Factorii determinanţi ai competitivităţii naţionale: cazul Republicii Moldova

Abstract

Over the last decades competitiveness became a worldwide discussed problem. However, there does not exist a common approach of its analysis. It's a very complex concept that may be tackled at many levels: at product, firm, sartorial, regional or even national level. At the microeconomic level, the concept of competitiveness is more or less clear, while, at the national level it is somewhat vague. Different authors propose distinct methods to analyze and to measure national competitiveness and the diversity in competitiveness analysis methods rely on the specific of each economy and on the multitude of competitiveness determinant factors. The main aim of the paper is to make an overview on the level of Moldavian economy competitiveness that would let to reflect our economy capacity to compete with other countries in the region on the world market.