Multidimensional micro-level competitiveness measurement: a SEM-based approach

Rosa Bernardini Papalia () and Annalisa Donno ()
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Rosa Bernardini Papalia: Università di Bologna
Annalisa Donno: Università di Bologna

No 6, Quaderni di Dipartimento from Department of Statistics, University of Bologna

Abstract: The concept of competitiveness, for a long time considered as strictly connected to economic and financial performances, evolved, above all in recent years, toward new, wider interpretations disclosing its multidimensional nature. The shift to a multidimensional view of the phenomenon has excited an intense debate involving theoretical reflections on the features characterizing it, as well as methodological considerations on its assessment and measurement. The present research has a twofold objective: going in depth with the study of tangible and intangible aspect characterizing multidimensional competitive phenomena by assuming a micro-level point of view, and measuring competitiveness through a model-based approach. Specifically, we propose a non-parametric approach to Structural Equation Models techniques for the computation of multidimensional composite measures. Structural Equation Models tools will be used for the development of the empirical application on the Italian case: a model based micro-level competitiveness indicator for the measurement of the phenomenon on a large sample of Italian small and medium enterprises will be constructed.

Keywords: Micro-level competitiveness; model-based composite indicators; Structural Equation Models; intangible assets. Competitività; indicatori compositi; Modelli di Equazioni Strutturali; beni intangibili. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2013
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