Determinanty konkurencyjności produkcji przemysłowej krajów Grupy Wyszehradzkiej

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of the article is to present the results of the study on determi-nants, measurement and analysis of changes in the competitiveness of manufacturing in the Visegrad Group countries against the selected EU countries, with particular emphasis on the environmental dimension. Research method – To achieve the goal of the paper, the method of analysing the source material and the available statistical data for the selected years of the period 2004–2019 was used.Then, the formal and statistical significance of the criteria and selection of indicators was performed, and deductive inference was carried out according to the results of taxonomic analysis using the Hellwig linear ordering method. Results – On the basis of the collected material and the conducted analysis, a ranking of the manufacturing competitiveness was established based on a synthetic measure.The Czech Republic turned out to be the leader within the Visegrad Group, while Poland achieved the worst results. Originality / value / implications / recommendations – The subject of the study, i.e. the factors determining the competitiveness of manufacturing in the changing macro economic environment, is important and up -to-date.The article is an attempt to organise the contemporary determinants of manufacturing competitiveness.The conducted research and formulated conclusions fill the existing gap as regards taking into account the challenges related to the climate and energy transformation, thus contributing to further considerations.