National competitiveness factors

                              Prep. Drd. Spătaru Mihaela
                              Universitatea „Petrol-Gaze”
                            e-mail:mihaspataru@yahoo.com

Abstract:
Porter's theory supports the idea that, despite the globalization of production and trade,
the competitive advantage is created in a national framework, nations, through their
institutional, natural, cultural, economic characteristics ultimately determining the
development of certain economic activities. The factors considered by Porter as
determinants for the competitive advantage are grouped in four categories, the linkages
between them being important as well.

Key words: competitivness, globalization

JEL Code: B22