Country's International Competitiveness Research Articles

Research on the technology path selection of China's manufacturing industry under the high-quality development strategy

As the foundation and leading force of national economic development, manufacturing determines a country's comprehensive strength and international competitiveness, and is the key to achieving transformation, upgrading and high-quality development. Based on the perspective of global value chain embedding, this paper explores the issue of technology path selection and high-end development in my country's manufacturing industry. Against the background of Internet development, this paper analyzes the basis for technology path selection in my country's manufacturing industry to achieve intelligent transformation and high-quality development. By constructing an analytical framework for technology path selection from two aspects of internal and external factors, the theoretical basis for technology path selection in my country is proposed. Guided by high-quality development, this paper studies the internal mechanism of technology path selection that can promote the high-end, intelligent, service-oriented and green development of manufacturing industry, and discusses the technology path selection for manufacturing industry to achieve green and sustainable development. Based on an in-depth analysis of the impact and mechanism of global value chain embedding, Internet development, productive services and environmental constraints on technology path selection, this paper proposes the optimal decision equation for R&D resource allocation in my country based on factor endowment conditions, thereby promoting the transformation of manufacturing industry from factor-driven to innovation-driven, accelerating the process of achieving high-end, intelligent, service-oriented and green development, which is of great significance to promoting the high-quality development of manufacturing industry.

Повышение эффективности производственно-хозяйственной деятельности как базовое условие обеспечения международной конкурентоспособности отечественного производства

The importance of production and economic activity increasing efficiency is basic condition for achieving the country technological sovereignty and the international competitiveness of domestic production. Therefore, the conditions of tightening market competition in the post-industrial economy determine the relevance of the presented research. Moreover, the collective West makes serious efforts to restrain the intensity of research and development processes in the Russian Federation. They introduce antiRussian sanctions, including those aimed at limiting the access of domestic enterprises to the latest world scientific developments and technologies and, accordingly, at restricting the sales market for domestic products. Subsequently, the increasing the intensity, effectiveness, and efficiency of domestic enterprises development by enhancement their production and economic activities. The purpose of the research is to identify the issues of improving domestic enterprises operating efficiency as a component of the economic security and country international competitiveness in terms of their effective solutions. Identifying a set of problems allows ones to improve the efficiency of production and economic activity of domestic enterprises. Therefore, the most realistic way to improve their competitiveness, based on increasing labour productivity using the principles of scientific organization of labour, is to increase the profits by reducing the duration of the production and sales cycles. The practical significance of the obtained results concerns with their using by federal and regional authorities for development as so as implement their mechanisms for improving the efficiency of production and economic activity as a basic condition for ensuring international competitiveness of domestic production.

Innovation in the service sector promotes China's position in the global value chain

Under the background of economic globalization, accelerating the opening up of the service industry is an important hand in shaping new advantages in international competition and cooperation under the new situation, and the service industry has become the main driving force of the world's economic growth, and an important indicator of a country's international competitiveness. The level of development of China's service industry is still far from the leading level in the international arena, which to some extent affects China's improvement in its position in the global value chain. For this reason, this project intends to combine the KPWW method of accounting research, Hausmann, Hwang and Rodrik (2007) and other research methods to jointly explore the mechanism and countermeasures of the opening up of the service industry to promote the improvement of China's position in the global value chain.

