THE INNOVATION BASED COMPETITIVENESS OF ROMANIAN ECONOMY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF EUROPEAN UNION

Successful economic development is a process of successive upgrading. The knowledge economy puts in the center of the innovation system the innovative enterprise, of which technological/knowledge investment decision, therefore behavior, is the very driver of economic growth. New technologies are often more efficiently harnessed through the creation of new enterprises and the redesign of existing ones, both factors depending on the entrepreneurial environment". The innovation infrastructure bridges the research system and the innovation drivers, basically including: incubators, which provide basic infrastructure for start-ups; technological parks, which provide experimental facilities; the knowledge market (transfer of intellectual property and technological transfer). Different combinations of -these elements might be imagined, including financing channels, but again, for more relevance, we will stick here to the theoretical classification. Aiming at building a innovation-based economy is a rational goal for any state. This is the path to competitiveness, growth and economic prosperity.