Abstract
Abstract. In the article, the concept of competitive social advantages is considered. Social competitiveness, the potential of social competitiveness, and the social competitive status are characterized. Competitive advantages are shown to have various forms of expression due to certain determinants. A classification of competitive advantages is carried out. The framework of competitive advantages is described. The determinants of competitive social advantages of a country, among which the components of the level and quality of life, the maturity of the human, intellectual and social capital, the quality of public institutions, conditions of business development and innovations are suggested. The trends and means of achieving social competitive advantages are considered. The assessment of Ukraine’s position according to freedom indicators, the indicator of network readiness, Ukraine’s competitiveness index and index of travel and the tourism competitiveness is conducted.Key words: social competitiveness, social advantages, competitive social advantages, social potential, social capital
Highlights
The contemporary economic realities strongly suggest that the rate and the overall vector of socio-economic progress direction of a national economy is largely dependent on the country’s competitiveness
The purpose of the present research was to conduct a classification of competitive advantages, to develop the structure and to substantiate the determinants of competitive social advantages of a country, to propose the directions and means of its achieving and to perform an assessment of Ukraine’s position by employing different indicators and indices
We can determine that social competitiveness is a comparative state of social processes and phenomena that characterize its place in the global community, the availability of comparative advantages in terms of living standards, social security, the level of solving the global problems and the potential abilities to provide and maintain a high competitive status in the political, economic and socio-cultural spheres
Summary
The contemporary economic realities strongly suggest that the rate and the overall vector of socio-economic progress direction of a national economy is largely dependent on the country’s competitiveness. Further research on ensuring the competitiveness of a national economy is needed, especially research on its social aspect. The key factors of its ensuring are not defined, and the ways of increasing social competitiveness that match the current conditions and will be supported by the appropriate competitive social advantage (CSA) are not determined. All these aspects stipulate the relevance of research from the theory point of view. The current stage of the development of a national economy actualizes the problem of the realization of a country’s competitive social advantages. The purpose of the present research was to conduct a classification of competitive advantages, to develop the structure and to substantiate the determinants of competitive social advantages of a country, to propose the directions and means of its achieving and to perform an assessment of Ukraine’s position by employing different indicators and indices
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