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A Cluster Analysis on Sustained Global Competitiveness for European Countries

ECONOMICS
Volume 8 (2020): Issue 1 (June 2020)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2020-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2303-5013 | Journal ISSN: 2303-5005
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Language: English
Page range: 7 - 22
Submitted on: Mar 23, 2020
Accepted on: Apr 7, 2020
Published on: Jul 9, 2020
Published by: Oikos Institut d.o.o.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 times per year
Keywords:
Cluster Analysis,
Global Competitiveness,
Europe,
European Countries,
World Economic Forum,
K-Means Cluster,
Hierarchical Cluster,
Global Competitive Index
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic theory, systems and structures,
Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics,
Public finance and fiscal theory

© 2020 Mythili Kolluru, Vidya Suresh, published by Oikos Institut d.o.o.
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