COMPETITIVENESS VS. GREEN ECONOMY? CONFRONTING TRADITIONAL AND "GREEN" INDICATORS OF THE COMPETITIVE POSITION OF THE FOREST - AND WOOD-BASED INDUSTRY IN POLAND

Research on competitiveness has now become extremely fashionable and this applies not only to economic sciences. The notion of competitiveness has also made a spectacular career in the scientific literature. The pro-competitive research perspective become more significant in the context of economy based on knowledge. The traditional view of competitiveness is confronted, on one hand, with innovative economy and with more and more significant so-called green economy on the other hand. The discussion relates to development and determinants of competitiveness also in relation to the economy trades and sectors. Referring both to theoretical assumptions and a case study, this paper constitutes a reflexion upon trends of research on competitiveness of a trade based upon forestry and timber, which is located nearly in the very centre of green economy.