National (global) competitiveness became the central issue during the global crisis. Using the values of the three main subdimensions of the Global Competitiveness Index, we propose alternative DEA-based competitiveness indicators. In our approach, the index is nested in the more general measure...

The article presents the results of an analysis aimed at assessing the effects of fundamental factors (pillars) on the international positions and competitiveness of the economies of Poland and the other Visegrad Group (V4) countries. It attempts to verify the hypothesis that in shaping their...

This chapter investigates how cohesion funds were spent and how these funds impacted economic developments in the Visegrád countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) on short, medium and long terms. Czechia has been the most developed country in the region, Poland and Slovakia were...