Irrespective of their size, companies seem to be more efficient when they compete with one another, and more creative when they co-operate. 

Romanian Abstract: Cea de a patra revoluție industrială, caracterizată prin proliferareaenergiilor verzi, prin impactul deosebit al Internetului, extinderea robotizării,biotehnologiilor, nanotehnologiei, microeletronicii, materialelor avansate, prin apariția șiextinderea rapidă a...

The paper mainly aims at defining strategic industries, establishing selection criteria and pointing out opportunities for the implementation of policies specific to market economies for promoting these industries.

Successful economic development is a process of successive upgrading. As nations develop, they progress in terms of their characteristic competitive advantage and modes of competing.