
Filippo di Mauro | Marco Matani
The latest State of the Union speech from the President of the European Commission put EU competitiveness at the top of the agenda. Rather than focusing on addressing ‘unfair’ competition from China, there are critical factors internal to the EU which could be better activated to enhance firms’ productivity and ultimately foster their global competitiveness. Productivity, financial soundness, and quality orientation appear to be the most important factors.
Talking about competitiveness in Europe: Productivity not protection