Purpose

This study aims to evaluate the competitiveness of nations and seeks to answer the following research question: how does the competitiveness of nations include improvements in the quality of life, thus influencing and contributing to social progress in both social and economic indices?

Design/methodology/approach

This paper collected secondary data from the World Economic Forum and the socioeconomic dimensions of the Social Progress Imperative Index and considered the dimensions of these indices, which were demonstrated using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The main focus was on the documentary analysis that was carried out to explain the realities of 121 countries from 2014 to 2017 as taken from these indices, considering the 10 countries at the top and bottom.

Findings

This study showed the use of new measures for the performance of nations that are less dependent on economics and focus more on social development, which may be a trend for the future of nations, and produce a more holistic view for the study. “Innovation” is the factor with the weakest relationship with social progress, which is justified by a weaker relationship with one of the subcategories, “basic human needs”, when analyzed in isolation. However, when the authors analyze the best and worst nations, the authors observe that economic factors are still prevalent, with the “institutions” and “infrastructure” factors being effective for improving competitiveness and the quality of life.

Research limitations/implications

The findings represent a new, emerging configuration in country performance, but the study has its limitations, such as the use of only two pooled variables and the fact that it does not correlate their dimensions or variables.

Originality/value

This study can represents an expansion logic for measuring the performance of countries considering social factors. The main contributions of this study are its statistical evidence and documentary analysis of the relationship between economic and social variables. The main contribution of this paper is to show that over time (2014–2017) economic factors, as measured by the competitiveness index of nations, relate to aspects of social welfare, as measured by the social progress index.

中文翻译：

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发展全球竞争力的社会进步

目的

这项研究旨在评估国家的竞争力，并试图回答以下研究问题：国家的竞争力如何包括生活质量的改善，从而在社会和经济指标上影响并促进社会进步？

设计/方法/方法

本文收集了来自世界经济论坛的辅助数据和社会进步命令性指标的社会经济维度，并考虑了这些指标的维度，这些数据已使用皮尔森相关系数进行了证明。主要关注的是文献分析，从这些指数的角度出发，解释了2014年至2017年间121个国家的现实情况，同时考虑了顶部和底部的10个国家。

发现

这项研究表明，使用新的衡量指标来衡量国家的绩效，这些衡量指标对经济的依赖性较小，而更多地关注社会发展，这可能是一个国家未来的趋势，并为研究提供了更为全面的观点。“创新”是与社会进步关系最弱的因素，而在与世隔绝的情况下，与其中一个子类别“基本的人类需求”之间的关系较弱则是有道理的。但是，当作者分析最好和最坏的国家时，作者发现经济因素仍然很普遍，而“制度”和“基础设施”因素对于提高竞争力和生活质量是有效的。

研究局限/意义

这些发现代表了国家绩效方面的一种新兴结构，但该研究有其局限性，例如仅使用了两个汇总变量，并且事实与它们的规模或变量不相关。

创意/价值

这项研究可以代表一种扩展逻辑，用于衡量考虑社会因素的国家的绩效。这项研究的主要贡献是其对经济和社会变量之间关系的统计证据和文献分析。本文的主要贡献在于表明，随着时间的推移（2014-2017年），以国家竞争力指数衡量的经济因素与以社会进步指数衡量的社会福利方面相关。