Lifelong Learning as a Factor in the Country’s Competitiveness and Innovative Potential within the Framework of Sustainable Development

Aleksandra Kuzior (), Dariusz Krawczyk, Kateryna Onopriienko, Yuriy Petrushenko, Iryna Onopriienko and Volodymyr Onopriienko
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Aleksandra Kuzior: Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Dariusz Krawczyk: Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Kateryna Onopriienko: Department of International Economic Relations, Education and Research Institute for Business, Economics, and Management, Sumy State University, 40007 Sumy, Ukraine
Yuriy Petrushenko: Department of International Economic Relations, Education and Research Institute for Business, Economics, and Management, Sumy State University, 40007 Sumy, Ukraine
Iryna Onopriienko: Department of Marketing and Logistics, Sumy National Agrarian University, 40007 Sumy, Ukraine
Volodymyr Onopriienko: Department of Ecology and Botany, Sumy National Agrarian University, 40007 Sumy, Ukraine

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-12

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the interdependence between adult education and the competitiveness and innovative potential of the economy in the conditions of sustainable development. To examine the mentioned, we used a sample of data that includes European countries. The Global Competitiveness Index and its components were taken for research as a numerical display of the country’s competitiveness. For indicators of lifelong learning, the share of persons aged 18–64 years involved in education was taken. The paper applies correlation and regression Pearson analysis of comparative data sections. The non-parametric Kruskal–Wallis test and the Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test were applied to verify the data, and Vosviewer software was used for bibliometric and graphical analysis. The research findings indicate a strong correlation between lifelong education and the competitiveness and innovative potential of the economy.

Keywords: lifelong learning; sustainable development; competitiveness; innovations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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