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Introduction
Intra-industrytrade-isthisonlyastatisticalphenomenonorarealfactorenhanc-
ingtheanalysisofstructuralcompetitivenessandinfluencingdecisionandpolicy
making?DoweanalysetheIITindexesonlytoimprovetheresearchofforeign
tradestructureortosupplementthediscussiononGVC?
Tispublicationpresentstheresultsofresearchattemptingtoidentifyrela-
tionshipsbetweentwovitalissuesinthemoderneconomy:theintensificationof
intra-industryspecialisationinforeigntradeandchangesinthecompetitiveness
ofeconomiesundergoingstructuraladaptation.Teempiricalstudycoveredthe
groupoftheEU-10countries.
Economiccompetitivenessandintra-industrytrade
Significantconsiderationsinthestudyweretoenhanceandaddtotheknowledgeon
theinternationalcompetitivepositionsofcountriesinforeigntradeandtobridgethe
gapinexistinginvestigations,e.g.byemphasisingtheroleandimportanceofintra-in-
dustrytradeinshapingthecompetitivepositionsofeconomiesintheprocessof
economicintegrationandtradeliberalisation.Importantly,competitivenesstheories
aswellasintra-industrytradetheoriesareopeninnature-scholarshavenoteven
yetfullydevelopedacceptabledefinitionsofthephenomenaconcerned,playingan
increasingroleinbothpracticeandtheory.Intra-industrytradeindicesmayrank
amongthemostsignificantquantitativemeasuresofthecompetitivepositionand
majorfactorsreflectingthedegreeofrealadjustmentstotherequirementsofthe
singlemarket.Intra-industrytradealsoseemstoallowthemeasurementofthescope
ofstructuralchangestriggeredbytheliberalisationofforeigntrade.
Teliteratureshowsthattheseissuesattractinterestfromeconomistsworldwide.
However,theexistinginternationalstudiestendtofocusondevelopedcountries,
frequentlyexcludingCEEandothereconomiesintransition.Neitherdotheavailable
analysesanswerthequestionwhetherintra-industrytradeismoreorlessresilient
tonegativefactors(theglobaleconomiccrisis)intheexternalenvironmentordo