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Competitiveness For Sustainable Economies

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  • Nelu Eugen POPESCU

    (Faculty of Economics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania)

  • Anca Serban

    (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania)

Abstract

The current economic environment puts pressure on all national economies which struggle to improve their competitiveness and innovativeness in a sustainable way. This article aims to present the current state of the competitiveness by reviewing the main literature and worldwide researches, in order to provide a brief overview of the determinants that drive productivity and economic success at global and national level, taking into consideration the entrepreneurial activity for a country’s competitiveness and economic growth. The paper identifies the ways in which efficiency driven countries can improve their policies and get a better return on their investments, underlining a set of competitiveness enhancing policies (measures) that can be implemented by public and private institutions in order to strengthen the economic fundamentals of the economies.

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  • Nelu Eugen POPESCU & Anca Serban, 2014. "Competitiveness For Sustainable Economies," SEA - Practical Application of Science, Romanian Foundation for Business Intelligence, Editorial Department, issue 3, pages 457-469, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cmj:seapas:y:2014:i:3:p:457-469
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    Keywords

    Competitivness; Entrepreneurship; Economic growth;
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    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General

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