A Systematic Review on Products and Services of IBS Software Private Limited

Purpose: The airline industry is one of the important sectors in all aspects of human life. The word ‘Aviation’ means the flying vehicles that come under airplanes, helicopters, and unmanned aircraft such as drones, UAVS, etc. This industry is mainly classified into two types, Airlines and Aviation industry. An Airlines business offers air travelling services for people or cargo, whereas the aviation industry is based on the working of defence systems, manufacturing, and training-based things. The modern airline industry is very important because of its globalized nature, helping to connect all continents, countries, and cultures. The aviation industry is a major backbone of every country's annual economy. Every country's international airports are major hubs for overseas trading around the world. It gives direction to a country's international competitiveness and global investments in tourism, IT, and infrastructure. The largest aircraft manufacturing companies in the airline sector are European player Airbus and US-based Boeing. Many airline companies work in national and international sectors, based on annual revenue the leading companies are American airlines, Delta airlines, Southwest airlines, China southern airlines, Ryanair airlines, KLN royal airlines, Turkish airlines, etc. IBS software is a leading provider of new-generation IT products in the logistics, transportation, and travel industry. The ultimate aim of IBS is to offer their clients maximum efficiency, improve revenue, increase safety, analyse growth and reduce total cost. Their service delivery area included the oil & gas sector, airport management, cruise lines, and tour operators. IBS software is a CMM Level 5 certified airline software development company having offices in America, Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Objective: IBS Software Pvt Ltd, a SaaS -related aviation software development company located in Techno Park, Trivandrum, Kerala is the subject of the company analysis case study. Design/Methodology/Approach: The pertinent data and specifics for this case study on IBS came from product papers that were released in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and business websites. Additional details have been given in white papers. Findings/Result: The study of this paper focuses on the company's products and services, Business strategy with their Partners and Alliances, Recruitment and training strategy of IBS Software, Corporate social responsibility, and analysis based on SWOT. Originality Value: The study provides a brief overview of IBS Software Private Limited products & services, In-depth knowledge about flight and staff application, flight repair solutions, customer convocation, License agencies, employee transit, and payload administrations. Type of Paper: Case Study.

Analysis and Assessment of Human Capital in the Regions of Slovakia

Introduction. The human capital of any country is a priority factor of national wealth and well-being, as it creates the necessary potential in knowledge, experience and skills of people. It also accelerates intellectual and technical progress in society and strengthens a country's international competitiveness. The international experience in human capital formation confirms the importance of intellectual potential, education quality, and the need to accumulate it. The major reason for concentrating the human capital is the growing role of the population`s social protection and providing favourable conditions for personal and overall country development.
 Aim and tasks. The aim of the study is to develop a comprehensive approach to the analysis and evaluation of human capital by identifying its main components in the Slovakian regions. The average multivariate method was used for the research, considering the dynamics of the economic development indicator.
 Results. Based on the proposed algorithm for human capital analysis, an assessment of the human capital development level in Slovakian regions was carried out using the average multivariate method, considering intellectual, educational, physical, science, and innovative capital. The calculations and comparative graphic analysis for the period 2018-2020 revealed a close connection between the dynamics of GDP and human capital development, which can be traced in each region of Slovakia. The change in GDP in the calculation period is proportional to the change in human capital assessment indicators. The synchronicity in the graph`s dynamics of the average multidimensional indicators of GDP and human capital in Slovakia for the period 2018-2020 is graphically substantiated. This confirms that the indicators selected for analysis and evaluation indicate a stable connection between investments in the individual components of human capital and the country's economic development.
 Conclusions. The analysis and assessment show that Slovakia has significant reserves for human capital development, which must be realized by implementing institutional changes both at the national and regional levels. This can be realized through the implementation of state programs to support youth, increase the level of funding, develop a business incentive system, and activate people’s creative potential. The methodology of the analysis and the proposed measures will help improve the level of human capital in the country. A set of measures to improve the efficiency of the use and development of a country's human capital was proposed.

Information accessibility and export quality: Evidence from China

AbstractExploiting Google's 2010 withdrawal from mainland China, we examine the causal impact of information accessibility on export quality, and find that export quality decreases after Google's exit. The effect is more pronounced for firms and products facing greater information frictions, for firms in regions with local web filters, for firms trading with countries with more online information, and for firms facing fiercer product market competition. The more intensively affected firms also become less productive and their capital intensity declines after Google's exit. Overall, these results suggest that limited information accessibility may impair a country's international competitiveness through deteriorating export quality.

