Entrepreneurial competitiveness: comparative analysis between the Republic of Moldova and other Eastern European Nations

Abstract

The Eastern Europe is the region which in the past decades has met important socio-economic changes determined by the transition period. Some of the countries managed to overcome these difficulties and, therefore, be able to integrate in the EU, while other states failed in this pursuit, presently, confronting with severe poverty, corruption and emigration. The present study aims in this regard to analyse entrepreneurial competitiveness of the Eastern European countries, identifying the leading and lagging economies and, respectively, the evolution of the performance discrepancies. CZU: 332.1:339.137.2(4-11); JEL: F41; F43; O10; O52; R11; DOI: https://doi.org/10.53486/dri2022.01