The Impact of Digitalisation on the Competitive Assessment of R&D Agreements in Moldova
Digital Transformation, Strategic Resilience, Cyber Security and Risk Management
ISBN: 978-1-83797-009-4, eISBN: 978-1-83797-008-7
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Abstract
The competitiveness of companies and their capacity to join markets have changed as a result of the digital economy. One of the reasons the European Commission will revise the rules governing block exemptions for R&D agreements and begin consulting stakeholders in March 2022 is the impact of digitalisation on markets. This chapter looks into how digitalisation has impacted the competitive analysis and evaluation that Moldovan businesses and the competition authority must conduct when looking at R&D collaborations.
For the purposes of the research in this chapter, we used methods such as analysis, deduction, induction, and synthesis of conceptual approaches to the digitalization of the competitive assessment, to elucidate the factors influencing competitiveness in R&D agreements. We also assessed the situation in the Republic of Moldova to formulate conclusions and own opinions about how the introduction of new processes and products on the market will stimulate competition among national firms and will strengthen their ability to compete in regional or even international markets. The recommendations and proposals for improving the management of competence to encourage businesses to innovate collaborate and exchange knowledge to produce innovative goods and services, including green economy solutions and initiatives with the security to comply with a competition policy adapted to the requirements of the new economy, as well as to the new changes in the European competition policy.
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Citation
Cociug, V. and Parcalab, C. (2023), "The Impact of Digitalisation on the Competitive Assessment of R&D Agreements in Moldova", Sood, K., Balusamy, B. and Grima, S. (Ed.) Digital Transformation, Strategic Resilience, Cyber Security and Risk Management (Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, Vol. 111C), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 101-118. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-37592023000111C006
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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