Competitive advantages of countries as a determinant of the structure of the modern world economy

Rostov State University of economics, Bolshaya Sadovaya str., 69, Rostov-on-Don, 344007, Russia

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Abstract

The article identifies the competitive advantages of modern states in the world economy, which made it possible to propose a classification of factors of national competitiveness that substantiates the international division of labor, the nature and forms of interstate interactions at the present stage of development of the world economy; the directions of the impact of globalization and transnationalization on the process of accumulation of competitive advantages by modern states are highlighted, which made it possible to characterize the modern determinants of the global competitiveness of countries in the context of the growing mobilization of production factors and trade liberalization; the influence of domestic demand, which determines the country’s competitiveness, as the only immobile factor and environment for the generation and commercialization of innovations, has been proven, which has made it possible to systematize the instruments of domestic socio-economic policy as a means of accumulating national competitive advantages; a methodology has been proposed for determining quantitative and qualitative indicators of the competitiveness of countries, the use of which demonstrates the correlation of national competitiveness and the efficiency of the internal functioning of economic systems, and makes it possible to predict the participation of states in the processes of integration and world trade.