources and barriers of growth of competitiveness and searching for competitive advantage.

Syllabus

• 1. How to competitiveness? Approaches to definition of competitiveness.
  2. Inspiration in historic streams of economic thinking.
  3. Competitiveness of firm - microeconomic aspects of competitiveness, readiness of firm to succeed in market from long term view.
  4. Regional competitiveness - region as a subject of market, evaluation of competitive potential of regions and comparison of regions.
  5. Competitiveness of towns and villages.
  6. Determinants of national competitiveness in scale of economic policy and pillars of national competitiveness.
  7. Measuring and evaluating of competitiveness in content of in scale of international organizations (WEF, IMD, WB).
  8. Competitiveness and Europe Strategy 2020.
  9. Innovative policy as a factor of competitiveness, tools of innovative policy, evaluating of innovations and social innovations.
  10. Indicators of competitiveness of human capital.
  11. Competitiveness and permanently sustainable development.
  12. Competitiveness of the Czech Republic and factors which influence its growth or decline.
  13. Research in competitiveness area, possible scripts of research, case studies, methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis usable by research. Alternative conception of competitiveness.
  

Literature

required literature
• SLANÝ, A. a kol. Konkurenceschopnost, růstová výkonnost a stabilita české ekonomiky. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2011. ISBN 978-80-210-5656-5. info
• KLVÁČOVÁ, E., MALÝ, J. a MRÁČEK, K. Základy evropské konkurenceschopnosti. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86946-54-2. info
• SKOKAN, K. Konkurenceschopnost, inovace a klastry v regionálním rozvoji. Ostrava: Repronis, 2004. ISBN 80-7329-059-6. info
• PORTER, M. The economic performance of regions. Regional Studies. no. 37. 2003. ISBN 0034-3404. info
• DRUCKER, P. Výzvy managementu pro 21. století. Praha: Management Press, 2001. ISBN 80-7261-021-X. info
• BARTES, F. Konkurenční strategie firmy. Praha: Management Press, 1997. ISBN 80-85943-41-7. info

recommended literature
• Competitive Regional Clusters - National Policy Approaches. OECD, 2007. ISBN 978-92-64-03182-1. info
• SPULBER, D. Global competitive strategy. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-88081-7. info
• KITSON, M., MARTIN, R. and TYLER, R. Regional Competitiveness. 1st ed. London: Regional Studies Association, 2006. ISBN 0-415-39190-3. info
• CLARK, G., TRACEY, P. Global competitiveness and innovation: an agent-centred perspective. 1 st ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 1-4039-1889-9. info

Teaching methods

One-to-One tutorial
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Students' self-study

Assessment methods

Credit

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Min. 60 % attendance in seminars, on-going test based on knowledge from lectures and seminars.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	20
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zápočet	30
Summary	89

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