120-0412/01 – EU Competitiveness (KONEU)
| Gurantor department | Department of International Economic Relations | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
1. To analyse the concepts of national and regional competitiveness of EU member states in a global world.
2. To classify the theoretical outcomes of territorial competitiveness.
3. To evaluate factors which determine the competitiveness especially innovation, clusters and knowledge.
4. To recommend concrete measures of EU policies for the competitiveness growth in accordance with Lisbon process.
5. To classify innovation and systems of innovation in the development of economies in EU.
6. To Understand the role of knowledge economy and information society in economic development.
Teaching methods
Summary
The explanation of national and regional competitiveness of EU memeber states.
Theoretical background of territorial competitiveness, its determinants and
driving forces. Assessment of national competitiveness by WEF, IMD and other
institutions. Innovation capacity, Innovation systems and regional clusters in
economic development. Knowledge-based society and eEurope initiatives. Lisbon
process in EU and Annual competitiveness reports. Strategies and policies for
raising country and regional competitiveness.
Compulsory literature:
1. Porter, M. On Competition. Boston: Harvard Business Schoul Press, 1998
2. European Commission: A Study on the Factors of Regional Competitiveness,
2003.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/sources/docgener/studies/study_en.htm
3. EU Lisbon strategy. Available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/growthandjobs/index_en.htm
Recommended literature:
4.Regional Clusters in Europe. Observatory of European SMEs, No. 3/2002.
European Communities.
5.World Economic Forum. Global Competitiveness Report 2008-2009. WEF, 2008.
Available at: http://www.weforum.org.
6.Institute for Management Development. World Competitveness Yearbook 2008
(2007). IMD, 2007.Available at:
http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/index.cfm.
7. European Commission. Growing Regions, growing Europe. Fourth report on
economic and social cohesion. Luxembourg: European Communities, 2007. ISBN 92- 79-05704-5.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Course in LMS Moodle
Other requirements
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Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
Theme I: Perspectives and objectives of EU development
• Lecture 1: The development objectives of EU
• Lecture 2: The Lisbon Strategy
• Lecture 3: The territorial dimension in EU development
Theme II: Competitiveness and its growth factors
• Lecture 4: Territorial Competitiveness
• Lecture 5: Evaluation of competitiveness of countries
• Lecture 6: Regional Competitiveness
Theme III: Clusters and innovation
• Lecture 7: Innovations in Economic Development
• Lecture 8: Sectoral clusters in economic development
• Lecture 9: Cluster initiatives
Theme IV: Knowledge Economy
• Lecture 10: The knowledge-based
• Lecture 11: Information society
• Lecture 12: Modern approaches to regional development
• Lecture 13: Current Issues
Seminars:
1st Preliminary exercises
2nd Evaluation objectives and prospects for the EU in the globalized world
3rd Evaluation of competitiveness States
4th Encouraging innovation, innovation strategy and innovative regions.
5th Clusters and cluster initiatives, science parks and innovation
center.
6th Knowledge and Information Society.
7th Written test. Granting of credit.
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