A Study on the Global Competitiveness Report of the WEF
Yunjong Wang·Dongwha Shin·Hyongkun Lee

National competitiveness may be defined as a country's ability to create an environment, through the use of policy and support systems and by possessing a stable and effective social structure, which allows a company, from that country, to hold competitiveness.

According to The Global Competitiveness Report, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in July of this year, Korea ranked 22nd in 1999, down three places when compared to last year's ranking. In addition to this, in April, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) announced that Korea's competitiveness has continually decreased over the past five years.

It is generally assumed that this sluggishness and decline in Korean competitiveness was brought about by the adverse economic conditions created by the 1997 financial crisis. However, while Korea suffered through this crisis, some of its competitors, such as Singapore and Taiwan, did not. Therefore, it could be suggested that Korea's diminished competitiveness may have, in fact, at least indirectly contributed to the advent of the crisis.

If this is the case, what should Korea do in order to not only recover but to also improve national competitiveness? First of all, the Korean government should create more favorable optimal business environment. Secondly, every economic body should voluntarily put more effort into improving competitiveness because improving competitiveness only through government policy and institutional reform has limitations.

In addition to improving national competitiveness we should undertake the following strategic measures:-Prepare for influences, such as integration trends in the global market and the innovative development of information technology, which easily affect national competitiveness -Put more effort and focus into intensively analyzing and understanding each item identified as a weakness in the national competitiveness evaluation-Increase the role of government as a system designer for national competitiveness.-Improve external credibility through continued reform-Publicize the ongoing Korea's structural reform process

Ⅰ. 서론

Ⅱ. 국가경쟁력의 개념과 WEF의 평가방법
1. 국가경쟁력의 개념
2. WEF의 국가경쟁력 평가방법

Ⅲ. 우리나라의 국가경쟁력 현황
1. 우리나라의 국가경쟁력 순위 추이
2. 우리나라의 국가경쟁력 구조: 강점과 약점

Ⅳ. 향후의 국가경쟁력 결정요인
1. 미시적 역량
2. 혁신역량
3. 세계경제 흐름파악 역량

Ⅴ. 국가경쟁력 제고 방안
1. 국가경쟁력 강화를 위한 방향
2. 전략적 제고방안
3. 정책적 제고 방안

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Executive Summary