In the global competition for markets, the chances of economic success of a country or of a region are based on the offer specialization and on focusing the development efforts to key fields where there already exists competitive advantages, resources and skills. In this context, the clusters...

The increase of competitiveness must not be regarded as a process of exploiting the advantages on a short term but as a process of creating an economic structure based on capital investments and researchdevelopment –innovation processes. The governments in transition economies can play an...