Research on the International Competitiveness of China’s Financial Services Trade

With the continuous development of benefits, China is slowly moving towards the era of service economy, and the service industry occupies an increasingly large position in our country's national economy, which also promotes the existence of weak industries in our country's international service trade competitiveness. As a kind of our country's service industry, financial service trade still has a big gap with other countries in terms of international competitiveness. Financial service trade is one of our country's comparative advantages, but with economic globalization, the connection between countries getting closer.In such an open era, factors such as the accelerated international capital flow, large capital flow, and fierce market competition have caused serious impacts to most countries in the world, and problems have arisen in the development of the domestic financial industry and the real economy industry. As a result, it will affect the overall competitiveness of the domestic financial industry, etc. These situations lead us to pay attention to some bad results brought about by financial services trade. It is necessary to analyze and study the reasons for these bad performances and give corresponding measures. This paper mainly conducts a relevant analysis from the research on the international competitiveness of China's financial services trade.

An Empirical Study on the International Competitiveness of China's Manufacturing Industry

The manufacturing industry is the stabilizer of a country's national economy. The level of international competitiveness of the manufacturing industry determines the strength of a country's international competitiveness to a certain extent. Based on the relevant data from 30 China's provinces and cities from 2013-2021, this paper measures the international competitiveness of China's manufacturing industry by using factor analysis to form a comprehensive index of four single indexes measuring international competitiveness. The results show that the international competitiveness of China's manufacturing industry shows a geographical distribution pattern of "strong in the east and weak in the west." Based on the empirical findings, policy recommendations are proposed to improve the international competitiveness of China's manufacturing industry.

THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORT COSTS OF ARMENIA WITHIN EAEU AND REGIONAL COUNTRIES

The development of an effective logistics system is significant in every country's economy because logistics can contribute to the acquisition of competitive advantages. Effective logistics chains are crucial for promoting the competitiveness of the RA economy, which can create an opportunity for Armenia to fully integrate into the world economy, contributing to the improvement of the country's international competitiveness position. In this context, it is essential to carry out a comparative study of the transport costs of the countries of our region and the EAEU member states, which will provide an opportunity to identify the existing transport and logistics problems in these countries to develop ways to solve them. Thus, this article aims to carry out a cost analysis of cargo transportation in Armenia, comparing them with the EAEU and the countries of the region. For the calculation of freight costs, the author used the formula of the ratio of freight costs and production values in each country. As a result of the analysis carried out by the author, Armenia is in a somewhat difficult position in terms of the cost of cargo transportation both in the region and among EAEU countries. On the other hand, among the compared countries, Belarus and Russia are competitive in cargo transportation costs, and in the region, Georgia and Turkey.

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM: CATEGORY AND DEVELOPMENT FACTORS

The research method is the substantiation of the category «international tourism» based on the theoretical analysis of domestic scientists, the analysis of the main factors and factors that influence the formation of international tourist flows and the development of the tourism industry. The article proves that the influence of external and internal factors can have positive and negative results. It has been proven that static factors are unchanged over time, while dynamic factors can change. The influence of external factors is manifested through social, economic and political changes, and internal factors are influenced through market relations. 
 External factors affect tourism through: demographic and social changes; economic and financial development; changes in political and legal regulation; technological changes; trade development; transport infrastructure; travel safety. Internal factors are primarily market factors: supply and demand processes; segmentation of the market in which the tourist product is developed; actual marketing; tourism private sector; human factor. All factors affecting the development of the international market tourist services, conditionally divided into two main groups: factors acting independently of the activities of industry organizations tourism (motivational, economic, political, geographical, social, ecological); factors contributing to the development of tourism, which are actively used tourist organizations in their activities (scientific and technical potential).
 Assessing the country's international competitiveness tourist market, it is necessary to take into account and investigate the following criteria: resource potential of the country; trends that are relevant in the business environment and development tourist infrastructure; the state of the political and legal framework for the regulation of international tourism in country.

