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Competitiveness: From Microeconomic Foundations To National Determinants

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  • Silvia Marginean

    (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences)

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This paper is a survey of economic literature related to competitiveness and its definition. The conceptual framework introduced by Michael Porter in 1990 remains exceptionally influential, but there are economists, like Krugman which consider the concept of national competitiveness as irrelevant or ambiguous. The aim of this paper is to provide a coherent representation of the meaning of competitiveness. We make the distinction between macroeconomic and microeconomic competitiveness, arguing that are strongly related. We can say that in last years the competitiveness literature is moving toward a convergent understanding of the concept and different ways to define and measure competitiveness have a lot in common.

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  • Silvia Marginean, 2006. "Competitiveness: From Microeconomic Foundations To National Determinants," Studies in Business and Economics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 1(1), pages 29-35, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:blg:journl:y:2006:v:1:p:29-35
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    1. MIHAIU Diana & OPREANA Alin, 2013. "Classification Of European Union Countries According To National Competitiveness And Sovereign Debt Levels," Revista Economica, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 65(2), pages 43-54.
    2. Viera Pavličková, 2013. "The Competitiveness Of Slovak Foreign Trade In The European Market," Economic Annals, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Belgrade, vol. 58(196), pages 7-50, January –.
    3. Marcos E. Domínguez Viera, 2011. "Does the Impact of Oportunidades Program Increases in Highly Competitive Regions?," Ensayos Revista de Economia, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Economia, vol. 0(2), pages 79-111, November.
    4. Danijela Despotovic & Slobodan Cvetanovic & Vladimir Nedic & Milan Despotovic, 2019. "Social Aspects of Sustainable Competitiveness in the Selected European Countries in the Period 2012–2015," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 141(2), pages 841-860, January.
    5. Alin Opreana & Diana Marieta Mihaiu, 2011. "Analysis Of European Union Competitiveness From A New Multidimensional Model Perspective," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 6(4), pages 68-83, december.

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    Keywords

    competitiveness; productivity; create welfare; external markets;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development

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