Special Issue "Sustainable Competitiveness and Economic Development"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Katarzyna Cheba
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Department of Applied Mathematics in Economy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 70-310 Szczcein, Poland
Interests: regional development; sustainable development; circular economy; sustainable competitiveness; applications of mathematical methods in economics; statistics
Dr. Iwona Bąk
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Department of Applied Mathematics in Economy, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Interests: green economy; tourism; labor market; application of mathematical methods in economics; statistics; regional development; energy transformation
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Dr. Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska
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Department of Corporate Management, Institute of Management, University of Szczecin, 70-453 Szczecin, Poland
Interests: green innovations; regional development; energy transformation; sustainable development; green growth and green economy
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sustainable development and competitiveness are currently one of the most frequently discussed topics, important for the further development of countries, regions, and companies around the world. For nearly 30 years, the various international organisations and representatives of the many scientific disciplines have published the reports and results of the studies on sustainable development and competitiveness considered at the various levels (from the micro and macro level to the mezo level). These works focus mainly on attempts to clearly define and identify measures and measurement methods for these economic categories considered separately (in relation to sustainable development or competitiveness). Only for a few years have there been proposals to combine these economic categories and to consider them as sustainable competitiveness. In the present available literature, there are few works which attempt to explain this new economic category. It should be noted, however, that the attempts of the operationalisation of this concept presented so far and the main guidelines for its measurement have been focused primarily on the study of sustainable competition. Meanwhile, a comprehensive assessment of sustainable competitiveness should also include the dimension of a sustainable competitive position. From this point of view, the relationships between sustainable development and competitiveness, as well between other areas connected with these terms as innovations (especially sustainable innovations, CSR, shared values, and sustainable business models, etc.), should also be considered. An important area in this field is also the methods of measuring (including indicators and methods of measurement) of sustainable competitiveness. Due to the fact that research on sustainable competitiveness is not fully yet explored, there is a need for analyses relating directly and indirectly to this category.Therefore, we are writing to invite you to submit papers from various disciplines that will contribute to this Special Issue. We are looking for both research papers and comprehensive reviews related to sustainable competitiveness and its relationships with other directions of importance for better comprehension of this new economic category. The following potential areas for this Special Issue are welcome; however, the list of research fields is not exhaustive:

  • proposals for defining and measuring sustainable competitiveness;
  • sustainable competitiveness—opportunities and challenges;
  • dimensions and levels of sustainable competitiveness;
  • changes in the policy in terms of growth of needs to compete in the sustainable way;
  • sustainable competitiveness and its impact on economic development;
  • sustainable competitiveness and its relationships with other areas of the research;
  • methods and measurements for sustainable competitiveness.

Prof. Katarzyna Cheba
Prof. Iwona Bąk
Prof. Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable competitiveness
  • economic development
  • competitiveness
  • sustainable development
  • relationships
  • CSR
  • shared value
  • sustainable business model
  • sustainable innovations

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An Integrated Competitiveness Assessment of the Baltic Capitals Based on the Principles of Sustainable Development
Sustainability 2021, 13(7), 3764; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13073764 - 29 Mar 2021
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The competition between cities involves the search for different ways and means to create, attract, sustain, and use diverse resources, knowledge, ideas, and innovations to support the economic growth of each individual city and, as a result, to strengthen the city’s position in [...] Read more.
The competition between cities involves the search for different ways and means to create, attract, sustain, and use diverse resources, knowledge, ideas, and innovations to support the economic growth of each individual city and, as a result, to strengthen the city’s position in the urban hierarchy both short-term and long-term. However, for each city, urbanisation does not only mean an increase in competitive economic power but also a number of problems such as pollution, poverty, crime and unemployment. In order to address the challenges posed by the urbanisation processes, the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) issued the 1987 Report that emphasised the need for sustainable socio-economic development that would also consider ecological factors. Given this, the article examines the issue of urban competitiveness on the basis of sustainable development principles. After a systematic and comparative analysis of the concepts published in the scientific literature, this article accomplishes the following: It defines the concept of competitiveness in urban areas; it identifies the inclusion aspects of the sustainable development principles into the assessment of urban competitiveness; it presents the research into urban competitiveness assessment models; and it carries out an integrated competitiveness assessment of the Baltic capitals in the period of 2014–2019 based on the principles of sustainable development by applying the integrated competitiveness assessment model that is based on the principles of sustainable development (MDK). Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Competitiveness and Economic Development)
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