Japan’s competitiveness: Trends and challenges

Josef Bič () and Zuzana Stuchlíková ()
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Josef Bič: University of Economics, Department of World Economy, Prague, Czech Republic
Zuzana Stuchlíková: University of Economics, Department of World Economy, Prague, Czech Republic

Society and Economy, 2013, vol. 35, issue 4, 471-492

Abstract: There are many definitions and concepts of competitiveness in the literature. This article focuses on multilevel concepts of a country’s competitiveness, especially the broad concept of the World Economic Forum (WEF). This concept is explained through the example of Japan. The objective of the article is to discuss various concepts of a country’s international competitiveness, as well as to describe and analyse the competitiveness level of the current Japanese economy. The authors try to identify key competitiveness-related issues in the context of the country’s macroeconomic development in the last decade.

Keywords: competitiveness; Japan; innovation; debt; ageing; trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O53 P17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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