The impact of carbon pricing on international competitiveness in the case of Azerbaijan.

This article examines the impact of carbon pricing on international competitiveness for Azerbaijan, utilizing different cointegration methods such as, ARDLBT, CCR, DOLS, and FMOLS to the data spanning from 2000 to 2019. The results of the various cointegration approaches are in line with each other. The estimation results revealed that domestic crude oil price as a proxy of carbon pricing has a positive and significant impact on the real effective exchange rate in Azerbaijan. This implies that a rise in domestic crude oil price raises the real effective exchange rate (appreciation of national currency). An increase in real effective exchange rate indicates a loss in international competitiveness. The study concludes that the Azerbaijani policymakers should implement carbon pricing measures (implicit) to decrease CO2emissions fromenergy heavy industrieswithout harming the country's international competitiveness, as well as use more renewable energy in order to prevent higher pollution effects of fossil fuels.

On the Professional Development Environment of Young Teachers in the Series of Quality Education in Colleges and Universities.

With the changes of the times, China has made remarkable achievements in economic, political, social, cultural, and education can improve the comprehensive quality of the people, enhancing the country's comprehensive national strength and international competitiveness effect. China has importance to education, and in recent years has increased its investment in education. Higher education undertakes important functions such as cultivating talents, scientific research, and serving the society. It is an indispensable part of the education system, and these are closely related to the teaching staff of colleges. The development of quality education is an inevitable choice to promote it, an important way to implement it with morality, and promoting it of national governance capabilities. At present, there are four major problems in quality education in colleges: the marginalization of status, fuzzy goals, segmentation of content, and isolation of development paths. It is important to study and explore new ideas and strategies for promoting quality education. Nowadays, colleges are no longer the “ivory towers” of the past, and the construction of college teachers has also undergone many changes compared with the past. The topics and discussions about college teachers are increasing day by day, and the problems and confusion exposed to them have also aroused the attention of the society. Young teachers are the fresh blood of college teachers and the future of our country. It is particularly meaningful to study and understand the current professional development of these groups. The research object is the young teachers in colleges. Through the literature research method, it analyzes the status of the professional quality education in colleges, understands the problems existing in their professional development, analyzes the reasons, and puts forward corresponding countermeasures. It helps for the career development of the whole group of young teachers in colleges in order to improve the current situation, seek better development for young teachers in colleges, and also provide a reference for promoting quality education in colleges.

Does strict environmental regulation enhance the global value chains position of China's industrial sector?

Given the vital importance of global value chains (GVCs) position for a country's international competitiveness, this paper tries to investigate the impacts of environmental regulation on the GVCs position of China's industrial sector. Using the latest value-added decomposition method, we first measure the GVCs position of China's industrial sector from 2003 to 2014. Subsequently, both two-stage least squares (2SLS) method with panel data and mediating effect model are employed to empirically examine the effects of environmental regulation on China's position in GVCs. The results indicate that environmental regulation has significantly upgraded the GVCs position of China's industrial sector, and the effect is more evident for the sub-sectors with originally lower GVCs position. The mediation effect test shows that increasing R&D investment is an important channel through which environmental regulation affects the GVCs position of China's industrial sector, which verifies the existence of the Porter hypothesis. Further analysis finds that the enhancement of GVCs position of China's industrial sector caused by environmental regulation is mainly achieved through reducing the backward GVCs position.

