TY - JOUR AU - AB - The International Journal ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES ISSN 2345-0282 (online) http://jssidoi.org/jesi/ 2018 Volume 5 Number 3 (March) http://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2018.5.3(13) Publisher http://jssidoi.org/esc/home COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ANALYSIS OF THE EU COUNTRIES WITH THE USE OF GLOBAL INDEXES' METHODOLOGY 1 2 3 4 Dana Kiseľáková , Beáta Šofranková , Veronika Čabinová , Erika Onuferová 1,2,3,4 University of Prešov in Prešov, Faculty of Management, Konštantínova 16, 080 01 Prešov, Slovak Republic 1 2 3 E-mails: dana.kiselakova@unipo.sk ; beata.sofrankova@unipo.sk ; veronika.cabinova@smail.unipo.sk ; erika.onuferova@smail.unipo.sk Received 25 August 2017; accepted 10 January 2018; published 30 March 2018 Abstract. The issue of countries' competitiveness and sustainable economic growth is constantly at the centre of interest and represents the frequent object of research in economic theory as well as economic practice. The multi-criterial approach and the assessment methodologies relating to the global competitiveness have been dynamically adjusted over the recent years to reflect the current globalization trends in the world economy. The main objective of this study is to analyse the objectivity and resulting values' deviations of the Global competitiveness Index (GCI) and World Competitiveness Index (WCI) composite indexes that are currently considered to be the world's most respected and to identify the impact of key factors that TI - Competitiveness and sustainable growth analysis of the EU countries with the use of Global Indexes' methodology JF - Journal of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues DO - 10.9770/jesi.2018.5.3(13) DA - 2018-03-31 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/competitiveness-and-sustainable-growth-analysis-of-the-eu-countries-AMGKCwF2cS DP - DeepDyve ER -