Sustainability as a competitiveness factor : a quantitative cross-country analysis

• Autorzy: Zargartalebi Milad

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.34659/2021/1/4

Warianty tytułu

PL

Zrównoważony rozwój jako czynnik konkurencyjności : ilościowa analiza międzykrajowa

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

That sustainability is an essential competitive advantage is a common dictum in politics and some areas of academic research. The past few decades have made more and more dispersed ‘hard’ and soft data available, indicating not only more details on the economic performance of coun-tries, but also on their sustainability performance. This study aims to examine whether there is a rela-tionship between sustainability performance and national competitiveness by analysing economic, environmental, and social indicators from four data sources, including economic and sustainability data from G-20 countries for the period 2010 to 2019, representing 73% of the global GDP in 2020. The research design is based on several stepwise regression analyses to explore the pooled data set. The data analysis concludes that the effects of sustainability on competitiveness are hardly confirmed or rejected, contrary to classic economic predictors.

PL

Stwierdzenie, że zrównoważony rozwój stanowi istotną przewagę konkurencyjną, jest powszechną tezą obecną w polityce i niektórych obszarach badań naukowych. W ciągu ostatnich kilku dekad udostępniono coraz więcej rozproszonych danych „twardych” i „miękkich”, wskazujących więcej szczegółów nie tylko na temat wyników gospodarczych krajów, ale także na temat ich wyników w zakresie zrównoważonego rozwoju. Celem badania jest sprawdzenie, czy istnieje związek między wynikami w zakresie zrównoważonego rozwoju a konkurencyjnością kraju poprzez analizę wskaźni-ków ekonomicznych, środowiskowych i społecznych z czterech źródeł danych, w tym danych ekono-micznych i danych dotyczących zrównoważonego rozwoju z krajów G-20 w okresie od 2010 do 2019 roku, reprezentujących 73% globalnego PKB w 2020 roku. Badanie opiera się na kilku analizach regresji wykonanych w celu analizy zbioru danych, która prowadzi do wniosku, że wpływ wyników zrównowa-żonego rozwoju na konkurencyjność jest trudny do potwierdzenia lub odrzucenia, w przeciwieństwie do klasycznych predyktorów ekonomicznych.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sustainability; competitiveness; GDP growth; HDI; air pollution

PL

rozwój zrównoważony; konkurencyjność; wzrost PKB; HDI; zanieczyszczenie powietrza

• Wydawca: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych
• Czasopismo: Ekonomia i Środowisko
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: nr 1
• Strony: 70--90
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 48 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Zargartalebi Milad

• University of Gdansk, Armii Krajowej Street 119/121, 81-824, Sopot, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).