ФОРМУВАННЯ КОНКУРЕНТНИХ ПЕРЕВАГ В ПРОЦЕСІ ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЇ СТРУКТУРИ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОЇ ЕКОНОМІКИ

The article investigates the process of formation of competitive advantages in the context of transformation of the structure of the national economy. One of the main priorities of economic policy of modern countries is to build a competitive, socially oriented economy that can successfully integrate into the world economic space. To ensure sustainable development and counter negative external influences, strategies are developed and implemented aimed at creating competitive advantages and, consequently, increasing the country's international competitiveness. The issue of transforming the structure of the national economy is urgent, as the level of lagging behind the development of the domestic economy from neighboring countries is similar and the country's raw material specialization is consolidating in the world market, which in turn preserves low living standards. Indicators of economic development show that without radical changes in economic policy, the lag in the development of the Ukrainian economy will only increase. The formation of competitive advantages in the context of the modern structure of the economy inherent for a large European country should be based on the economic specialization of the country in industries and activities that create greater added value, such as processing industry, chemical, engineering, IT, green energy, pharmaceuticals and other high-tech industries, industries of higher technological modes. The role of public-private partnership in the formation of effective economic policy aimed at forming the competitive advantages of the national economy is important.

Does property rights protection affect export quality? Evidence from a property law enactment

Abstract Property-rights protection is important for a host of aspects. This paper explicitly examines its effect on export quality, using the 2007 property law enactment in China as a natural experiment. We find that a firm's export quality increases after the law enactment, and the positive effect is more pronounced for non-state-owned private firms and foreign-investor-controlled firms, for firms specializing in trade with middle- and low-income countries, and for firms located in regions with better legal and other institutional environment. Overall, these results suggest that property-rights protection strengthens a country's international competitiveness through improving its export quality.

Study on the Development Model of Qinhuangdao Binhai Culture Tourism Based on Soft Power of Foreign Language

Zhang, T., 2020. Study on the development model of Qinhuangdao Binhai culture tourism based on soft power of foreign language. In: Bai, X. and Zhou, H. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources, Environmental Protection, and Sustainable Development. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 115, pp. 136-138. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.In recent years, China has made great efforts to strengthen our cultural soft power, and in the foreign language sector, it is also constantly strengthening, aimed at strengthening the overall cultural soft power of our country through the strengthening of foreign language soft power, so it is also making continuous efforts to integrate this construction into the national development process. This is the result of the inevitable requirement of our country's development so far, and it is also the requirement to enhance our country's comprehensive national strength. When we integrate into the field of international globalization, we should strive to improve our strength and create a very good international image and a beautiful and harmonious development environment. At the same time, the world's countries are gradually beginning to change China, a deeper understanding that the development of cultural soft power is also an important part of the development of national strength, and foreign language soft power as a part of cultural soft power, but also a more important part (Hu, 2019), has gradually become an important part and indispensable part of the development of international competitiveness of countries today. And cultural soft power contains the part of foreign language soft power, so foreign language is undoubtedly a very important part. It should have been envisaged before the Qinhuangdao Seaside Cultural Tourism Project, that there will be a large number of international outsiders in the promotion of island scenery and cultural traditions, so accurate and timely communication and communication is extremely important, so we should reserve the talents of foreign language as a skill before that. (Li, 2019) As shown in Figure 1, Therefore, from the point of view of the importance of foreign language soft power, if we want to develop Qinhuangdao seaside tourism project, we should deeply understand that not only to promote the economic development of the country and the joint development of various industries, but also to promote the inheritance of our country's historical and cultural traditions, on the basis of economic development, but also to carry out cultural export and inheritance, these measures are undoubtedly not very realistic theoretical significance. As shown in Figure 2. Therefore, this paper takes the soft power of foreign language as its starting point, from this point of view, to build the development model of Qinhuangdao coastal cultural tourism project, and then as an example, is conducive to the development and implementation of other special projects, from the development of coastal tourism projects at home and abroad, the impact of cultural differences between China and foreign countries and training measures for foreign language professionals, to provide effective reference value for the development of Qinhuangdao seaside cultural tourism project.

DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL ECONOMY: SOME APPROACHES FOR POLICY ELABORATING

This research is devoted to revealing the theoretical and practical foundations of the intellectual economy formation in the conditions of post-industrial society transformation. Using the historical method of analysis, the authors has made the comparative assessment of the main approaches to explaining the content, factors and features of the intellectual economy development. It has been proved that the main driving force of economic development in the intellectual economy is knowledge, which simultaneously acts as both a resource and a product, and for that product specific demand at all levels of the economic system has been formed. In our view, the intellectual economy is a type of economic system that, being based on the intellectual capital of society in the conditions of development of modern information technologies and systems, uses, transforms, creates and disseminates information and knowledge in order to ensure the growth of social welfare, international competitiveness of countries and extended knowledge and innovation cycle formation. That is, knowledge is at the heart of the development of the economic system, and, at the same time, is the final product of this system in each cycle of reproduction of the socio-ecological-economic system. The determining direction of the transformations in the intellectual economy is predominantly the creation and consumption of knowledge as a different type of intellectual property, including its materialized form with a high intellectual component. The fact that knowledge and information are not only used as an inexhaustible cognitive resource for the development of production, but also turn into the main types of consumption associated with personal development, as a means of renewing and building up this resource, is the key to the endless progress of the intellectual economy. The special features and principles of development of intellectual economy have been explained in the paper. These features and principles have been suggested to use as criteria for the construction of national programs for the intellectual economy formation, as well as for these programs success estimation. The recommendations for overcoming the barriers to building Ukrainian intellectual economy have been elaborated.

The multiple mediation effect of absorptive capacity on the organizational slack and innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms: Evidence from Chinese firms

Previous studies have been conducted on how organizational slack impact on the firms' innovation performance. However, there are few researches on how slack availability impact on the firms' innovation performance. In addition, absorptive capacity is also an important factor affecting innovation performance, but there is no literature focusing on the important role of absorptive capacity on organizational slack and firms' innovation performance. Therefore, it is necessary to combine organizational slack, absorptive capacity and innovation performance to analyze. In addition, high-tech manufacturing firms are the pillars of the country's economic development, and its development affects the country's international competitiveness. Therefore, it is very important to analyze the promotion mechanism of innovation performance for promoting national competitive advantage. Based on this, we classify organizational slack from the perspective of slack availability, and analyze the effects of different dimensions of organizational slack and absorptive capacity on innovation performance in high-tech manufacturing firms. Additionally, we compare and analyze the multiple mediation effects of two absorptive capacities on organizational slack and innovation performance. Using the data from Chinese high-tech manufacturing firms from 2016 to 2018, we construct a panel data model to conduct empirical analysis and obtain the following research findings: with the increase of available slack and potential slack, the innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms exhibits an initial increasing trend and then a decreasing trend. In contrast, with the increase of recoverable slack, the innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms exhibits an initial decreasing trend and then an increasing trend. In addition, we use the bias-corrected bootstrap method to test the multiple mediation effects of the two absorptive capacities, and find that available slack can influence the innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms through realized absorptive capacity. In addition, potential slack can influence the innovation performance of high-tech manufacturing firms through potential absorptive capacity and realized absorptive capacity.

Investment attractiveness and development opportunities of agricultural enterprises

