THE DETERMINANTS OF HIGH-TECH SECTORS DISPARITIES IN THE EU-28 IN CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION

The main objective of the paper is to investigate the determinants of high-tech sectors disparities among the twenty-eight European Union countries in conditions of globalization process. The empirical and theoretical surveys on the current state of the high-tech sectors of modern economies and their development perspectives will be a continuum of interests of researchers not only in economic sciences. High technology sectors development, as both determinant and result of globalization, are one of the most important strategic target of the European Union's economic policy. Creating and commercialising new high technologies is essential in the conditions of globalization, mainly for competitiveness. Innovations and high technologies are a motor for economic progress. It is therefore a key element of Europe 2020 Strategy. There is a need to measure progress and achievements in relation to the goals redefined in the Europe 2020 Strategy. To achieve the objective of the paper there will be compared a number of diagnostic variables describing the high-tech sector in the EU member states, along with the attempt to explain the determinants of their position in particular groups.