Problems and ways of solving economic efficiency and competitiveness in the world market of education, fundamental and applied research and high technologies. Experience of European Union, USA, China, India and other countries. Politics and economics of education, fundamental and applied research, high technology and high technology industries. Analytics, comparative analysis.

Competitiveness can be viewed from two perspectives: as the potential of an enterprise and as its advantage over other companies. The external and internal components of the enterprise form two different in nature sources of its competitiveness – current efficiency and market positioning.