Marcos Augusto de Vasconcellos

Competitividade das nações: análise da métrica utilizada pelo World Economic Forum

The competitiveness of nations is a relevant matter to decision makers when it comes to choose the country which may yield better results on investment. In this trend, this study seeks to analyze the metrics of competitiveness of countries using multivariate statistical concepts in order to simplify and avoid mixed results on the subject. With such a purpose, we used the databases published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2010, which uses twelve pillars to establish the competitive position of 133 countries. It was found that the metric used by the WEF is redundant since it relies on pillars that represent the same construct. It was found that Technology Readiness explains the countrys competitiveness in 86.5% and that the combination of Macroeconomic Stability, Quality of Higher Education and Business Sophistication rises this percentage to 95.7%.The competitiveness of nations is a relevant matter to decision makers when it comes to choose the country which may yield better results on investment. In this trend, this study seeks to analyze the metrics of competitiveness of countries using multivariate statistical concepts in order to simplify and avoid mixed results on the subject. With such a purpose, we used the databases published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2010, which uses twelve pillars to establish the competitive position of 133 countries. It was found that the metric used by the WEF is redundant since it relies on pillars that represent the same construct. It was found that Technology Readiness explains the country’s competitiveness in 86.5% and that the combination of Macroeconomic Stability, Quality of Higher Education and Business Sophistication rises this percentage to 95.7%.

Competitiveness of nations: review of the metric used by the World Economic Forum

The competitiveness of nations is a relevant matter to decision makers when it comes to choose the country which may yield better results on investment. In this trend, this study seeks to analyze the metrics of competitiveness of countries using multivariate statistical concepts in order to simplify and avoid mixed results on the subject. With such a purpose, we used the databases published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2010, which uses twelve pillars to establish the competitive position of 133 countries. It was found that the metric used by the WEF is redundant since it relies on pillars that represent the same construct. It was found that Technology Readiness explains the countrys competitiveness in 86.5% and that the combination of Macroeconomic Stability, Quality of Higher Education and Business Sophistication rises this percentage to 95.7%.The competitiveness of nations is a relevant matter to decision makers when it comes to choose the country which may yield better results on investment. In this trend, this study seeks to analyze the metrics of competitiveness of countries using multivariate statistical concepts in order to simplify and avoid mixed results on the subject. With such a purpose, we used the databases published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2010, which uses twelve pillars to establish the competitive position of 133 countries. It was found that the metric used by the WEF is redundant since it relies on pillars that represent the same construct. It was found that Technology Readiness explains the country’s competitiveness in 86.5% and that the combination of Macroeconomic Stability, Quality of Higher Education and Business Sophistication rises this percentage to 95.7%.

COMPETÊNCIAS DA ORGANIZAÇÃO INOVADORA EM EMPRESAS DA FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DA QUALIDADE

Organizacoes inovadoras inovam sistematicamente e conseguem transformar competencias em resultados de inovacao. A gestao da inovacao pode gerar importantes insights sobre que aspectos interferem nestes resultados, pois, embora as empresas criem mecanismos que as impulsionem a inovar, gerar inovacao ainda e o principal desafio. Dada essas consideracoes, o artigo tem como objetivo identificar lacunas na gestao de inovacao de empresas mantenedoras da Fundacao Nacional da Qualidade (FNQ) com base na metodologia do Forum de Inovacao da FGV/EAESP, que tem como base cinco competencias da organizacao inovadora: lideranca e intencao estrategica; meio inovador interno; pessoas; processos de inovacao; e resultados. Para tanto, foi realizado um estudo quantitativo com abordagem descritiva. O metodo de pesquisa adotado foi a survey do tipo exploratoria e descritiva. O universo de empresas mantenedoras da Fundacao Nacional da Qualidade e de 230 empresas, tendo sido enviado questionario online para todas as empresas e obtido um total de 68 respostas validas. Os resultados demonstraram que as organizacoes possuem maior dificuldade em gerir a competencia processo de inovacao, uma vez que esta e a responsavel por interligar as demais competencias num processo dinâmico e interativo. Como contribuicoes praticas, o artigo chama a atencao para a dificuldade das organizacoes gerirem o processo de inovacao. Como contribuicao teorica, o artigo traz como proposta um modelo de diagnostico da organizacao inovadora. DOI: 10.18226/23190639.v5n1.04

Competitividad de las naciones: análisis de la métrica utilizada por el World Economic Forum

The competitiveness of nations is a relevant matter to decision makers when it comes to choose the country which may yield better results on investment. In this trend, this study seeks to analyze the metrics of competitiveness of countries using multivariate statistical concepts in order to simplify and avoid mixed results on the subject. With such a purpose, we used the databases published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2010, which uses twelve pillars to establish the competitive position of 133 countries. It was found that the metric used by the WEF is redundant since it relies on pillars that represent the same construct. It was found that Technology Readiness explains the countrys competitiveness in 86.5% and that the combination of Macroeconomic Stability, Quality of Higher Education and Business Sophistication rises this percentage to 95.7%.The competitiveness of nations is a relevant matter to decision makers when it comes to choose the country which may yield better results on investment. In this trend, this study seeks to analyze the metrics of competitiveness of countries using multivariate statistical concepts in order to simplify and avoid mixed results on the subject. With such a purpose, we used the databases published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2010, which uses twelve pillars to establish the competitive position of 133 countries. It was found that the metric used by the WEF is redundant since it relies on pillars that represent the same construct. It was found that Technology Readiness explains the country’s competitiveness in 86.5% and that the combination of Macroeconomic Stability, Quality of Higher Education and Business Sophistication rises this percentage to 95.7%.