GLOBALIZATION- FACTOR THAT INFLUENCE THE COMPETITION PROCESS

The concept of globalization has become a reality, reaching economic, social and political environment. Globalization is reflected in the increasingly interdependence of largest national economies, as determined by reducing or eliminating barriers of all sorts of way of international flows of capital, labor, goods and services. Between globalization and competitiveness undoubtedly there are many connections. Globalization cause pressure to change and competition. Global competitiveness of national economies and companies has become a necessity and an essential condition for survival and evolution from one stage of development to another. The research objectives are: the presentation of the concepts of globalization and competitiveness, of the indicators through which is measured their intensity and to emphasize the interdependence between both of them. To demonstrate the connection between these concepts there are used statistical methods of research such as the graphic method and the correlation method.