Zdrojový dokument:Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice. Series D, Faculty of Economics and Administration. 43/2018
ISSN:1804-8048 (Online)
Abstrakt:
Many of the competitiveness challenges we see today stem from the
aftermath of the financial crisis. Today, productivity and growth are not picking up
in advanced economies, and the consequences of low and even negative
productivity growth in many emerging economies are now evident. Productivity of
major world economies can be seen as the source of national performance and
subsequent international competitiveness. The paper deals with an application of
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method to multi-criteria performance evaluation
of countries considered as global economic powers. The aim of the paper is to
analyse development of and measure level of productive potential achieved by
BRICS countries, the European Union (EU) and its members, Japan and the United
States of America (USA) with the help of specialised DEA approach – the Output-
Oriented Malmquist Productivity Index in reference period 2007-2016. Using of
DEA is convenient due to set of different factors determining productivity, such as
Global Competitiveness Index (GCI). Results confirm the constantly strong position
of the post-war triad (in order of the EU, USA, and Japan) compared to rapidly
developing BRICS countries. It is also evident the growing tendency and
corresponding comparison of BRICS performance with traditional economic
powers, i.e. triad.