Purpose. The aim of the article is theoretical substantiation of the essence of investment attractiveness, analysis of trends and identification of opportunities for further development of agro-industrial enterprises. Methodology of research. General and special methods are used during the research, in particular: monographic and systematic analysis – to substantiate the essence of investment attractiveness and to determine the possibilities of further development of agro-industrial enterprises; abstract and logical and graphic – in forming the conceptual bases for investing in the development of enterprises. Findings. The essence of investing in the development of enterprises as a system of actions to attract real and potential internal and external investment resources, sources, levers and measures, taking into account the institutional and factor influence on the given course of investment processes in the short, medium and long term, is determined on the basis of generalization of scientific approaches which leads to qualitative, quantitative and structural changes in the production and economic activity of agro-industrial enterprises on an innovative basis, achieving a high result in the case of coordination and consolidation of efforts of business structures and bodies of state power and local self-government, solving problems and prioritizing investments by the nature of strategic orientation. The necessity of providing investment development of enterprises is considered taking into account the influence of peculiarities of investing material, intangible and bioactive assets on an innovative basis, which determine the scientific theoretical and methodological approaches and applied aspects, strategic importance of the basic and life-supporting branch of the national economy. The rating positions of the investment attractiveness of Ukraine in the international studies of the economic development of the countries are revealed as rather weak and not the best. However, at the same time, it is revealed that Ukraine has significant investment and human potential, the effective use of which may be a prerequisite for gradual enhancement of the country's international competitiveness in world rankings. We believe that global international rankings should be seen as additional tools for making investment decision. It is determined that at present the most pressing problem for foreign investors remains the protection of their rights and the ability (easiness) of doing business. Therefore, the efforts of the state should be directed to solving problems in the commercial sphere and forming a favourable business environment, increasing investment in the agricultural sector, stabilizing sources and optimizing capital structures, ensuring efficient distribution of investments in the formation of assets of agricultural producers by their size. Originality. The definition of the essence of investing in the development of agro-industrial enterprises has been further developed; the scheme of conceptual bases for ensuring the investment attractiveness and opportunities for further development has been formed, taking into account the impact of the current global economic recession. Practical value. The results of the study can be used to expand the base, diversify sources and increase the volume of investment with the introduction of the land market, in the process of creating and commercializing innovations and activation of innovative development of agro-industrial enterprises, the main priorities of which should be the realization of internal production factors. Key words: investments, innovations, development, enterprise, attractiveness, commercialization, efficiency.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE REALITIES OF THE INNOVATIVE MOVEMENTS OF INDUSTRY 4.0

Вступ. Міжнародна конкурентоспроможність країни є одним з визначальних чинників її економічного зростання. Особливого значення набуває визначення ключових факторів та аналіз досвіду передових країн щодо забезпечення високого рівня добробуту в умовах сучасного стану розвитку промисловості та застосування інформаційних технологій. Мета. Метою дослідження є обґрунтування напрямів підвищення міжнародної конкурентоспроможності країн у реаліях Індустрії 4.0. Результати. У статті досліджено сутність міжнародної конкурентоспроможності країн та систематизовано фактори, які на неї впливають на макро- та мікрорівнях. Доведено, що країни, які в основу стратегії свого розвитку поклали саме інноваційну складову, досягли позицій лідера у рейтингах економічного розвитку та міжнародної конкурентоспроможності. Досліджено сутність концепції Індустрії 4.0 та проаналізовано інструменти, за допомогою яких вона отримує практичну реалізацію. На основі аналізу аналітичних даних визначено, що країни, які є лідерами інноваційного розвитку через застосування таких інструментів Індустрії 4.0, як кіберфізичні системи, інтернет речей, обробка великих даних, розумне підприємство та місто, управління життєвим циклом товару, хмарні обчислення, адитивне виробництво, сформували та реалізували свої конкурентні переваги за рахунок підвищення конкурентоспроможності продукції та підприємств. На основі результатів динамічного кореляційного аналізу техніко-економічних показників визначено особливості розвитку та формування міжнародної конкурентоспроможності по трьох групах країн: з високим, середнім та низьким рівнем інноваційної активності. З метою підвищення рівня міжнародної конкурентоспроможності Україні доцільно імплементувати досвід країн першої та другої груп. Окреслено перспективи подальшого світового розподілу країн за рівнем їх конкурентоспроможності з урахуванням поширення положень концепції Індустрії 4.0. За результатами дослідження надано пропозиції щодо підвищення рівня міжнародної конкурентоспроможності України на засадах концепції сталого розвитку в умовах Індустрії 4.0. шляхом дотримання стратегії концентрації на пріоритетних галузях економіки, що дозволить раціонально розподіляти наявні ресурси та залучати за необхідності іноземні.