Měření národní konkurenceschopnosti – komparace výsledků zemí V4, Německa a Rakouska v Porterově SD modelu a 9F modelu

economic potential and opportunities for further development and growth. The discussion of one
clear definition of the term “national competitiveness” can be considered a “never-ending story”
without an unambiguous generally accepted result. In every composite indicator analysis, the
final index is the outcome of a number of choices: the framework (usually driven by theoretical
models and experts’ opinions), the indicators to be included, their normalisation, the weights
assigned to each indicator, and the aggregation method. This paper is based on evaluating results
of the Visegrad group countries (V4), Germany, and Austria. We take into account the sense and
the methodology of Porter’s Diamond model (SD model) and the Nine-factor model (9F model).
The main aim of this paper is the identification of similarities and differences between these two
models and the discussion of suitability of these models for countries with different economic
characteristics.