The economical logics forces Romania to urgently solve a big problem: competitiveness. This is because the top of competitiveness, before the global financial crisis, doesn’t offer Romania a honorable place. The solution: fast moves. I
The economical logics forces Romania to urgently solve a big problem: competitiveness. This is because the top of competitiveness, before the global financial crisis, doesn’t offer Romania a honorable place. The solution: fast moves. I do not know what place we will occupy in the years after the crisis. But, if we care of our future in the European Union, we should consider a few points:
1) getting profit from volume, not from the margin;
2) focusing competitiveness on quality and in-time deliveries instead of paying so much attention to the costs;
3) a greater concern for the continuous improvement of the workforce;
4) the formation of a class of managers able to cope with the requirements of competitiveness.
Obviously, a cardinal importance in this regard is attracting a large part of the resources made available for us by the European Union. We can succeed with infrastructure, environment and rural development projects.
However, at this moment, Romania needs a medium and long-term vision. It needs a program to ensure the certain performances in the economy, targeting mostly the reduction of the public deficit, the drastic restriction of the share of the state in industry, which should be added to the consistent economic growth and decrease in inflation. If some hard exams (like the increase in productivity and efficiency, the decrease in bureaucracy, contractual discipline, payment strategy) will be passed, the mentioned targets could be reached. This way, Romania will acquire a market economy that will be not only functional but also able to cope with the press