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Competitiveness Index is a software developed through years of research and dedicated work of researchers and students of Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo.

The software calculates mos commonly used indicators of achieved competitive advantages in international trade with newly developed complex indicator which improves interpretation of results. It is free and intended for use in research and policy analysis and evaluation.




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2008

Initial researh, where all began...

Nikolić, Aleksandra (2008): Competitive ability of the milk industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Doctoral disertation, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo.

Research that created a great theoretical background on research in the field of competitivenes and ways of measuring competitive advantages.

2010

A next step...

Uzunović, M. (2010): Competitive advantages of the food industry of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Master thesis, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo.

Research exploring on using of various RCA indexes in food industry.

2011

A milestone...

Nikolić, Aleksandra, Bajramović, S., Ognjenović, Dragana, Lalić, D., & Uzunović, M. (2011): SEE trade liberalisation — New opportunity for B&H agrobusiness? British Food Journal, 113(1), 78–95. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070701111097358.

Research on competitive advantages of B&H food industry.

2018

A milestone no. 2...

Uzunović, M. (2018): Total quality management as a basis for building competitive advantages of non-alcoholic beverage sector companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo.

Developing complex index to determine competitive advantages based on graphical representation of RCA, GLIIT and TFCC.

2018

A milestone no. 3...

Džebo, J. (2018). The impact of trade regime changes on the competitiveness of the agricultural and food sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Master thesis, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo.

Testing and using complex index developed by previous research on a large scale dataset.

2022

Present...

Mešić, M. (2022). Software solution for a complex index for monitoring the competitiveness of the agricultural and food sector. Master thesis, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Sarajevo.

Improving comlex index for calculating competitive advantages, adding more to it by developing sofware and automating and improving calculation process and results interpretation.