Avrupa Birliği'nin Yeşil Anlaşmasına Doğru: AB-27 Üye Ülkelerinde Refahın Sağlanmasında Sürdürülebilir Rekabet Edebilirliğin ve Eko-Yeniliğin Önemi

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Günümüzde Avrupa Birliği'nin Yeşil Anlaşması, sürdürülebilir rekabet gücü ve eko-inovasyon, yeni ekonomi teorisinde çok popüler kelimelere dönüşmüştür. Bu makalenin temel amacı, çeşitli metodolojik ölçüm araçları uygulayarak AB-27 Üye Devletlerinde refahın sağlanmasında sürdürülebilir rekabet edebilirliğin ve eko-yeniliğin önemini incelemektir. Bu araştırma, AB'de refahın sağlanması için küresel sürdürülebilir rekabet gücü, küresel-dijital-rekabetçi KOBİ'lerin performansı, AB yeniliği ve eko-inovasyon göstergeleri arasındaki ilişkileri keşfederek, yeni sürdürülebilir rekabet edebilirlik yaklaşımını ve AB yeniliğinin farklı boyutlarını aydınlatarak katkıda bulunur.-27 ülke. Araştırma sonuçları, politika yapıcılara değerli bilgiler sağlayabilirken, temel göstergeler ve yükümlülük beyanları arasındaki sıralama pozisyonundaki çeşitlilik, AB-27 Üye Devletlerinin AB'nin Yeşil Anlaşmasına yönelik ilerlemesine yönelik ekonomik eylemlerin ve politikaların gelecekte kabul edilmesinin temelini oluşturur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• AB Yeşil Anlaşması
• sürdürülebilir rekabet gücü
• eko-inovasyon
• refah
• AB-27

Towards European Union's Green Deal: The Importance of Sustainable Competitiveness and Eco-Innovation for Achieving Prosperity in EU-27 Member States

Abstract

Nowadays, European Union's Green Deal, sustainable competitiveness and eco-innovation have transformed into the very popular words in the new theory of economics. The basic purpose of this article is to examine the significance of sustainable competitiveness and eco-innovation in achieving prosperity in EU-27 Member States by applying various methodological measurement instruments. This research contributes by enlightening the new approach of sustainable competitiveness and different dimensions of EU innovation, by exploring the relationships among indicators of the global sustainable competitiveness, the global- digital -competitive SMEs performance, EU innovation and eco-innovation for achieving prosperity in EU-27 countries. Research results are able to assure valuable information to policymakers, while the variety in ranking position among essential indicators and declaration of liabilities are the foundation for the up-coming acceptance of economic actions and policies for progress of EU-27 Member States towards EU's Green Deal.

Keywords

• EU Green Deal
• sustainable competitiveness
• eco-innovation
• prosperity
• EU-27

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