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Introduction
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competitivenessoftheireconomies,thustoimprovedsocialwelfare,wealthandthe
comfortoflivinginthosecountries.
ItseemsimportanttoexaminetowhatextenttradelinkagesbetweentheNMS
andtheEU-15resultedfromthedevelopmentofintra-industryspecialisation.Te
intra-industrytradeindicesreflectchangesinthecompetitivenessofeconomiesin
transitionaswellasinthelevelofadjustmentsofcountriestotherequirements
oftheglobalmarket.Terefore,itseemscrucialtoattempttoanalysethechanges
inthestructureoftradeoftheNMSwiththeEU-15in2004-2015onthebasisof
thoseindices.Suchananalysismayhelpassessthepaceandnatureofadjustments
withregardtothestructuralcompetitivenessoftheEU-10economiesintheEU
marketobservedinthecountriescoveredaferEUaccessionandtheirpreparedness
tooperateandcompeteinthatmarket.Intra-industryspecialisationisalsochar-
acteristicinthecontextofthefutureplaceofthosecountriesinproductionand
tradeintegration.Further,theanalysisshouldallowtoidentifythebenefitsavailable
tothecountriesconcernedonaccountoftheinternationaldivisionoflabourinthe
EUstructures:whetheronlythosearisingfromthefreetradeareaandthecustoms
unionorperhapsthoserelatedtointegrationattheinternalmarketlevel.
TeEUmarketisnothomogeneousintermsofstructuralcompetitiveness,
thereforetheobservationofintra-industrycompetitivenessbyindustrywithinindi-
vidualeconomiesoftheNMSinrelationtotheEU-15andinmutualtradeshould
beasignificantadditiontotheanalysisandmaybehelpfulintheindicationof
possibleareasforintensificationoftradewithspecificEUmembers,distinguishing
betweenselectedindustriesasareasofparticularimportancetothedevelopment
ofintra-industrytrade.Suchanexaminationpointstoanotherpracticalmeritin
comparisonwithaveragedindicatorsfortheEUasawhole.
InthecontextoffurtherenlargementsoftheEU,itremainscrucialwhether
theotherSouth-EasternEuropeancountries,currentlyoutsidetheEUstructures
butpermanentlyinvolvedintheprocessesofregionalintegrationandtradeliber-
alisation,drawingontheEU-10experiences,canshapetheirparticipationinthe
intra-industrydivisionoflabourinasimilarmanner.
Tedominantelementofthepresentedstudyisconsideredtobeananalysis
ofchangesintheintensityoftheintra-industrytradeoftheNMSin2004-2015,
inrelationswiththeEU-15,inmutualtradeandintradewiththirdcountries.Te
noveltyoftheinvestigationismainlythefocusoftheanalysisonthetenecono-
miesoftheEU-10.Tiswillsubstantiallycontributetothedevelopmentofprior
researchonthephenomenonoftheintra-industrytradeandadjustmentprocesses
oftheNMSandthecandidatecountriestotherequirementsofthesinglemarket.
Furthermore,itseemsthatplacinggreateremphasisonIITasanadditionalmeas-
ureofcompetitivenessmayhelpmakerelevantcomparativeanalysesmorereal
andcontributetodefiningandimplementingmoreaccuratepoliciesshapingthe
economicrealityaswellastodesigningbetterbusinessdevelopmentstrategiesin
suchaneconomicenvironment.