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The high-technology sector has a particular importance in the development of modern national economies. It affects both the level of competitiveness and innovation. This was a prerequisite for the study to assess the competitive position of the advanced technology sector in the European Union (EU) countries. The starting point of the discussion was the definition of the concept of competitiveness, the competitive position of the advanced technology industry, and the classification of the high-tech sector. Based on the selected indicators, the competitive position and the rank of countries have been established. As for this, the indicators of the export share of the advanced technology sector in the intra-export market, the profitability of the high-tech sector, and the degree of export–import coverage were used. Based on the adopted indicators, a synthetic indicator of a competitive position has also been calculated which enabled determination of the most competitive country in the EU in reference to the industry. This enabled the identification of factors influencing the competitive position of the advanced technology sector in the EU member countries.
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The high-technology sector has a particular importance in the development of modern national economies. It affects both the level of competitiveness and innovation. This was a prerequisite for the study to assess the competitive position of the advanced technology sector in the European Union (EU) countries. The starting point of the discussion was the definition of the concept of competitiveness, the competitive position of the advanced technology industry, and the classification of the high-tech sector. Based on the selected indicators, the competitive position and the rank of countries have been established. As for this, the indicators of the export share of the advanced technology sector in the intra-export market, the profitability of the high-tech sector, and the degree of export–import coverage were used. Based on the adopted indicators, a synthetic indicator of a competitive position has also been calculated which enabled determination of the most competitive country in the EU in reference to the industry. This enabled the identification of factors influencing the competitive position of the advanced technology sector in the EU member countries.

Diversification of the competitive position of the advanced technology sector in EU

Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

International Journal of Management and Economics

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The high-technology sector has a particular importance in the development of modern national economies. It affects both the level of competitiveness and...

Diversification of the competitive position of the advanced technology sector in EU

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Published Online: Mar 31, 2020

Page range: 31 - 41

Received: Apr 01, 2019

Accepted: Feb 06, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2020-0006

Keywords
competitive position, industry, advanced technologies, European Union

© 2020 Małgorzata Juchniewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Diversification of the competitive position of the advanced technology sector in EU

Article Category: Empirical Paper

Published Online: Mar 31, 2020

Page range: 31 - 41

Received: Apr 01, 2019

Accepted: Feb 06, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2020-0006

Keywordscompetitive position, industry, advanced technologies, European Union

© 2020 Małgorzata Juchniewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
competitive position, industry, advanced technologies, European Union