Preliminary issues in preparing a national strategy regarding services
Author:Conf. univ. dr. Laurenţiu Tăchiciu
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Keywords:services economy
knowledge based economy knowledge
intensive business services economic
policy competitive strategy
Abstract:
Without insisting on arguments brought
in a different paper in favor of such an idea
(Tachiciu and Popescu, 2007), here one
should take as a premise the fact that for
Romania it is not only possible, but also necessary
to combine the catch-up process aiming
at reducing the development gap, with a
modernization process fostering a competitive
knowledge based economy. The present
article presents five challenges faced in
designing a national strategy for services
sector development in Romania: overcoming
the weakness of our policy design capacity,
assuming the development gap, understanding
the long run competitive potential, managing
the heterogeneity of the services sector
and taking into account the cultural barriers.